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SNAPPED! Atletico Madrid ultras HANG effigy of Vinicius Jr from bridge ahead of Copa clash

Atletico Madrid ultras have shocked Spanish football by hanging a doll dressed up as Vinicius Junior from a local bridge.

A few hours before Atletico meet Real Madrid in the quarter-final of the Copa del Rey, a doll representing the Brazilian was found hanging from a bridge in the Spanish capital.

A banner was also hung with the motto of the Frente Atlético, the main ultras group of the Colchoneros: "Madrid hates Real".

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