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🚨GUERRA TOTAL: RAPHINHA ESTALLA CONTRA 3 COMPAÑEROS TRAS GANAR AL ATLETI Y FLICK TOMA UNA DECISIÓN — Transcript

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  1. 0:00Barça had just won at the Metropolitano
  2. 0:02, they were leaders of the League, and
  3. 0:03their captain left the pitch without
  4. 0:05looking at anyone.
  5. 0:06Not a hug or a wave to the Culé fans in
  6. 0:09the stands.
  7. 0:11Raphinha went straight to the tunnel
  8. 0:12with a distraught face, and he wasn't
  9. 0:14angry at Atleti; he was angry at three
  10. 0:16of his own teammates.
  11. 0:18Who are those three?
  12. 0:20I’m going to tell you one by one, and
  13. 0:22the third one is the one nobody expects
  14. 0:24.
  15. 0:25What happened in the final play of the
  16. 0:27game that two Barça players had to step
  17. 0:29in and separate their captain?
  18. 0:32Why did one of those three teammates
  19. 0:34leave the field just as annoyed as
  20. 0:36Raphinha after winning?
  21. 0:38And the most important piece: Flick has
  22. 0:40made a decision after this match.
  23. 0:43A decision that hits Raphinha right
  24. 0:44where it hurts most, and to make matters
  25. 0:46worse, this has changed what Raphinha
  26. 0:48planned to do during this break with
  27. 0:50Brazil.
  28. 0:52I’ll tell you that too.
  29. 0:54Stay until the end because Flick's
  30. 0:55decision is what will be talked about
  31. 0:57most in the locker room over the coming
  32. 0:59weeks.
  33. 1:00Let’s start from the beginning. Barça
  34. 1:02won one-two at Atleti’s ground, a
  35. 1:05comeback with a FermĂ­n brace, a fifth
  36. 1:07straight win at the Metropolitano, and a
  37. 1:10three-point lead over Madrid. A night to
  38. 1:12celebrate, to head into the break with a
  39. 1:15smile, for the locker room to leave
  40. 1:17Madrid more united than ever.
  41. 1:19And yet, the exact opposite happened.
  42. 1:22To understand it, you have to look at
  43. 1:24Raphinha’s night, because Raphinha
  44. 1:26arrived at the Metropolitano as the
  45. 1:28league’s top scorer, 15 goals in 11
  46. 1:30matches, more goals than games played,
  47. 1:32more than Atleti's two top scorers
  48. 1:34combined.
  49. 1:36Before the September break, he already
  50. 1:38had 14 in just seven games with a
  51. 1:40perfect hat-trick against Sevilla: a
  52. 1:42goal with his right, a goal with his
  53. 1:44left, and a header.
  54. 1:46Raphinha has reinvented himself as a
  55. 1:48number nine with an ease that has
  56. 1:50surprised everyone.
  57. 1:51He is the most in-form striker in Spain
  58. 1:53right now, and precisely because of that
  59. 1:55, what happened at the Metropolitano
  60. 1:57hurts so much, because when you feel
  61. 1:59like that, you feel every ball is yours
  62. 2:01. And that night, nothing went his way.
  63. 2:04He tried every possible way, and none of
  64. 2:07his shots were on target.
  65. 2:09In the 30th minute, a free kick that
  66. 2:11crashed into the wall. Just before
  67. 2:13halftime, a turn-and-shoot effort
  68. 2:15blocked by Pubill. And the tension had
  69. 2:17been building since before then. In the
  70. 2:1828th minute, the referee had to call
  71. 2:20Raphinha over to ask him to calm down a
  72. 2:22teammate who wouldn't stop protesting.
  73. 2:25Keep that moment in mind because it
  74. 2:26comes back later. In the 31st, Cholo
  75. 2:29Simeone jumped off the bench asking for
  76. 2:31a yellow card for Raphinha for a tackle
  77. 2:33on Pablo Barrios. Raphinha had been
  78. 2:35heated since the first half.
  79. 2:37In the second half, it was more of the
  80. 2:39same.
  81. 2:40Movements, runs, fighting the
  82. 2:42center-backs, and the ball just not
  83. 2:43wanting to go in.
  84. 2:45To top it off, in the 82nd, a low cross
  85. 2:47from GĂĽndoÄźan zipped across the six-yard
  86. 2:49box without anyone to tap it in.
