Vinicius Jr reignites feud with Mallorca rival and tells him to 'go back home' in fiery Super Cup bust-up - days after defender claimed he could 'KNOCK OUT' the Real Madrid star in '10 seconds'
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Vinicius Jr reignited his long-standing feud with Mallorca star Pablo Maffeo during a feisty Super Cup encounter at the Bernabeu on Thursday evening. The Real Madrid superstar and the defender have a history, having first clashed during a meeting in the 2021-22 season when Los Blancos faced off with their LaLiga counterparts.
![[The Real Madrid star told the defender he was 'terrible' as they reignited their feud in Saudi]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/23/93936321-14268719-image-a-20_1736464962056.jpg)
The Brazil international had been subject to a heavy challenge from Maffeo, and although the pair were thought to have reconciled, tempers flared during the cup tie which saw Carlo Ancelotti's side claim the 3-0 win. It took just 10 minutes for touch paper to ignite between the pair, after Maffeo tried to put the forward off balance with some early overzealous man-marking.
![[Carlo Ancelotti was forced to pull up his player for his conduct in a bid to keep him on the pitch]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/23/93936317-14268719-image-a-21_1736464965595.jpg)
In a bid to ward him off, Vinicius waved a hand at the defender's chest, which prompted him to go to ground in a bid to draw a foul. On the pitch, Jude Bellingham sought to see Maffeo punished for what he believed was a dive, with Real Madrid's substitutes bench also incensed and keen to re-direct referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea's attention to pulling up the Mallorca player.
![[Maffeo was the victim of Madrid's ire after going down for a soft challenge from Vinicius Jr]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/23/93936235-14268719-image-a-22_1736464976287.jpg)
Vinicius Jr (pictured) told Mallorca's Pablo Maffeo to 'go back home' in their Super Cup clash. The Real Madrid star told the defender he was 'terrible' as they reignited their feud in Saudi. Carlo Ancelotti was forced to pull up his player for his conduct in a bid to keep him on the pitch.
![[The player fanned the flames of controversy before the match when he suggested that he could knock Vinicius Jr out in '10 seconds' - claiming it would be a 'spectacle of its own']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/23/93936285-14268719-image-m-24_1736464982742.jpg)
"Eres malísimo, te vas a casa".El pique entre Vinicius y Maffeo. #superSupercopa pic.twitter.com/HpBttPR1WQ. De Burgos Bengoetxa instead spoke to both players before waving play on, but Vinicus is thought to have warned Maffeo over his behaviour in the first-half as the two teams made their way off for half-time.
