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01/20 14:56 CST More boos for Vincius in Real Madrid's Champions League match against Monaco at the Bernabeu More boos for Vincius in Real Madrid's Champions League match against Monaco at the Bernabeu By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) --- Vincius Jnior was booed again by some of the Real Madrid fans in the Champions League match against Monaco on Tuesday. Part of the crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium jeered the Brazil forward nearly every time he touched the ball early on in the league-phase game in Madrid. The boos were not nearly as loud as they were on Saturday in Madrid's 2-0 win over Levante in the Spanish league, and they got quieter as Madrid dominated the game against Monaco. Like what happened against Levante, some of the fans jeered when Vincius' name was announced in the starting lineup. Vincius has been having a lackluster season and some fans viewed him as one of the reasons why coach Xabi Alonso was replaced last week. Vincius had spats with Alonso, a former Madrid and Spain great as a player who was replaced as a coach following a tumultuous eight-month stint. Vincius was reportedly the main player not backing Alonso in the locker room. The boos Tuesday got quieter after Kylian Mbapp scored in the fifth minute to put the hosts ahead. Vincius then assisted Mbapp's second goal in the 26th. Mbapp went to hug Vincius after the second goal. Mbapp and new coach Alvaro Arbeloa had come out defending Vincius recently, with Mbapp saying the crowd shouldn't single out Vincius as the one to blame for the team's struggles. Many fans applauded a seventh-minute attempt by Vincius, who just missed wide from inside the area. When he misplayed a ball in the 40th, some of the fans started to boo again but many more applauded in response. There were no immediate jeers toward club president Florentino Prez like it had happened against Levante. Mbapp appeared to apologize to Monaco fans after scoring. He was a former Monaco player. Madrid had entered the match against Levante coming off a two-game losing streak that included a loss to Barcelona in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia --- which prompted Alonso's departure --- and an embarrassing elimination against Albacete in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. There was a moment of silence before the match in honor of the victims of the train crash that killed more than 40 people in southern Spain on Sunday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer