Expected to start against Tunisia on Tuesday (8:30 p.m.) at the Parc des Princes, in a friendly match, winger Raphinha (25) is at the heart of the concerns of Barça staff. Affected by numerous injuries during the international break (Koundé, Araujo, De Jong, Depay …), the Catalan club is worried about the sequence of matches for its Brazilian international, who has already played 79 minutes against Ghana in Haven Friday (3-0).
According Sport, which includes comments from a press conference, the coach of the Seleção admitted that Barça had contacted him. A process used with regard to several selections. “To let you know how transparent we are, I’m going to explain to you that today, when we were on our way to training, the Barcelona staff were talking to our physical trainer and asked us to pay attention to Rafinha »explained Tite on Monday.
“They lost (Ronald) Araujo and for that reason they were worried, and they asked us how Raphinha was doing, if he was training well, if there was anything. […] We told them everything the player was doing here with us,” declared for his part the physical trainer, Fábio Mahseredjian, stressing that“before footballers join their club, we already send them a report with everything they have done with the Seleçao”.