Football changes quickly, particularly at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and Vinicius Junior saw that first hand on Wednesday as he received his first whistles, shortly followed by scoring his first goal of the season.
The Brazilian celebrated like never before and, aware that things aren't going entirely his way at the moment, he knelt and faced the sky as his teammates surrounded him before breaking into tears.
New life has been handed to the youngster with his first goal of the season, also having started again alongside Luka Jovic and Lucas Vazquez.
Vinicius is still some way from the form he showed under Santiago Solari, but Wednesday was a step in the right direction.