  87. 2:51That would have been the third. It was
  88. 2:53right there, but not for a forward
  89. 2:55accustomed to scoring every weekend.
  90. 2:58That weighs on you, and a lot. Even more
  91. 3:01so in a big game in front of the whole
  92. 3:03country. So Raphinha reaches the final
  93. 3:05minutes with a thorn in his side. He
  94. 3:07wanted his goal, he needed it.
  95. 3:10And do you know what happens then? The
  96. 3:11match gives him one last chance. 92nd
  97. 3:14minute, Pubill takes down Raphinha near
  98. 3:17the edge of the area. Direct free kick,
  99. 3:20Barça is winning 1-2 with only seconds
  100. 3:22left. This is where it all begins.
  101. 3:25Raphinha takes the ball, places it,
  102. 3:27wants to take the shot, wants to seal
  103. 3:28the game with a great goal and shake off
  104. 3:30a horrible night.
  105. 3:32But not everyone at Barça thinks the
  106. 3:34same. Three teammates approach and all
  107. 3:37three want something else. They want to
  108. 3:39pass short, keep the ball in the corner
  109. 3:41, and let the seconds tick away.
  110. 3:44Win and that's it, no risks, without
  111. 3:46gifting Atleti a counterattack in the
  112. 3:48final breath.
  113. 3:50And they had their reasons, because if
  114. 3:52this match made anything clear, it's
  115. 3:54that this Barça suffers a lot on the
  116. 3:55counter.
  117. 3:57In the first half, with the defensive
  118. 3:59line at midfield, Atleti had three clear
  119. 4:02chances in 10 minutes.
  120. 4:04A one-on-one for Julián, a crossbar from
  121. 4:06Sorloth, and Giuliano's goal. All the
  122. 4:08goals scored against this Barça look the
  123. 4:10same. Ball over the top, striker alone
  124. 4:13against the goalkeeper. It happened
  125. 4:15against Madrid and almost happened again
  126. 4:17at the Metropolitano.
  127. 4:19So in the minds of those three teammates
  128. 4:21, a direct free kick ending in a goal
  129. 4:23kick was gifting Atleti one last long
  130. 4:25ball.
  131. 4:26And with this defense, that is
  132. 4:28terrifying. Raphinha listens to them and
  133. 4:30decides to shoot anyway.
  134. 4:3393rd minute, direct strike, and the ball
  135. 4:36sails over the crossbar.
  136. 4:38Goal kick for Atleti. A few more seconds
  137. 4:42of suffering and the final whistle. The
  138. 4:44TV cameras caught everything.
  139. 4:47Those images already have hundreds of
  140. 4:49thousands of views.
  141. 4:52While the rest of the team hugged in the
  142. 4:54center of the pitch, the Barça captain
  143. 4:56walked alone toward the tunnel.
  144. 4:59Without turning around, without raising
  145. 5:01a hand. And as he passed in front of the
  146. 5:03Atleti stands, which had been whistling
  147. 5:05at him all night, he let out a gesture
  148. 5:07that the cameras also captured. A
  149. 5:09gesture that in Madrid they are already
  150. 5:11reproaching him for.
  151. 5:13But what matters isn't the Atleti crowd
  152. 5:15; what matters is what was happening
  153. 5:17inside his own team.
  154. 5:19Because before the match, Gordon had
  155. 5:21already told his people that he saw
  156. 5:23Rafinha acting strange, different,
  157. 5:24weighed down, as if he had been carrying
  158. 5:27something inside for days. And behind
  159. 5:29him, the reproaches. Reproaches that
  160. 5:32started on the pitch and continued in
  161. 5:34the locker room. Before I tell you who
  162. 5:36the three are, I make you a promise.
  163. 5:39What Flick decided after all this is the
  164. 5:41most intense part of the video, and I'll
  165. 5:43tell you with all the details. If you
  166. 5:45aren't subscribed yet, do it now.
  167. 5:48Here, every Barça match is covered from
  168. 5:50the inside, with what happens on the
  169. 5:51pitch and what happens when the locker
  170. 5:53room door closes.
  171. 5:54Let's go with the first one, De Jong.
  172. 5:57The first to approach Rafinha before the
  173. 5:59free kick was Frenkie De Jong.
  174. 6:02And here we need context, because De
  175. 6:04Jong had arguably just played his best
  176. 6:07match in his 8 years at Barça.
