🚨GUERRA TOTAL: RAPHINHA ESTALLA CONTRA 3 COMPAÑEROS TRAS GANAR AL ATLETI Y FLICK TOMA UNA DECISIÓN — Transcript
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- 0:00Barça had just won at the Metropolitano
- 0:02, they were leaders of the League, and
- 0:03their captain left the pitch without
- 0:05looking at anyone.
- 0:06Not a hug or a wave to the Culé fans in
- 0:09the stands.
- 0:11Raphinha went straight to the tunnel
- 0:12with a distraught face, and he wasn't
- 0:14angry at Atleti; he was angry at three
- 0:16of his own teammates.
- 0:18Who are those three?
- 0:20I’m going to tell you one by one, and
- 0:22the third one is the one nobody expects
- 0:24.
- 0:25What happened in the final play of the
- 0:27game that two Barça players had to step
- 0:29in and separate their captain?
- 0:32Why did one of those three teammates
- 0:34leave the field just as annoyed as
- 0:36Raphinha after winning?
- 0:38And the most important piece: Flick has
- 0:40made a decision after this match.
- 0:43A decision that hits Raphinha right
- 0:44where it hurts most, and to make matters
- 0:46worse, this has changed what Raphinha
- 0:48planned to do during this break with
- 0:50Brazil.
- 0:52I’ll tell you that too.
- 0:54Stay until the end because Flick's
- 0:55decision is what will be talked about
- 0:57most in the locker room over the coming
- 0:59weeks.
- 1:00Let’s start from the beginning. Barça
- 1:02won one-two at Atleti’s ground, a
- 1:05comeback with a FermĂn brace, a fifth
- 1:07straight win at the Metropolitano, and a
- 1:10three-point lead over Madrid. A night to
- 1:12celebrate, to head into the break with a
- 1:15smile, for the locker room to leave
- 1:17Madrid more united than ever.
- 1:19And yet, the exact opposite happened.
- 1:22To understand it, you have to look at
- 1:24Raphinha’s night, because Raphinha
- 1:26arrived at the Metropolitano as the
- 1:28league’s top scorer, 15 goals in 11
- 1:30matches, more goals than games played,
- 1:32more than Atleti's two top scorers
- 1:34combined.
- 1:36Before the September break, he already
- 1:38had 14 in just seven games with a
- 1:40perfect hat-trick against Sevilla: a
- 1:42goal with his right, a goal with his
- 1:44left, and a header.
- 1:46Raphinha has reinvented himself as a
- 1:48number nine with an ease that has
- 1:50surprised everyone.
- 1:51He is the most in-form striker in Spain
- 1:53right now, and precisely because of that
- 1:55, what happened at the Metropolitano
- 1:57hurts so much, because when you feel
- 1:59like that, you feel every ball is yours
- 2:01. And that night, nothing went his way.
- 2:04He tried every possible way, and none of
- 2:07his shots were on target.
- 2:09In the 30th minute, a free kick that
- 2:11crashed into the wall. Just before
- 2:13halftime, a turn-and-shoot effort
- 2:15blocked by Pubill. And the tension had
- 2:17been building since before then. In the
- 2:1828th minute, the referee had to call
- 2:20Raphinha over to ask him to calm down a
- 2:22teammate who wouldn't stop protesting.
- 2:25Keep that moment in mind because it
- 2:26comes back later. In the 31st, Cholo
- 2:29Simeone jumped off the bench asking for
- 2:31a yellow card for Raphinha for a tackle
- 2:33on Pablo Barrios. Raphinha had been
- 2:35heated since the first half.
- 2:37In the second half, it was more of the
- 2:39same.
- 2:40Movements, runs, fighting the
- 2:42center-backs, and the ball just not
- 2:43wanting to go in.
- 2:45To top it off, in the 82nd, a low cross
- 2:47from GĂĽndoÄźan zipped across the six-yard
- 2:49box without anyone to tap it in.
