Neither Kylian Mbappe nor Erling Haaland, UEFA awards this prestigious award to Vinicius Jr

Real Madrid managed to beat Chelsea 2-0 with full authority in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, taking a key step in the series to advance to the semifinals, where they will face Pep Guardiola's Manchester City or Thomas Tuchel's Bayern Munich, already having important advantages in both keys that may end up being decisive for the second game or not.

Karim Benzema managed to open the scoring for Real Madrid after a play by Vinicius Júnior where the rebound was left bouncing off the French striker in the area and he did not hesitate to turn the opening into the scoring for the meringues after 21 minutes.

And in that sense, Vinicius Júnior is fulfilling the role of Cristiano Ronaldo to perfection, showing that he has all the personality to be at Real Madrid and represent these colors in the best way, being key in every UEFA Champions League match, today generating the play of Benzema's first goal.

So much so that Vinicius Júnior received an award at Real Madrid today that not even Erling Haaland could have yesterday in Manchester City's 3-0 win against Bayern Munich, showing that the Brazilian is up to the great world figures this season .

Vinicius won the prize that Haaland could not

Vinicius Júnior was given the man of the match award after being the great figure at Real Madrid against Chelsea proving to be a fundamental footballer, something that Erling Haaland could not obtain yesterday because that award was given to John Stones.