  177. 6:09He came on at halftime, played as a
  178. 6:11right-back and as a center-back. He
  179. 6:14organized everything, and with him,
  180. 6:15Barça started to hold the ball and turn
  181. 6:17the game around. So, De Jong felt a
  182. 6:20sense of authority that night. And he
  183. 6:22used it.
  184. 6:23According to those inside the locker
  185. 6:25room, De Jong told Rafinha to play it
  186. 6:27short, that there was no need to take
  187. 6:29risks, that the game was already won.
  188. 6:32Rafinha didn't even answer; he placed
  189. 6:34the ball and went for his run-up.
  190. 6:36And when the ball went over the crossbar
  191. 6:39, De Jong turned around with his arms
  192. 6:41wide open.
  193. 6:42The whole stadium saw that gesture in
  194. 6:44the locker room. De Jong was direct. A
  195. 6:46member of the coaching staff who was
  196. 6:48there summed it up like this. Frenkie
  197. 6:50told him that the captain has to think
  198. 6:52about the team before his own goal.
  199. 6:54Imagine what it's like to hear that
  200. 6:57while being the captain and the top
  201. 7:00scorer in La Liga. After a night where
  202. 7:02nothing went right for you, Rafinha took
  203. 7:05it for what it was: a reproach in front
  204. 7:07of everyone.
  205. 7:09And Flick was there, at the door of the
  206. 7:11locker room with his arms crossed,
  207. 7:12hearing it all.
  208. 7:15They say he didn't say a word at that
  209. 7:16moment, neither in favor of De Jong nor
  210. 7:18in favor of his captain.
  211. 7:19He turned around and went to the
  212. 7:21coaching staff room.
  213. 7:23That silence from Flick is important
  214. 7:25because Flick is not one to forget.
  215. 7:27What he saw that night, he noted and
  216. 7:29used later. But let's move on, because
  217. 7:32De Jong was only the first. You also
  218. 7:34have to understand De Jong’s logic.
  219. 7:37He had just spent 45 minutes plugging
  220. 7:39holes at the back, watching up close as
  221. 7:41Atleti attacked again and again.
  222. 7:44For a player who just suffered through
  223. 7:46that, seeing the captain go for a free
  224. 7:48kick in the last second is like watching
  225. 7:50someone light a match next to gasoline.
  226. 7:52And there’s something that makes this
  227. 7:54clash even more interesting. De Jong and
  228. 7:56Raphinha aren't exactly the closest in
  229. 7:58the dressing room. De Jong has been
  230. 8:01questioned for years; whether he's
  231. 8:03leaving, not performing, or earning too
  232. 8:05much. And this year he finally feels
  233. 8:07like he’s important again. Raphinha, on
  234. 8:09the other hand, arrived in 2022 labeled
  235. 8:12as an expensive signing who wouldn't
  236. 8:14succeed, and he’s earned the armband
  237. 8:16through his goals.
  238. 8:18Two players who have had to fight
  239. 8:20incredibly hard for their place and who
  240. 8:22, at that moment at the edge of the
  241. 8:24Metropolitano, wanted completely
  242. 8:26different things.
  243. 8:27But De Jong is a veteran. He is one of
  244. 8:30the few who can say something like that
  245. 8:32to the captain without causing a scandal
  246. 8:33.
  247. 8:35The problem is that he wasn't the only
  248. 8:37one, and the second is the one you’d
  249. 8:38least expect from the whole locker room
  250. 8:40; because if De Jong has character and
  251. 8:42no one is surprised he speaks his mind
  252. 8:44to the captain, the second is just the
  253. 8:45opposite.
  254. 8:47He’s the calmest of all, the one who
  255. 8:50never gets into trouble, the one who
  256. 8:52until that night had never raised his
  257. 8:54voice to a teammate. Pedri.
  258. 8:57Yes, Pedri, the one who never raises his
  259. 8:59voice, the one who in his entire Barça
  260. 9:01career has barely had a bad gesture
  261. 9:03toward a teammate.
  262. 9:05Pedri had just played a nine-out-of-ten
  263. 9:07game, with and without the ball. He
  264. 9:09pressed until the last minute as if it
  265. 9:11were the first. Third great performance
  266. 9:13in a row on a big stage: in Paris, in
  267. 9:15the Clásico, and at the Metropolitano.
  268. 9:18Pedri had held Barça up that night, and
  269. 9:20when he saw Raphinha set up the free
  270. 9:22kick, he also walked over.
  271. 9:24He also asked him to play it short.