- 2:51That would have been the third. It was
- 2:53right there, but not for a forward
- 2:55accustomed to scoring every weekend.
- 2:58That weighs on you, and a lot. Even more
- 3:01so in a big game in front of the whole
- 3:03country. So Raphinha reaches the final
- 3:05minutes with a thorn in his side. He
- 3:07wanted his goal, he needed it.
- 3:10And do you know what happens then? The
- 3:11match gives him one last chance. 92nd
- 3:14minute, Pubill takes down Raphinha near
- 3:17the edge of the area. Direct free kick,
- 3:20Barça is winning 1-2 with only seconds
- 3:22left. This is where it all begins.
- 3:25Raphinha takes the ball, places it,
- 3:27wants to take the shot, wants to seal
- 3:28the game with a great goal and shake off
- 3:30a horrible night.
- 3:32But not everyone at Barça thinks the
- 3:34same. Three teammates approach and all
- 3:37three want something else. They want to
- 3:39pass short, keep the ball in the corner
- 3:41, and let the seconds tick away.
- 3:44Win and that's it, no risks, without
- 3:46gifting Atleti a counterattack in the
- 3:48final breath.
- 3:50And they had their reasons, because if
- 3:52this match made anything clear, it's
- 3:54that this Barça suffers a lot on the
- 3:55counter.
- 3:57In the first half, with the defensive
- 3:59line at midfield, Atleti had three clear
- 4:02chances in 10 minutes.
- 4:04A one-on-one for Julián, a crossbar from
- 4:06Sorloth, and Giuliano's goal. All the
- 4:08goals scored against this Barça look the
- 4:10same. Ball over the top, striker alone
- 4:13against the goalkeeper. It happened
- 4:15against Madrid and almost happened again
- 4:17at the Metropolitano.
- 4:19So in the minds of those three teammates
- 4:21, a direct free kick ending in a goal
- 4:23kick was gifting Atleti one last long
- 4:25ball.
- 4:26And with this defense, that is
- 4:28terrifying. Raphinha listens to them and
- 4:30decides to shoot anyway.
- 4:3393rd minute, direct strike, and the ball
- 4:36sails over the crossbar.
- 4:38Goal kick for Atleti. A few more seconds
- 4:42of suffering and the final whistle. The
- 4:44TV cameras caught everything.
- 4:47Those images already have hundreds of
- 4:49thousands of views.
- 4:52While the rest of the team hugged in the
- 4:54center of the pitch, the Barça captain
- 4:56walked alone toward the tunnel.
- 4:59Without turning around, without raising
- 5:01a hand. And as he passed in front of the
- 5:03Atleti stands, which had been whistling
- 5:05at him all night, he let out a gesture
- 5:07that the cameras also captured. A
- 5:09gesture that in Madrid they are already
- 5:11reproaching him for.
- 5:13But what matters isn't the Atleti crowd
- 5:15; what matters is what was happening
- 5:17inside his own team.
- 5:19Because before the match, Gordon had
- 5:21already told his people that he saw
- 5:23Rafinha acting strange, different,
- 5:24weighed down, as if he had been carrying
- 5:27something inside for days. And behind
- 5:29him, the reproaches. Reproaches that
- 5:32started on the pitch and continued in
- 5:34the locker room. Before I tell you who
- 5:36the three are, I make you a promise.
- 5:39What Flick decided after all this is the
- 5:41most intense part of the video, and I'll
- 5:43tell you with all the details. If you
- 5:45aren't subscribed yet, do it now.
- 5:48Here, every Barça match is covered from
- 5:50the inside, with what happens on the
- 5:51pitch and what happens when the locker
- 5:53room door closes.
- 5:54Let's go with the first one, De Jong.
- 5:57The first to approach Rafinha before the
- 5:59free kick was Frenkie De Jong.
- 6:02And here we need context, because De
- 6:04Jong had arguably just played his best
- 6:07match in his 8 years at Barça.
