Real Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 5-2 on Tuesday night after a spectacular comeback in the closing minutes.

Vinicius Jr. made headlines after scoring a hat-trick for Los Blancos during a week that has been dominated by debate about Jude Bellingham’s lackluster play.

In the 30th minute, Dutch attacker Donyell Malen opened the score with a close-range attempt that he hammered past Thibaut Courtois.

Dortmund doubled their advantage in just four minutes when Jamie Bynoe-Gittens scored to give the visitors what appeared to be a comfortable lead.

Dortmund manager Nuri Sahin made the costly decision to replace center-back Waldemar Anton with Bynoe-Gittens after the team dominated the first half.

Real Madrid left it late to produce a comeback in their 5-2 win over Borussia Dortmund

Vinicius Jnr scored a hat-trick in the second-half as Real Madrid secured all three points

The Brazilian put on a scintillating display in front of the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday night

Five minutes later, Real Madrid responded with a goal from Antonio Rudiger, who appeared inside the area and put away a tidy cross from Kylian Mbappe.

Then, two minutes after the ball went to him inside the Dortmund penalty area, Vinicius Jr. brought Madrid even, opening the floodgates for the team.

The tide turned decisively in Madrid’s favor, as they easily overtook their German opponents in the last ten minutes of regular time.

After charging into the box and blasting it past Gregor Kobel from a close angle, Lucas Vazquez gave them the lead.Despite their difficult start, Vinicius Jr. then scored twice to complete his hat-trick and solidify the victory.

The ‘amazing’ Vinicius Jr. was later hailed by Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, who told a press conference that he was certain the 24-year-old will win the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s finest player on Monday.

I can claim that Vinicius was one of the few players that played a second half. Ancelotti remarked, “He’s extraordinary, not because of the three goals, but because of his character.”

Donyell Malen fired Dortmund into the lead in the 30th minute with a ferocious strike

However, Madrid persisted, and Lucas Vazquez’s late goal completed the comeback.

“Vinicius will win the Ballon d’Or for his performance from last year, not for what he did tonight.” Without a doubt, these three goals will already count toward the Ballon d’Or the next year. Because he has the ability to change things, he is a player who is criticized.

In a rematch of last season’s final, Ancelotti said there was no panic in the changing room after Real went into the halftime break two goals down, and that his side had the maturity and experience to understand what they needed to do to come back.

“We lived it peacefully throughout the break.” Ancelotti remarked, “We came back playing more intensely after changing the system.”

Because of his outstanding performances this year, Vinicius Jr. is predicted to win the Ballon d’Or.

We discussed little things like winning duels and passing properly since talking about scoring three goals could have appeared unrealistic. We had to win the game’s dynamic before you could start winning.

“We performed better in the second half with more quality and more pressure after being timid and not very aggressive with the ball in the first half.” The season’s second half was the finest.

We must take lessons from our performance in the second half. The goal is to get the game started without waiting for them to trick us. We can be more balanced, but I don’t think we can play 90 minutes with the energy in the second half.