Real Madrid star makes it back-to-back World Cup MOTM awards | OneFootball

A leading member of the attacking ranks at Spanish heavyweights Real Madrid has now been honoured with the Man of the Match award for both of his performances at this summer’s World Cup.

The player in question? Vinícius Jr.

Wide-man Vinícius was of course back in action in the early hours of Saturday morning, as Brazil continued their World Cup group stage campaign in a meeting with minnows Haiti.

And en route to an eventual 3-0 triumph for Carlo Ancelotti’s troops, the 25-year-old again played a starring role.

After laying on the assist for Matheus Cunha to double Brazil’s advantage against Haiti, Vinícius then rounded out the scoring courtesy of a composed finish on the stroke of the interval.

Such exploits proved enough to see the attacker beat out brace-hitter Cunha to the Man of the Match prize.

This made it two ‘MVP’ trophies on the spin for Vinícius, after he also lifted the award following the Seleção’s World Cup opening day draw with Morocco.

Conor Laird – GSFN