- 6:09He came on at halftime, played as a
- 6:11right-back and as a center-back. He
- 6:14organized everything, and with him,
- 6:15Barça started to hold the ball and turn
- 6:17the game around. So, De Jong felt a
- 6:20sense of authority that night. And he
- 6:22used it.
- 6:23According to those inside the locker
- 6:25room, De Jong told Rafinha to play it
- 6:27short, that there was no need to take
- 6:29risks, that the game was already won.
- 6:32Rafinha didn't even answer; he placed
- 6:34the ball and went for his run-up.
- 6:36And when the ball went over the crossbar
- 6:39, De Jong turned around with his arms
- 6:41wide open.
- 6:42The whole stadium saw that gesture in
- 6:44the locker room. De Jong was direct. A
- 6:46member of the coaching staff who was
- 6:48there summed it up like this. Frenkie
- 6:50told him that the captain has to think
- 6:52about the team before his own goal.
- 6:54Imagine what it's like to hear that
- 6:57while being the captain and the top
- 7:00scorer in La Liga. After a night where
- 7:02nothing went right for you, Rafinha took
- 7:05it for what it was: a reproach in front
- 7:07of everyone.
- 7:09And Flick was there, at the door of the
- 7:11locker room with his arms crossed,
- 7:12hearing it all.
- 7:15They say he didn't say a word at that
- 7:16moment, neither in favor of De Jong nor
- 7:18in favor of his captain.
- 7:19He turned around and went to the
- 7:21coaching staff room.
- 7:23That silence from Flick is important
- 7:25because Flick is not one to forget.
- 7:27What he saw that night, he noted and
- 7:29used later. But let's move on, because
- 7:32De Jong was only the first. You also
- 7:34have to understand De Jong’s logic.
- 7:37He had just spent 45 minutes plugging
- 7:39holes at the back, watching up close as
- 7:41Atleti attacked again and again.
- 7:44For a player who just suffered through
- 7:46that, seeing the captain go for a free
- 7:48kick in the last second is like watching
- 7:50someone light a match next to gasoline.
- 7:52And there’s something that makes this
- 7:54clash even more interesting. De Jong and
- 7:56Raphinha aren't exactly the closest in
- 7:58the dressing room. De Jong has been
- 8:01questioned for years; whether he's
- 8:03leaving, not performing, or earning too
- 8:05much. And this year he finally feels
- 8:07like he’s important again. Raphinha, on
- 8:09the other hand, arrived in 2022 labeled
- 8:12as an expensive signing who wouldn't
- 8:14succeed, and he’s earned the armband
- 8:16through his goals.
- 8:18Two players who have had to fight
- 8:20incredibly hard for their place and who
- 8:22, at that moment at the edge of the
- 8:24Metropolitano, wanted completely
- 8:26different things.
- 8:27But De Jong is a veteran. He is one of
- 8:30the few who can say something like that
- 8:32to the captain without causing a scandal
- 8:33.
- 8:35The problem is that he wasn't the only
- 8:37one, and the second is the one you’d
- 8:38least expect from the whole locker room
- 8:40; because if De Jong has character and
- 8:42no one is surprised he speaks his mind
- 8:44to the captain, the second is just the
- 8:45opposite.
- 8:47He’s the calmest of all, the one who
- 8:50never gets into trouble, the one who
- 8:52until that night had never raised his
- 8:54voice to a teammate. Pedri.
- 8:57Yes, Pedri, the one who never raises his
- 8:59voice, the one who in his entire Barça
- 9:01career has barely had a bad gesture
- 9:03toward a teammate.
- 9:05Pedri had just played a nine-out-of-ten
- 9:07game, with and without the ball. He
- 9:09pressed until the last minute as if it
- 9:11were the first. Third great performance
- 9:13in a row on a big stage: in Paris, in
- 9:15the Clásico, and at the Metropolitano.
- 9:18Pedri had held Barça up that night, and
- 9:20when he saw Raphinha set up the free
- 9:22kick, he also walked over.
- 9:24He also asked him to play it short.
