Etihad showed a giant banner to Vinícius: "Stop crying your heart out," "Stop crying inconsolably," referring to the Ballon d'Or with an Oasis song.
Then they booed him every time he touched the ball and finally asked him "Where is the Ballon d'Or?" Vinícius had no problem responding to the British fans. "Here, on my sleeve", pointing to the logo of Real Madrid's 15 Champions League titles.
Curiously, Vinícius received the MVP of the match. The Ballon d'Or was there too.
At the end of the match, Vinícius told Movistar +:
-"It wasn't bad, I was able to have a great match, we defended very well and it doesn't matter who scores goals or is the MVP. We are here to do great things for this jersey and put Madrid in the highest place."
"The Banner Gave Me Strength"
-"I saw the banner, but whenever the opposing fans do things, they give me more strength to have a great match. And I did it here. They know our history, everything we do in this competition.
-"It's the fifth time we've come, it's always very cold and we have to keep this line. The important thing was to win, it doesn't matter how. In the last ball, I try to shoot and it goes to Jude."
-"There's still a lot of match left in the return leg, we have to defend like today and have our fans with us to make a magical night."
-"Sometimes it's complicated, the referees don't defend the player who gets kicked. When they kick me, I get the yellow card. But my teammates, the coaches try to help me stay focused, I'm not a saint but I want to win in any way."
-"I don't know anything about the offer from Arabia, no one has talked to me. I have to talk to the president, hopefully, I can stay here for a long time, this competition gives us something more and I want to make history."
Ceballos: "That's the Attitude"
Real Madrid's locker room was a party at the end of the match. Bellingham said, "I was alert in the 2-3, our match deserved the victory. I don't care what moment Manchester City is in, they are still an unbelievable team."
He added, "We played one of our best matches of the season." Ceballos expressed in the same line: "It was being an unfair match, we had caused many chances to get ahead."
Ceballos referred to the penalty he committed on Foden: "It's a doubtful play that seems to be outside but a penalty is called. I was upset to leave with the result against us, they weren't precise, they weren't connecting passes, the team started to believe it. This is the attitude for the return match."
Carlo Ancelotti Said on Movistar:
-"Calm, happy, obviously. We did well in the first part of the tie, we took a small advantage and we have to go to the return match. The match went well."
-"It's a complete match, defended well, everyone worked, we were effective up front, we had many opportunities, we didn't give up... It was a very complete match."
-"The victory is deserved. We were very dangerous up front, the four were very effective. We could have been more accurate, but they caused them with their movement and quality."
-"Their idea of how they planned this match won't change and neither will ours. I emphasize that we defended well, the few times we went crazy pressing, they hurt us."