  272. 9:26Pedri's reasoning is that of a
  273. 9:28midfielder. He is the one who has to
  274. 9:30chase back if the ball is lost. He is
  275. 9:32the one who knows what it costs to win
  276. 9:34it back, but what really happened with
  277. 9:36Pedri came after the miss.
  278. 9:38When the captain and the third teammate
  279. 9:40started arguing, Pedri and De Jong had
  280. 9:42to jump in, separating them on the
  281. 9:44Metropolitano pitch.
  282. 9:47And according to those who were nearby,
  283. 9:49Pedri said something to Raphinha that
  284. 9:51you don't usually hear in that dressing
  285. 9:53room. It’s not about who takes the shot
  286. 9:55, it’s about winning.
  287. 9:56Coming from Pedri, that carries twice
  288. 9:58the weight, because Pedri doesn't just
  289. 10:00talk to hear himself speak, and you have
  290. 10:01to understand where Pedri is coming from
  291. 10:03. He’s been hearing for weeks that he
  292. 10:05only shows up against the likes of
  293. 10:07Alavés, that he disappears in big games
  294. 10:09, yet in the three big games this autumn
  295. 10:11, he’s been one of the few worth saving
  296. 10:13. That night at the Metropolitano, he
  297. 10:15ran himself into the ground so that
  298. 10:17Barça would win. So, when he saw the
  299. 10:19captain gamble on a counterattack in the
  300. 10:21final second for his own goal, Pedri’s
  301. 10:24patience ran out. For the first time in
  302. 10:26a long time, Pedri snapped.
  303. 10:28A kit man on the bench described it
  304. 10:30afterward with a very vivid phrase. I
  305. 10:33had never seen Pedri with that look on
  306. 10:34his face.
  307. 10:36And De Jong, who had just been arguing
  308. 10:37with Raphinha, had to put his own anger
  309. 10:39aside to help Pedri pull the two of them
  310. 10:41apart.
  311. 10:42But Pedri’s outburst didn’t end on the
  312. 10:44pitch. In the dressing room, with
  313. 10:46everyone sitting down and still sweating
  314. 10:48, Pedri asked to speak, and according to
  315. 10:50those inside, he said something that
  316. 10:51hung in the air for a long time: that in
  317. 10:53the first half, they had played like it
  318. 10:55was a Gamper Trophy match.
  319. 10:58That Atleti could have scored three
  320. 11:00goals in 10 minutes, that they won
  321. 11:01because in the second half everyone
  322. 11:03played for each other, and if everyone
  323. 11:05started thinking about their own goal,
  324. 11:07their own record, or their own stats,
  325. 11:09this team wouldn't win anything
  326. 11:10important.
  327. 11:12He didn’t name names; he didn’t have to
  328. 11:14.
  329. 11:15Everyone knew who it was aimed at, and
  330. 11:17there were two players in that locker
  331. 11:19room who felt that line was for them.
  332. 11:22One was the captain; the other is the
  333. 11:23third person in this story. So, there
  334. 11:25you have two of them: De Jong, who asked
  335. 11:27him to think about the team, and Pedri,
  336. 11:29who had to pull them apart. But the
  337. 11:31question that really matters is a
  338. 11:32different one. Who was Raphinha arguing
  339. 11:34with when Pedri and De Jong stepped in?
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  347. 11:54get to it.
  348. 11:55The third one, the one who left the
  349. 11:56pitch just as angry as the captain:
  350. 11:58FermĂ­n. FermĂ­n wanted to take that free
  351. 12:01kick. It’s as simple and as significant
  352. 12:03as that. While De Jong and Pedri were
  353. 12:05calling for a short pass, FermĂ­n had a
  354. 12:06different idea. He wanted the ball for
  355. 12:09himself. And that’s where the clash came
  356. 12:11from, because FermĂ­n had already had a
  357. 12:13huge night. Seven chances created, the
  358. 12:16one-two pass to FermĂ­n, Grimaldo torn
  359. 12:19apart for 90 minutes. But he was missing
  360. 12:22something: the goal.
  361. 12:24He needed just one goal to equal the 41
  362. 12:26Mbappé scored in the league before
  363. 12:28turning 20.
  364. 12:30A free kick at the edge of the box, in
  365. 12:32the final minute at the Metropolitano.
  366. 12:34For Lamine, it was the perfect chance to
  367. 12:36end his night with a record, because
  368. 12:38Lamine was also dealing with his own
  369. 12:40frustration.
