Mourinho still starts Vinícius. He just spends him first.

Atlético 2-1 Real Madrid. English desks frame a Vinícius crisis. The graph is colder. Mourinho still starts him and still shields him. What changed is the hierarchy on the clock: when games tilt, Vinícius is the first name spent — including a derby with Madrid down to ten.

Huijsen red ~52'. Grimaldo pen 53'. Vinícius off 54' — no injury; Yan Diomande on. Fourth straight hook (SI). AS derby line: 22 touches (fewer than Camavinga and Bernardo who came on later), 2 shots neither on target, 0 chances created, 1 completed dribble, 8 completed passes in about 56'. Form: one Liga goal and three assists; lone goal vs Sociedad. Soft minutes after seven: Mbappé 630' / six complete vs Vini 598' / three (beIN/MARCA); early hooks Inter 87', Rayo 89', Elche 68', derby 54'. Soft: Mbappé’s scoring lead and the full games — no invented goal count. Mourinho’s shield (AS): not 1v1-ready yet; works hard; trust intact — no “Vinicius problem” from Mou’s side post-derby.

David 59'. Rüdiger 89' from Bernardo Silva. Soft table only.

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