Vinícius invites Zaher, a Sudanese boy who lost his legs, to a Madrid match

Brazilian Vinícius Júnior has invited Zaher, a 13-year-old boy from Sudan who lost both legs in a drone attack, to a Real Madrid match. According to the BBC, which contacted the player through the club, Vinícius answered with a video message wishing him to play football again and proposing that they spend the day together at one of the team's games.

In a BBC report, Zaher said his favourite player is Vinícius and that he would love to meet him one day. When he got the message, he asked for the word to be passed on that he loves him and that the video had made him very happy.

The attack took place in 2024 in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. His mother, Habibah, was with him and recalls how he was covered in blood. Afterwards, mother and son moved to Cairo, where he underwent an operation and was fitted with the prosthetics. Habibah says that getting him to smile was almost impossible, but that he now laughs and has a lot of self-confidence.