- 9:26Pedri's reasoning is that of a
- 9:28midfielder. He is the one who has to
- 9:30chase back if the ball is lost. He is
- 9:32the one who knows what it costs to win
- 9:34it back, but what really happened with
- 9:36Pedri came after the miss.
- 9:38When the captain and the third teammate
- 9:40started arguing, Pedri and De Jong had
- 9:42to jump in, separating them on the
- 9:44Metropolitano pitch.
- 9:47And according to those who were nearby,
- 9:49Pedri said something to Raphinha that
- 9:51you don't usually hear in that dressing
- 9:53room. It’s not about who takes the shot
- 9:55, it’s about winning.
- 9:56Coming from Pedri, that carries twice
- 9:58the weight, because Pedri doesn't just
- 10:00talk to hear himself speak, and you have
- 10:01to understand where Pedri is coming from
- 10:03. He’s been hearing for weeks that he
- 10:05only shows up against the likes of
- 10:07Alavés, that he disappears in big games
- 10:09, yet in the three big games this autumn
- 10:11, he’s been one of the few worth saving
- 10:13. That night at the Metropolitano, he
- 10:15ran himself into the ground so that
- 10:17Barça would win. So, when he saw the
- 10:19captain gamble on a counterattack in the
- 10:21final second for his own goal, Pedri’s
- 10:24patience ran out. For the first time in
- 10:26a long time, Pedri snapped.
- 10:28A kit man on the bench described it
- 10:30afterward with a very vivid phrase. I
- 10:33had never seen Pedri with that look on
- 10:34his face.
- 10:36And De Jong, who had just been arguing
- 10:37with Raphinha, had to put his own anger
- 10:39aside to help Pedri pull the two of them
- 10:41apart.
- 10:42But Pedri’s outburst didn’t end on the
- 10:44pitch. In the dressing room, with
- 10:46everyone sitting down and still sweating
- 10:48, Pedri asked to speak, and according to
- 10:50those inside, he said something that
- 10:51hung in the air for a long time: that in
- 10:53the first half, they had played like it
- 10:55was a Gamper Trophy match.
- 10:58That Atleti could have scored three
- 11:00goals in 10 minutes, that they won
- 11:01because in the second half everyone
- 11:03played for each other, and if everyone
- 11:05started thinking about their own goal,
- 11:07their own record, or their own stats,
- 11:09this team wouldn't win anything
- 11:10important.
- 11:12He didn’t name names; he didn’t have to
- 11:14.
- 11:15Everyone knew who it was aimed at, and
- 11:17there were two players in that locker
- 11:19room who felt that line was for them.
- 11:22One was the captain; the other is the
- 11:23third person in this story. So, there
- 11:25you have two of them: De Jong, who asked
- 11:27him to think about the team, and Pedri,
- 11:29who had to pull them apart. But the
- 11:31question that really matters is a
- 11:32different one. Who was Raphinha arguing
- 11:34with when Pedri and De Jong stepped in?
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- 11:54get to it.
- 11:55The third one, the one who left the
- 11:56pitch just as angry as the captain:
- 11:58FermĂn. FermĂn wanted to take that free
- 12:01kick. It’s as simple and as significant
- 12:03as that. While De Jong and Pedri were
- 12:05calling for a short pass, FermĂn had a
- 12:06different idea. He wanted the ball for
- 12:09himself. And that’s where the clash came
- 12:11from, because FermĂn had already had a
- 12:13huge night. Seven chances created, the
- 12:16one-two pass to FermĂn, Grimaldo torn
- 12:19apart for 90 minutes. But he was missing
- 12:22something: the goal.
- 12:24He needed just one goal to equal the 41
- 12:26Mbappé scored in the league before
- 12:28turning 20.
- 12:30A free kick at the edge of the box, in
- 12:32the final minute at the Metropolitano.
- 12:34For Lamine, it was the perfect chance to
- 12:36end his night with a record, because
- 12:38Lamine was also dealing with his own
- 12:40frustration.
