Superstar in Spain, doubted in Brazil: Will Vinicius convince a nation?

Carlo Ancelotti's news conference was coming to an end when he addressed the elephant in the room in his typically subtle, elegant way. "People sometimes say Brazil don't have a star right now. Maybe that's true," the Brazil manager said before the friendly against Panama in late May. "We don't have a Pele, a Romario or a Ronaldo, but we can have a shared sense of responsibility, and that can be a very powerful thing." The expectation was for Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior, by now, to have …