Atletico Madrid 1-3 Real Madrid: Talking Points and Observations

#4 Hats off to Perez's farsightedness

Vinicius has been involved in 10 goals in all competitions this season, but his presence has been a large part of the reason Madrid have been performing so well since Lopetegui departed.

Every person involved with any capacity at the club is extremely excited about Vinicius Jr. All the fans cannot get enough of the young Brazilian, who seems to excite fans like no other player with his vertical play and tireless skill-full running. The boy from Flamengo is having an immense first season at Madrid, showing the World exactly why Fiorentino Perez decided to promise Flamengo 45 million Euros for a 16 year old, 2 years ago.

Perez' biggest regret may be missing out on Neymar when he signed for Barcelona instead, and in order to not be in the same situation again, he has completely changed the club's transfer policy. Instead of buying Galacticos, Madrid now buys potential future superstars for reduced fees, so they do not have to pay princely sums to acquire them when they establish themselves at another club. The plan has paid superb dividends as Ceballos, Llorente, Vinicius, Asensio are part of the club's relatively new policy to buy talent young.

Another Brazilian prodigy Rodrygo Goes will be joining Real Madrid next summer, as Perez moved quickly to swoop in before anyone else could get to the precocious young talent.