- 12:41Four shots all match and not a single
- 12:44one on target.
- 12:46In the 46th minute it grazed the post,
- 12:48in the 47th it went over, in the 82nd
- 12:50Gordon’s cross flashed past him before
- 12:52he could tap it in.
- 12:54And do you remember the 28th minute?
- 12:57The teammate who wouldn't stop
- 12:59protesting and whom Raphinha had to calm
- 13:01down in front of the ref was Lamine, so
- 13:03the tension between them didn't start
- 13:04with the free kick.
- 13:06It had been brewing the whole game, and
- 13:08Raphinha wouldn't give it to him. They
- 13:10both grabbed the ball at the same time.
- 13:13According to those on the inside, Lamine
- 13:15told him that one was his, and Raphinha
- 13:17replied that he was the captain.
- 13:20I am the captain. That sentence sums it
- 13:23all up. And here is the greatest irony
- 13:25of this whole story, because in
- 13:27September, Raphinha himself spoke about
- 13:29Lamine and the penalties with a
- 13:30beautiful sentiment. He said his
- 13:32intention was to help his teammates
- 13:34score, that he was thinking of Lamine,
- 13:35of Gordon, of Adeyemi.
- 13:37And he closed it with a phrase that
- 13:39sounds very different now.
- 13:40We are a family, and in a family, you
- 13:42have to look out for each other.
- 13:45Two months later, in the 93rd minute at
- 13:47the Metropolitano, the one who wanted to
- 13:49score was him.
- 13:50And the family watched as the ball
- 13:52sailed into the clouds. Lamine didn't
- 13:55forget it.
- 13:56And according to those who know him well
- 13:58, he reminded some teammates of that "
- 14:00family" quote on the way to the bus.
- 14:02Raphinha shot, missed, and Lamine just
- 14:04looked at him with a face that said it
- 14:07all. When the final whistle blew, Lamine
- 14:09didn't celebrate either. He walked
- 14:11toward the sideline talking to De Jong,
- 14:13gesturing without looking at Raphinha.
- 14:15And here is the detail that has stung
- 14:17the most.
- 14:18In those final minutes, while Raphinha
- 14:20headed to the tunnel alone, the one
- 14:22acting as captain with the rest of the
- 14:23group was Lamine.
- 14:25Lamine handing out hugs, Lamine talking
- 14:28to his teammates, Lamine doing what a
- 14:30captain is supposed to do. Is it ego?
- 14:33Yes. On both sides. Raphinha wanted his
- 14:36goal after a horrible night. Lamine
- 14:38wanted his goal to catch up to Mbappé,
- 14:40and between the two of them, a free kick
- 14:42that ended up in the clouds. Now, as a
- 14:44culé, let me tell you something. This
- 14:47happens in all big locker rooms. The
- 14:49best players want the ball in the
- 14:51decisive moment. That is not a bad thing
- 14:53. The bad thing would be if nobody
- 14:55wanted it, but let me tell you something
- 14:57else. There is a clash of generations
- 14:59here that was coming. Raphinha is 33
- 15:02years old. He is the captain, the top
- 15:04scorer, and the one who has held the
- 15:06team up in its worst moments. Lamine is
- 15:0919 years old.
- 15:11He is a European and World champion, and
- 15:13everyone knows that Barça for the next
- 15:1510 years will be his, sooner or later.
- 15:18Both of them were going to want the same
- 15:20ball, and it happened during a free kick
- 15:22in the last minute at the Metropolitano
- 15:24. But this fight didn't stay on the
- 15:26field because the next day Flick made a
- 15:28decision, and that decision won't please
- 15:31Raphinha at all. A decision that touches
- 15:33the only thing Raphinha has done
- 15:35perfectly since arriving at Barça and
- 15:37makes it very clear which side the coach
- 15:40is on in this ego battle. Flick's
- 15:42decision. According to reports from the
- 15:45training ground, Flick gathered his
- 15:46coaching staff and closed a matter that
- 15:48had been open for some time. Who takes
- 15:50the free kicks and penalties at this
- 15:52Barça. And the decision is this.
