The end of Barcelona, Raphinha, was made to eat his words during the humid of Tuesday night by Brazil at the hands of Argentine rival rival rival.
World Cup headlines, playing without veteran Talisman Lionel Messi, won a 4-1 victory in Buenos Aires Secure its site in the finals of 2026 with four games classified to save.
In the accumulation, Raphinha had left for a chat televised with the legend of Brazil Romario.
“A beating, no doubt. I’m going to score them. Snail -them!” He said in an explosive message that he and El Selecao were finally unable to back up.
Argentina I did not take Raphinha’s comments lightly and made sure he knew he was in a game. At the closing stages of the first half, the Barcelona Star was at the end of receiving a lack of Nicolas Tagliafico. Raphinha pushed his opponent, with the two games of players, including each goalkeeper, then wrapped himself in a melee in the central circle.
“Speak less,” was the clear message of the Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi in the direction of Raphinha. The crowd also made clear his feelings, singing, “You make a bitch” to the player.
At the time of the flashpoint after the lack of tagiafico, Argentina was already 3-1, after Alexis Mac Allister had joined the previous goals of Julian Alvarez and Enzo Fernandez.
Although he hit the carpentry, the 2025 Ballon d’Or contestant He finally marked out of the game, having the few touches of any player on the pitch to complete 90 minutes.
Argentine director Lionel Scaloni had a softer vision. “I apologize to Raphinha because I know he did not do it on purpose,” the coach said after the game. “He is defending his team. We value it because we prefer a celebrated game, but with or without a statement, in Argentina we were going to play our game.”
Brazil You still have some work to be done for the rest of the World Cup classification to ensure that they have been unmatched record to play all tournaments since 1930. With the first six places of the automatically qualifying rating automatically, there is a six-point healthy room in Venezuela in seventh place.
