Real Madrid suffered a 4-2 extra-time defeat at Atletico in the Spanish Cup Round of 16.
Vini Jr. has been criticised for his performance which involved missing two clear-cut opportunities and gifting a goal to Antoine Griezmann in extra time.
But Los Blancos fans are also turning on Aurelien Tchouameni, who was among the weakest links in the midfield for Madrid. For the Griezmann goal, he was supposed to track back to help the team defend against the Frenchman — but he was nowhere to be found.
Here's the replay of the goal. What is Tchou doing?
"Rewatching the game, Tchouameni is clearly my biggest disappointment," one fan, Lucas Navarette, tweeted.
"I can forgive your execution being off, but effort and energy should be a given in Real Madrid and it wasn't the case for him last night. Came off the bench and sleepwalked out there.
"Strange cameo from Tchouameni last night. For a defensive midfielder who was one of the fresher players on the pitch, this was as bad an error as the other more obvious ones that led to goals," the La Pausa podcast added.
Another fan, Tezzathekchen, wrote this: "Tchouameni has been horrible in nearly every big game that was evenly balanced or where his team were outplayed ALWAYS looks completely clueless when caught out in space.
"France were a defensive mess at the World Cup because he can’t shield a backline. Slow as f***, takes forever to react, clumsy and lacks defensive awareness in the final third."
Another Madridista, Druchk, tweeted: "Vini loses the ball, chases Griezman, Tchouameni just jogs and offers ZERO help, unbelievable stuff."
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