- 15:56Penalties and direct free kicks go to
- 15:58Lamine; lateral free kicks and balls
- 16:00into the box go to Pedri.
- 16:02And the way he communicated it says a
- 16:04lot. Flick didn't announce it in a press
- 16:06conference or a general team talk.
- 16:09He told the three involved separately
- 16:11before they left for their national
- 16:13teams.
- 16:14To Lamine and Pedri before they traveled
- 16:16with Spain. To Raphinha before he caught
- 16:19the plane to Brazil. They say the
- 16:21conversation with Raphinha lasted less
- 16:24than 5 minutes.
- 16:26Flick explained the decision, Raphinha
- 16:27listened in silence, and when finished,
- 16:29he got up without saying a word.
- 16:32And Raphinha? Raphinha is left with
- 16:34nothing.
- 16:35To understand why this is a bombshell,
- 16:37we have to go back to September, because
- 16:39in September Flick was asked who took
- 16:40the penalties at Barça.
- 16:42And do you know what he answered?
- 16:44That he didn't decide who took them,
- 16:46that the staff decided, and that whoever
- 16:48felt prepared took them.
- 16:50I don't decide. That's what Flick said 2
- 16:53months ago.
- 16:55And the press at the time wrote the
- 16:57opposite of what is happening now: that
- 16:59at Barça, Raphinha had the final word on
- 17:01penalties, that he was the main taker,
- 17:03and that he only occasionally let
- 17:05Lewandowski take them.
- 17:07I mean, until this weekend, the one in
- 17:09charge of the penalty spot was the
- 17:12captain, and with one single decision,
- 17:14that's over. And now he’s the one who
- 17:16decides, right after the fight at the
- 17:18Metropolitano, and he decides against
- 17:20the captain.
- 17:22But what really stings is the numbers,
- 17:25because Raphinha is the best penalty
- 17:27taker Barça has had in many years.
- 17:3013 penalties taken for Barça since he
- 17:34arrived in 2022. 13 goals, not a single
- 17:37miss. And if we look at his entire
- 17:38career, it's even more incredible. 22
- 17:41penalties scored in a row. The last one
- 17:43he missed was in December 2017; more
- 17:46than 8 years without missing a penalty.
- 17:498 years. And who does Flick give the
- 17:51penalties to? To Lewandowski, who is a
- 17:54genius, the best player on the team, but
- 17:56from the penalty spot has a success rate
- 17:59far below Raphinha's.
- 18:00The international press already compared
- 18:03them at the start of the season.
- 18:04Raphinha has a penalty success rate 23%
- 18:07higher than Lewandowski's. 23%.
- 18:12In a Champions League game decided by a
- 18:13penalty, that’s the difference between
- 18:15going through and being knocked out.
- 18:18So put yourself in Raphinha’s shoes.
- 18:20You’re the captain, you’re the top
- 18:22scorer in La Liga. You haven't missed a
- 18:25penalty in 8 years.
- 18:27You miss a free kick in the final minute
- 18:29of a game you’d already won, and the
- 18:31next day they take away your penalties
- 18:33and free kicks to give them to the kid
- 18:34you just fought with.
- 18:36How would that make you feel? Raphinha
- 18:39took it like a kick to the gut, and his
- 18:42camp hasn't stayed quiet. According to
- 18:44people very close to the player,
- 18:46Raphinha is clear on this.
- 18:49If the coach doesn't trust him to take a
- 18:51penalty, he should say it to his face.
- 18:53And someone in his inner circle went
- 18:55even further. With 13 for 13, if he
- 18:56doesn't take them, they should explain
- 18:58what criteria are used in that locker
- 19:00room. That, coming from the Barça
- 19:03captain, is a ticking time bomb. And
- 19:05watch out, because it’s not the first
- 19:07time in recent weeks that Flick and
- 19:09Raphinha have clashed.