  370. 12:41Four shots all match and not a single
  371. 12:44one on target.
  372. 12:46In the 46th minute it grazed the post,
  373. 12:48in the 47th it went over, in the 82nd
  374. 12:50Gordon’s cross flashed past him before
  375. 12:52he could tap it in.
  376. 12:54And do you remember the 28th minute?
  377. 12:57The teammate who wouldn't stop
  378. 12:59protesting and whom Raphinha had to calm
  379. 13:01down in front of the ref was Lamine, so
  380. 13:03the tension between them didn't start
  381. 13:04with the free kick.
  382. 13:06It had been brewing the whole game, and
  383. 13:08Raphinha wouldn't give it to him. They
  384. 13:10both grabbed the ball at the same time.
  385. 13:13According to those on the inside, Lamine
  386. 13:15told him that one was his, and Raphinha
  387. 13:17replied that he was the captain.
  388. 13:20I am the captain. That sentence sums it
  389. 13:23all up. And here is the greatest irony
  390. 13:25of this whole story, because in
  391. 13:27September, Raphinha himself spoke about
  392. 13:29Lamine and the penalties with a
  393. 13:30beautiful sentiment. He said his
  394. 13:32intention was to help his teammates
  395. 13:34score, that he was thinking of Lamine,
  396. 13:35of Gordon, of Adeyemi.
  397. 13:37And he closed it with a phrase that
  398. 13:39sounds very different now.
  399. 13:40We are a family, and in a family, you
  400. 13:42have to look out for each other.
  401. 13:45Two months later, in the 93rd minute at
  402. 13:47the Metropolitano, the one who wanted to
  403. 13:49score was him.
  404. 13:50And the family watched as the ball
  405. 13:52sailed into the clouds. Lamine didn't
  406. 13:55forget it.
  407. 13:56And according to those who know him well
  408. 13:58, he reminded some teammates of that "
  409. 14:00family" quote on the way to the bus.
  410. 14:02Raphinha shot, missed, and Lamine just
  411. 14:04looked at him with a face that said it
  412. 14:07all. When the final whistle blew, Lamine
  413. 14:09didn't celebrate either. He walked
  414. 14:11toward the sideline talking to De Jong,
  415. 14:13gesturing without looking at Raphinha.
  416. 14:15And here is the detail that has stung
  417. 14:17the most.
  418. 14:18In those final minutes, while Raphinha
  419. 14:20headed to the tunnel alone, the one
  420. 14:22acting as captain with the rest of the
  421. 14:23group was Lamine.
  422. 14:25Lamine handing out hugs, Lamine talking
  423. 14:28to his teammates, Lamine doing what a
  424. 14:30captain is supposed to do. Is it ego?
  425. 14:33Yes. On both sides. Raphinha wanted his
  426. 14:36goal after a horrible night. Lamine
  427. 14:38wanted his goal to catch up to Mbappé,
  428. 14:40and between the two of them, a free kick
  429. 14:42that ended up in the clouds. Now, as a
  430. 14:44culé, let me tell you something. This
  431. 14:47happens in all big locker rooms. The
  432. 14:49best players want the ball in the
  433. 14:51decisive moment. That is not a bad thing
  434. 14:53. The bad thing would be if nobody
  435. 14:55wanted it, but let me tell you something
  436. 14:57else. There is a clash of generations
  437. 14:59here that was coming. Raphinha is 33
  438. 15:02years old. He is the captain, the top
  439. 15:04scorer, and the one who has held the
  440. 15:06team up in its worst moments. Lamine is
  441. 15:0919 years old.
  442. 15:11He is a European and World champion, and
  443. 15:13everyone knows that Barça for the next
  444. 15:1510 years will be his, sooner or later.
  445. 15:18Both of them were going to want the same
  446. 15:20ball, and it happened during a free kick
  447. 15:22in the last minute at the Metropolitano
  448. 15:24. But this fight didn't stay on the
  449. 15:26field because the next day Flick made a
  450. 15:28decision, and that decision won't please
  451. 15:31Raphinha at all. A decision that touches
  452. 15:33the only thing Raphinha has done
  453. 15:35perfectly since arriving at Barça and
  454. 15:37makes it very clear which side the coach
  455. 15:40is on in this ego battle. Flick's
  456. 15:42decision. According to reports from the
  457. 15:45training ground, Flick gathered his
  458. 15:46coaching staff and closed a matter that
  459. 15:48had been open for some time. Who takes
  460. 15:50the free kicks and penalties at this
  461. 15:52Barça. And the decision is this.
