Brazil’s national team manager, Dorival Junior, greeted Raphinha’s Redemption Arch, from widespread critics to “Ballon d’Or Contentada” this season.
The Barcelona star has been revealing the best campaign of his career. The lonely target at The Wednesday Champions League victory About Benfica was the 25th of the Raphinha season. In all competitions, the Brazilian phenom has contributed directly to 41 goals in 40 appearances, almost double its high season (21) above.
This remarkable increase in departure has pushed Raphinha the conversation For the most prestigious prizes in the game. When Dorival he exhibited in the media collected in the announcement of his Brazilian workforce for international accessories in March: “Raphinha is a contestant gold dance”.
However, the 28 -year -old has not always been so revered. “Raphinha faced heavy criticism during the America Cup,” said his international manager, “and is now a Golden Ballon candidate.”
Raphinha was regular next to Brazil that crashed to Uruguay The quarterfinals of last year’s America Cup. During the same summer, Barcelona entertained the perspective of selling its mercurial end, which had attracted the criticism of the fans and was planned to leave —Se.
Ultimately, the incoming manager, Hansi Flick, convinced Raphinha to stay in Catalonia, taking advantage of the striker’s physical gifts when changing him to a new position nominally on the left flank, which allows him to travel the entire final third.
Raphinha’s admiration is not restricted to Dorival Junior. Barcelona They are against Osasuna in the league this weekend and the director of Pamplona, ​​Vicente Moreno, distinguished an opposition member for praise. “Raphinha,” he insisted, “is undervalued.
“I see it as one of the best in the world, if not the best, with the most influence on the offensive and defensive game, in teamwork and individual.”