- 19:10With the Brazil call-up, there was
- 19:12already tension between the two over his
- 19:14workload.
- 19:15Flick wanted to protect him, Raphinha
- 19:17wanted to play everything, and that left
- 19:20a wound that this decision has reopened
- 19:22.
- 19:23Some at the club are starting to wonder
- 19:25if the captain's armband is in danger,
- 19:27if Flick is paving the way for the
- 19:28locker room leadership to gradually pass
- 19:30to other hands.
- 19:32And the images from the Metropolitano
- 19:34with FermĂn acting as captain while
- 19:36Raphinha went to the tunnel alone don't
- 19:39help at all. Now, why did Flick make
- 19:41this decision? There are two ways to
- 19:43look at it. The first is tactical. Flick
- 19:45wants FermĂn to step up, for the team to
- 19:48revolve around him, even on set pieces.
- 19:51The second is locker room dynamics.
- 19:54Flick saw his captain ignore the
- 19:56requests of three teammates in the final
- 19:58minute and sent him a message without
- 20:00saying a word.
- 20:01I’m in charge here, and that includes
- 20:03set pieces.
- 20:05I think it’s a bit of both, but I
- 20:07believe Flick made one mistake.
- 20:09Penalties aren't gifts; they go to
- 20:11whoever takes them best.
- 20:14And by the numbers, the one who takes
- 20:15them best is Raphinha.
- 20:17Think about what could happen. A
- 20:19Champions League match in March, a tight
- 20:21knockout tie, a penalty in the final
- 20:23minute. Who do you want with the ball in
- 20:25their hands?
- 20:26The guy who hasn't missed since 2017 or
- 20:29a 19-year-old kid who still needs to
- 20:31learn to handle that pressure. FermĂn
- 20:33will be the best in the world, I have no
- 20:36doubt about that, but you don't learn
- 20:38penalties overnight, and Barça can't
- 20:41afford to learn during a knockout round
- 20:43.
- 20:44Besides, there is a risk no one at the
- 20:46club seems to see.
- 20:49If FermĂn misses an important penalty,
- 20:51all the pressure from this decision will
- 20:53fall on him, and at 19, that’s a lot to
- 20:55carry.
- 20:57But wait, because there's one final
- 20:59piece, and it's the one that changes
- 21:00things most for the next two weeks.
- 21:03Brazil. Raphinha has been called up by
- 21:05Brazil for this break, and what was
- 21:07being said in his circle before the
- 21:09Metropolitano match was very different
- 21:11from what's about to happen now.
- 21:12According to those close to the locker
- 21:14room, Raphinha had no desire to travel.
- 21:17He came off a season start with so many
- 21:19minutes, and his idea was to stay in
- 21:21Barcelona.
- 21:23Some very convenient discomfort, a
- 21:25cautious medical report, and two weeks
- 21:27of rest.
- 21:28That was what was being whispered before
- 21:31the match.
- 21:32A slight adductor strain, the kind that
- 21:34doesn't show up on any tests but allows
- 21:36you to tell your national team it's best
- 21:38not to risk it.
- 21:40In Barcelona, no one would have
- 21:41complained; quite the opposite.
- 21:43With the load of minutes he's had, the
- 21:45club would have signed off on having him
- 21:47home for two weeks to recover, and in
- 21:49Brazil, with a message from the club and
- 21:51a report in hand, there wouldn't have
- 21:52been much debate. It was the perfect
- 21:55plan, but Flick's decision changed
- 21:57everything. Now Raphinha is heading to
- 21:59Brazil, and he's going with anger.
- 22:03Suddenly the discomfort has disappeared
- 22:04, his adductor is perfect, and the Barça
- 22:06captain was the first one to pack his
- 22:08bags.
- 22:09Why?
- 22:10Because staying in Barcelona for two
- 22:12weeks watching everyone talk about how
- 22:13they took away his penalties was the
- 22:15last thing he wanted.
