His penalty luck has been bad lately. Vinicius Junior could have taken the bet if he hadn't taken it.
Or there could be another reason. Giorgi Mamardashvili persuaded Vinicius to take the bet knowing that Vinicius was having a bad time. The Georgian goalkeeper of Valencia won that bet. Not only did he become the hero of the match by saving Vinicius' penalty, he is now receiving 50 euros from the Brazilian forward of Real Madrid.
Of course, readers will not be able to enjoy it if I don't tell the whole story. The incident took place last night in the Real Madrid-Valencia match in La Liga; Real lost the match at home by conceding a goal in added time by a score of 2-1. Goalkeeper Mamardashvili was one of the heroes of Valencia's victory.
Real had a chance to take the lead in the 13th minute of the match, when a penalty was awarded against Valencia for a foul on Kylian Mbappe. But Mamardashvili saved Vinicius' weak penalty shot.
Mamardashvili had made a bet with Vinicius just before the shot. In an interview with the Spanish TV show 'El Chiringuito', Mamardashvili told the story of the bet, 'I made a bet with Vinicius for 50 euros. Just before the penalty, I told Vinicius that if he wanted, we could bet on 50 euros. If he scored, I would give him 50 euros, if not, he would give me 50 euros. I won the bet.'
Vinicius also failed to score from a penalty against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League in the middle of last month. Who knows, Mamardashvili might have persuaded Vinicius to make the bet with that in mind. Maybe it was a tactic to put Vinicius under mental pressure.
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