Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, in Jeddah, by beating eternal rivals Real Madrid, 3-2. Raphinha was the great architect of the triumph blaugranaby scoring two of the Catalan team’s three goals, accentuating the trend of recent classics: the Brazilian winger actually became the club’s nightmare. meringuessince, in the last five duels between the two colossi, he scored no less than… seven (!) goals.
A record that, in itself, would already be important, but which gains even greater importance when the news is Florentino Pérez’s “great admiration” for the player who, in Portugal, defended the colors of Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting.
According to the newspaper Sports Worldthe president of Real will have confessed, in more restricted circles, to being a fan of Raphinha’s football, even considering him the Barça footballer he most admires, ahead of other stars such as Lamine Yamal and Pedri.
From admiration to profit, however, there is a huge distance and in this regard, Barcelona and their coach, Hansi Flick, have the advantage. The German was full of praise for the Canarian international after Sunday’s triumph over the Madrid team. «He has an incredible mentality. He’s very dynamic and that impacts the team. He missed the first opportunity he had, but he scored the second and gained confidence. It gives a lot of intensity to our game”, said the man at the helm culé.
Raphinha, remember, suffered an injury in September that sidelined him for practically two months. He returned at the end of November and it didn’t take long for him to regain his good form: he had eight goals and two assists in the last 10 matches.
Raphinha scored twice against Real Madrid and lifted the Spanish Super Cup
