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Barcelona gained by a 5-1 scoreline final night time over Mallorca, returning to successful methods in La Liga and in some type.
What makes the end result all of the extra spectacular, nevertheless, is the truth that they did so with out Robert Lewandowski who’s La Liga’s high scorer at this second.
The Polish striker was rested fully on the night time as Hansi Flick determined the participant required a break earlier than the large fixtures forward, and as revealed by SPORT, he was not the one star the supervisor wished to relaxation.
Raphinha’s denial
The outlet brings to mild that the coach initially hoped to provide Raphinha a relaxation on the night time as nicely, because the Brazilian has been a continuing within the staff’s dynamics with no break.
Main from the entrance. (Picture by Rafa Babot/Getty Photographs)
The participant, nevertheless, insisted that he participate within the sport from the very begin when requested by the supervisor and Flick even joked in his post-match press convention how the participant proved that his presence on the sphere was very important.
Raphinha stepped up and transformed the penalty for Barcelona final night time after which obtained on the top of Lamine Yamal’s help to finish his brace.
Other than his two objectives, he even recorded 4 key passes and created one massive likelihood.
With Actual Betis and Borussia Dortmund coming subsequent, the supervisor is not going to have any likelihood to relaxation Raphinha and the Brazilian is ready to proceed main from the entrance.
Thus far this season, the 27-year-old has scored 11 objectives and supplied six assists in La Liga and has been in outrageous kind for the Catalans. Donning the captain’s armband couldn’t be extra deserved for any participant.