- 22:17He prefers to go far away and prefers to
- 22:19go to prove something. According to his
- 22:21inner circle, he wants to prove with the
- 22:23national team what his club just took
- 22:25away: that he is the taker, that he is a
- 22:27leader, that he is decisive.
- 22:29And it wouldn’t be strange to see him
- 22:31ask for the penalties for Brazil from
- 22:32the very first game so that in Barcelona
- 22:34they see it very clearly.
- 22:37And the Brazil coach is Carlo Ancelotti
- 22:39, a manager who perfectly understands
- 22:41what it means to manage egos in a locker
- 22:43room full of stars.
- 22:46Ancelotti is going to welcome a red-hot
- 22:48Raphinha, with 15 league goals, eager to
- 22:50vindicate himself and with a very clear
- 22:53message for his coach in Barcelona.
- 22:56If Raphinha scores for Brazil and, above
- 22:58all, if he scores from a penalty, a
- 23:00debate will arise in Barcelona that
- 23:02Flick won't be able to dodge. A wounded
- 23:05captain in his best goal-scoring form
- 23:07with something to prove. This break
- 23:09could be the best thing that happens to
- 23:11Brazil.
- 23:13And the worst thing that happens to
- 23:14Flick when he returns, because Raphinha
- 23:16will come back from Brazil with goals,
- 23:18with confidence, and with a question on
- 23:19the table.
- 23:20Why don't I take the penalties? And
- 23:23everyone in the Barça locker room will
- 23:25hear that question.
- 23:27Meanwhile, Lamine and Pedri will be with
- 23:29Spain, together, sharing rooms, training
- 23:32sessions, and conversations.
- 23:34And Raphinha will be on the other side
- 23:36of the ocean looking at his phone,
- 23:38watching how the two who asked him to
- 23:40save the ball are now taking Barça's set
- 23:43pieces.
- 23:44When they return, the first match after
- 23:46the break will have an image that
- 23:48everyone will be waiting for. The first
- 23:51free kick at the edge of the box. Who
- 23:53takes the ball? If it's Lamine and
- 23:55Raphinha steps aside, peace is signed.
- 23:58If Raphinha approaches the ball, the war
- 24:00starts all over again in front of the
- 24:01entire stadium. So let's answer what I
- 24:04asked you at the beginning. Who are the
- 24:06three? De Jong, who asked him to think
- 24:08about the team; Pedri, who had to
- 24:10separate him; and Lamine, with whom he
- 24:12clashed over that last free kick. Why
- 24:14did Lamine leave? Just as angry. Because
- 24:16he wanted that free kick for himself and
- 24:18for his record, and the captain wouldn't
- 24:20let him have it. And what has Flick
- 24:22decided? To take the penalties and free
- 24:24kicks away from the captain, even though
- 24:26he hasn't missed a penalty in 8 years.
- 24:28To give them to Lamine, I want to read
- 24:30your opinions because this topic splits
- 24:32the Barcelona fanbase right down the
- 24:34middle.
- 24:35Is Flick right to give the penalties to
- 24:37Lamine, or with 13 out of 13, should
- 24:39Raphinha take them no matter what in
- 24:41that final foul?
- 24:43Who was right? Raphinha for looking to
- 24:45seal the win, or De Jong and Pedri for
- 24:47asking to hold the ball? And thirdly, is
- 24:49this ego or is it just what happens in
- 24:51any locker room of a team that wants to
- 24:54win everything? I’ll reply in the
- 24:56comments, because tonight there’s a lot
- 24:58to debate.
- 24:59If you liked the video, hit like and
- 25:01don't forget the hype button right next
- 25:03to it.
- 25:05That way this video reaches many more
- 25:07Culés during the break. And on Twitter,
- 25:09we report everything happening in the
- 25:11locker room before anyone else. You have
- 25:13the link in the description. We’ll be
- 25:15back tomorrow with more, because with
- 25:17Raphinha in Brazil and Lamine with Spain
- 25:19, this break is going to give us a lot
- 25:20to talk about. Visca el Barça.
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