The Brazilian international winger of FC Barcelona believes that the club World Cup is rushing in an inconsiderate way on the rest time that players must have.
The Brazilian Raphinha, star of FC Barcelona, harshly criticized the new World Cup of clubs on Friday, which according to him on the “vacation” Players of large European clubs on the already overloaded calendar. Champion of Spanish reigning, Barça is one of the great absent from the tournament which is currently taking place in the United States and notably brings together the winners of the last four editions of the Champions League.
“As a player of a European club, I tell myself that we are supposed to be on vacation, right?”estimated Raphinha, 28, during an event of a sponsor in São Paulo. “It’s complicated for us to have to give up our holidays. We are entitled to it. Everyone deserves at least three weeks or a month of vacation. Many of those who are in the World Cup will not be entitled to it (…) No one asked the players if they agreed with the dates “he insisted.
Marquinhos and Lucas Beraldo won the Champions League and barely had time to celebrate their title. They did not stop.
Raphinha
He cited in particular the cases of his compatriots Marquinhos and Beraldo, who are currently competing in the Club World Cup with Paris Saint-Germain. “I am on vacation, and they should be too”he launched. “They won the Champions League and barely had time to celebrate their title. They came to play as a national team and went in the process to compete in this World Cup. They did not stop “added the former player from Stade Rennais.
Co-scorer of the Champions League (13 achievements, tied with Guirassy), where Barça was eliminated in the semi-finals by Inter Milan, Raphinha is considered one of the contenders for the Ballon d’Or. He also scored 18 goals and gave nine assists in the Spanish championship.
However, the new Club World Cup arouses a strong enthusiasm in Brazil, the four teams of which qualified for the knockout stages after the group stage, which ended on Thursday, and was marked in particular with the victory of Botafogo on the European champions of PSG (1-0).