  462. 15:56Penalties and direct free kicks go to
  463. 15:58Lamine; lateral free kicks and balls
  464. 16:00into the box go to Pedri.
  465. 16:02And the way he communicated it says a
  466. 16:04lot. Flick didn't announce it in a press
  467. 16:06conference or a general team talk.
  468. 16:09He told the three involved separately
  469. 16:11before they left for their national
  470. 16:13teams.
  471. 16:14To Lamine and Pedri before they traveled
  472. 16:16with Spain. To Raphinha before he caught
  473. 16:19the plane to Brazil. They say the
  474. 16:21conversation with Raphinha lasted less
  475. 16:24than 5 minutes.
  476. 16:26Flick explained the decision, Raphinha
  477. 16:27listened in silence, and when finished,
  478. 16:29he got up without saying a word.
  479. 16:32And Raphinha? Raphinha is left with
  480. 16:34nothing.
  481. 16:35To understand why this is a bombshell,
  482. 16:37we have to go back to September, because
  483. 16:39in September Flick was asked who took
  484. 16:40the penalties at Barça.
  485. 16:42And do you know what he answered?
  486. 16:44That he didn't decide who took them,
  487. 16:46that the staff decided, and that whoever
  488. 16:48felt prepared took them.
  489. 16:50I don't decide. That's what Flick said 2
  490. 16:53months ago.
  491. 16:55And the press at the time wrote the
  492. 16:57opposite of what is happening now: that
  493. 16:59at Barça, Raphinha had the final word on
  494. 17:01penalties, that he was the main taker,
  495. 17:03and that he only occasionally let
  496. 17:05Lewandowski take them.
  497. 17:07I mean, until this weekend, the one in
  498. 17:09charge of the penalty spot was the
  499. 17:12captain, and with one single decision,
  500. 17:14that's over. And now he’s the one who
  501. 17:16decides, right after the fight at the
  502. 17:18Metropolitano, and he decides against
  503. 17:20the captain.
  504. 17:22But what really stings is the numbers,
  505. 17:25because Raphinha is the best penalty
  506. 17:27taker Barça has had in many years.
  507. 17:3013 penalties taken for Barça since he
  508. 17:34arrived in 2022. 13 goals, not a single
  509. 17:37miss. And if we look at his entire
  510. 17:38career, it's even more incredible. 22
  511. 17:41penalties scored in a row. The last one
  512. 17:43he missed was in December 2017; more
  513. 17:46than 8 years without missing a penalty.
  514. 17:498 years. And who does Flick give the
  515. 17:51penalties to? To Lewandowski, who is a
  516. 17:54genius, the best player on the team, but
  517. 17:56from the penalty spot has a success rate
  518. 17:59far below Raphinha's.
  519. 18:00The international press already compared
  520. 18:03them at the start of the season.
  521. 18:04Raphinha has a penalty success rate 23%
  522. 18:07higher than Lewandowski's. 23%.
  523. 18:12In a Champions League game decided by a
  524. 18:13penalty, that’s the difference between
  525. 18:15going through and being knocked out.
  526. 18:18So put yourself in Raphinha’s shoes.
  527. 18:20You’re the captain, you’re the top
  528. 18:22scorer in La Liga. You haven't missed a
  529. 18:25penalty in 8 years.
  530. 18:27You miss a free kick in the final minute
  531. 18:29of a game you’d already won, and the
  532. 18:31next day they take away your penalties
  533. 18:33and free kicks to give them to the kid
  534. 18:34you just fought with.
  535. 18:36How would that make you feel? Raphinha
  536. 18:39took it like a kick to the gut, and his
  537. 18:42camp hasn't stayed quiet. According to
  538. 18:44people very close to the player,
  539. 18:46Raphinha is clear on this.
  540. 18:49If the coach doesn't trust him to take a
  541. 18:51penalty, he should say it to his face.
  542. 18:53And someone in his inner circle went
  543. 18:55even further. With 13 for 13, if he
  544. 18:56doesn't take them, they should explain
  545. 18:58what criteria are used in that locker
  546. 19:00room. That, coming from the Barça
  547. 19:03captain, is a ticking time bomb. And
  548. 19:05watch out, because it’s not the first
  549. 19:07time in recent weeks that Flick and
  550. 19:09Raphinha have clashed.
