During their 5-2 win over Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night, Real Madrid saved the best for last. People have been talking a lot about how bad Jude Bellingham has been playing this week, but Vinicius Jr. scored a hat-trick for Real Madrid and made the news.

In the 30th minute, Dutch shooter Donyell Malen scored the first goal by smashing a shot past Thibaut Courtois from close range.

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens scored in the fourth minute to double Dortmund’s lead and give the hosts what looked like a comfortable lead.

After Dortmund dominated the first half, manager Nuri Sahin made the mistake of switching Bynoe-Gittens for Waldemar Anton at center back, which cost them the game.

Next, Real Madrid got one back in just five minutes. Antonio Rudiger popped up inside the box and scored from a cross by Kylian Mbappe.

After that, Madrid scored a lot of goals. Two minutes later, Vinicius Jr. tied the game when the ball fell to him in the Dortmund penalty area.

It became clear that Madrid was going to win, and in the last ten minutes of normal time, they easily pulled away from their German opponents.

Their first goal came from Lucas Vazquez, who ran into the box and fired it past Gregor Kobel from a tight angle.

Then Vinicius Jr. scored twice to finish his hat-trick and end the game, even though they had a rough start.

After the game, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti called Vinicius Jr. “extraordinary” and told reporters that he was sure the 24-year-old would win the Ballon d’Or award on Monday as the best player in the world.

“I can say that Vinicius played a great second half,” he said. Not because he scored three goals, but because of who he is as a person, Ancelotti said.

Vinocious will win the Ballon d’Or for what he did last year, not for what he did today. There’s no doubt that these three goals will count toward next year’s Ballon d’Or. People blow on him because he can make a difference.

After Real fell behind two goals at halftime, Ancelotti said there was no fear in the locker room because his team was mature and knew what they needed to do to come back. This was a rematch of last year’s final.

“During the break, we lived it calmly, calmly.” “We changed the system and played harder when we got back,” Ancelotti said.

“Talking about scoring three goals might have seemed like a pipe dream, so we focused on small things like passing the ball well and winning duels…” First, we had to change the way the game was played. Then we could start to win the game.

“In the first half, we were shy and didn’t put enough pressure on the ball. In the second half, we did better with more quality and pressure.” The second half of the season was the best.

“What we did in the second half taught us something.” The goal is to start the game, not wait for them to score two. We won’t be able to play for 90 minutes as hard as we did in the second half, but we can settle down a bit.