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Real Madrid's Vinícius showed Ballon d'Or quality vs. Barcelona

There was a day when Xavi Hernandez knew how to remove Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior from a Clasico. Sunday brought us the Clasico in which Vinícius has probably come very close to removing Xavi from his role as Barcelona coach.

That's how much damage the utterly brilliant Brazil international did in winning the Spanish Supercopa for Los Blancos as he scored three goals in his side's 4-1 win in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (stream the replay on ESPN+).