  551. 19:10With the Brazil call-up, there was
  552. 19:12already tension between the two over his
  553. 19:14workload.
  554. 19:15Flick wanted to protect him, Raphinha
  555. 19:17wanted to play everything, and that left
  556. 19:20a wound that this decision has reopened
  557. 19:22.
  558. 19:23Some at the club are starting to wonder
  559. 19:25if the captain's armband is in danger,
  560. 19:27if Flick is paving the way for the
  561. 19:28locker room leadership to gradually pass
  562. 19:30to other hands.
  563. 19:32And the images from the Metropolitano
  564. 19:34with FermĂ­n acting as captain while
  565. 19:36Raphinha went to the tunnel alone don't
  566. 19:39help at all. Now, why did Flick make
  567. 19:41this decision? There are two ways to
  568. 19:43look at it. The first is tactical. Flick
  569. 19:45wants FermĂ­n to step up, for the team to
  570. 19:48revolve around him, even on set pieces.
  571. 19:51The second is locker room dynamics.
  572. 19:54Flick saw his captain ignore the
  573. 19:56requests of three teammates in the final
  574. 19:58minute and sent him a message without
  575. 20:00saying a word.
  576. 20:01I’m in charge here, and that includes
  577. 20:03set pieces.
  578. 20:05I think it’s a bit of both, but I
  579. 20:07believe Flick made one mistake.
  580. 20:09Penalties aren't gifts; they go to
  581. 20:11whoever takes them best.
  582. 20:14And by the numbers, the one who takes
  583. 20:15them best is Raphinha.
  584. 20:17Think about what could happen. A
  585. 20:19Champions League match in March, a tight
  586. 20:21knockout tie, a penalty in the final
  587. 20:23minute. Who do you want with the ball in
  588. 20:25their hands?
  589. 20:26The guy who hasn't missed since 2017 or
  590. 20:29a 19-year-old kid who still needs to
  591. 20:31learn to handle that pressure. FermĂ­n
  592. 20:33will be the best in the world, I have no
  593. 20:36doubt about that, but you don't learn
  594. 20:38penalties overnight, and Barça can't
  595. 20:41afford to learn during a knockout round
  596. 20:43.
  597. 20:44Besides, there is a risk no one at the
  598. 20:46club seems to see.
  599. 20:49If FermĂ­n misses an important penalty,
  600. 20:51all the pressure from this decision will
  601. 20:53fall on him, and at 19, that’s a lot to
  602. 20:55carry.
  603. 20:57But wait, because there's one final
  604. 20:59piece, and it's the one that changes
  605. 21:00things most for the next two weeks.
  606. 21:03Brazil. Raphinha has been called up by
  607. 21:05Brazil for this break, and what was
  608. 21:07being said in his circle before the
  609. 21:09Metropolitano match was very different
  610. 21:11from what's about to happen now.
  611. 21:12According to those close to the locker
  612. 21:14room, Raphinha had no desire to travel.
  613. 21:17He came off a season start with so many
  614. 21:19minutes, and his idea was to stay in
  615. 21:21Barcelona.
  616. 21:23Some very convenient discomfort, a
  617. 21:25cautious medical report, and two weeks
  618. 21:27of rest.
  619. 21:28That was what was being whispered before
  620. 21:31the match.
  621. 21:32A slight adductor strain, the kind that
  622. 21:34doesn't show up on any tests but allows
  623. 21:36you to tell your national team it's best
  624. 21:38not to risk it.
  625. 21:40In Barcelona, no one would have
  626. 21:41complained; quite the opposite.
  627. 21:43With the load of minutes he's had, the
  628. 21:45club would have signed off on having him
  629. 21:47home for two weeks to recover, and in
  630. 21:49Brazil, with a message from the club and
  631. 21:51a report in hand, there wouldn't have
  632. 21:52been much debate. It was the perfect
  633. 21:55plan, but Flick's decision changed
  634. 21:57everything. Now Raphinha is heading to
  635. 21:59Brazil, and he's going with anger.
  636. 22:03Suddenly the discomfort has disappeared
  637. 22:04, his adductor is perfect, and the Barça
  638. 22:06captain was the first one to pack his
  639. 22:08bags.
  640. 22:09Why?
  641. 22:10Because staying in Barcelona for two
  642. 22:12weeks watching everyone talk about how
  643. 22:13they took away his penalties was the
  644. 22:15last thing he wanted.
  645. 22:17He prefers to go far away and prefers to
  646. 22:19go to prove something. According to his
  647. 22:21inner circle, he wants to prove with the
  648. 22:23national team what his club just took
  649. 22:25away: that he is the taker, that he is a
  650. 22:27leader, that he is decisive.
  651. 22:29And it wouldn’t be strange to see him
  652. 22:31ask for the penalties for Brazil from
  653. 22:32the very first game so that in Barcelona
  654. 22:34they see it very clearly.
  655. 22:37And the Brazil coach is Carlo Ancelotti
  656. 22:39, a manager who perfectly understands
  657. 22:41what it means to manage egos in a locker
  658. 22:43room full of stars.
  659. 22:46Ancelotti is going to welcome a red-hot
  660. 22:48Raphinha, with 15 league goals, eager to
  661. 22:50vindicate himself and with a very clear
  662. 22:53message for his coach in Barcelona.
  663. 22:56If Raphinha scores for Brazil and, above
  664. 22:58all, if he scores from a penalty, a
  665. 23:00debate will arise in Barcelona that
  666. 23:02Flick won't be able to dodge. A wounded
  667. 23:05captain in his best goal-scoring form
  668. 23:07with something to prove. This break
  669. 23:09could be the best thing that happens to
  670. 23:11Brazil.
  671. 23:13And the worst thing that happens to
  672. 23:14Flick when he returns, because Raphinha
  673. 23:16will come back from Brazil with goals,
  674. 23:18with confidence, and with a question on
  675. 23:19the table.
  676. 23:20Why don't I take the penalties? And
  677. 23:23everyone in the Barça locker room will
  678. 23:25hear that question.
  679. 23:27Meanwhile, Lamine and Pedri will be with
  680. 23:29Spain, together, sharing rooms, training
  681. 23:32sessions, and conversations.
  682. 23:34And Raphinha will be on the other side
  683. 23:36of the ocean looking at his phone,
  684. 23:38watching how the two who asked him to
  685. 23:40save the ball are now taking Barça's set
  686. 23:43pieces.
  687. 23:44When they return, the first match after
  688. 23:46the break will have an image that
  689. 23:48everyone will be waiting for. The first
  690. 23:51free kick at the edge of the box. Who
  691. 23:53takes the ball? If it's Lamine and
  692. 23:55Raphinha steps aside, peace is signed.
  693. 23:58If Raphinha approaches the ball, the war
  694. 24:00starts all over again in front of the
  695. 24:01entire stadium. So let's answer what I
  696. 24:04asked you at the beginning. Who are the
  697. 24:06three? De Jong, who asked him to think
  698. 24:08about the team; Pedri, who had to
  699. 24:10separate him; and Lamine, with whom he
  700. 24:12clashed over that last free kick. Why
  701. 24:14did Lamine leave? Just as angry. Because
  702. 24:16he wanted that free kick for himself and
  703. 24:18for his record, and the captain wouldn't
  704. 24:20let him have it. And what has Flick
  705. 24:22decided? To take the penalties and free
  706. 24:24kicks away from the captain, even though
  707. 24:26he hasn't missed a penalty in 8 years.
  708. 24:28To give them to Lamine, I want to read
  709. 24:30your opinions because this topic splits
  710. 24:32the Barcelona fanbase right down the
  711. 24:34middle.
  712. 24:35Is Flick right to give the penalties to
  713. 24:37Lamine, or with 13 out of 13, should
  714. 24:39Raphinha take them no matter what in
  715. 24:41that final foul?
  716. 24:43Who was right? Raphinha for looking to
  717. 24:45seal the win, or De Jong and Pedri for
  718. 24:47asking to hold the ball? And thirdly, is
  719. 24:49this ego or is it just what happens in
  720. 24:51any locker room of a team that wants to
  721. 24:54win everything? I’ll reply in the
  722. 24:56comments, because tonight there’s a lot
  723. 24:58to debate.
  724. 24:59If you liked the video, hit like and
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  726. 25:03to it.
  727. 25:05That way this video reaches many more
  728. 25:07Culés during the break. And on Twitter,
  729. 25:09we report everything happening in the
  730. 25:11locker room before anyone else. You have
  731. 25:13the link in the description. We’ll be
  732. 25:15back tomorrow with more, because with
  733. 25:17Raphinha in Brazil and Lamine with Spain
  734. 25:19, this break is going to give us a lot
  735. 25:20to talk about. Visca el Barça.

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