Brazil has blessed Raphinha as ’10’ and “the best of the national team”

Raphinha He took the number 10 of the Brazil team against Venezuela and the demanding public opinion of the country with five world titles blessed the election. One of the most iconic shirts in football history due to its glorious past being worn by ‘verdeamarela’ legends such as Pele, Rivelino, Zico, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho either Neymaris worn by the player of FC Barcelona since November 2024. According to what was published these days in the Brazilian media, Raphinha legitimately got the number 10 by having “the best season of his career” , as read in Globoesportrecalling the 12 goals and 8 assists that Raphinha signed in FC Barcelona in just 17 games this season. His excellent goal from a direct free kick against Venezuela was ‘copyrighted’ by Brazil’s number 10 from many times, but this medium recalled that with his left-footed shot he “broke the taboo”, a streak of poor goals in direct free kicks that has lasted since 1999, in the Copa América, and since 2005, in the World Cup qualifiers. GE elaborates on this consensus by highlighting that Raphinha “has been praised by critics and fans alike, to the point that the moment demands that he accept the punishment that was not earned by Vinicius against Venezuela”. In fact, after the 1-1 draw against ‘la vinotinto’, the Brazilian media did not avoid comparing the paper to the ‘seleçao’ of Vinicius Juniorthe prompt and the global. The numbers of RaphinhaWhile it may come as a surprise to many considering the controversy generated by not awarding the Real Madrid winger the Ballon d’Or, they are clearly better in their contribution to the national team. While the Barça player, after his three goals in the last two games with Brazil, has scored 10 goals and 6 assists with the national team in 30 games since his debut in 2021, Real Madrid player Vinicius is scored 5 goals and 5 assists in 36 with the national team.

The consequence of this statistical and even emotional fact, also seeing that Vinicius returned to face the rivals and also in the referee team during the Venezuela-Brazil season, is the treatment that the Brazilian press gives to the Barça player, who is blessed his election as 10 of the ‘seleçao’. “The best Brazilian player of the season is the best player of the Seleçao, Raphinha is happy with life and with the ball,” summarized Globoesporte, which sees a growing player “with the number 10 on his back and his foot is calibrated, repeatedly. Barcelona’s success by shining in the national team. “He is the great hope of Brazil against Uruguay on Tuesday, the main weapon of the coach Dorival Juniorhe highlighted.

Of Raphinha They even liked his nonconformist statements, when he said after the 1-1 draw against Venezuela that, for him, “the most important thing is to win, and when we don’t win, I leave sad.”

In October, in an interview for Globoesporte, Raphinha assumed that his leap in quality, both at Barça Hansi Flickthat commits him to the field, as in the national team, has to do with his adaptation to the needs of the collective script. “I understand that, if I want to play, whether it’s for Barcelona or here in the ‘seleçao’, I have to adapt to any position,” he said.

In Throw awayanother Brazilian media source, also emphasized that Raphinha “is living the best moment of his career” at 27 years old. Likewise, Folha de Sao Paulo celebrated that “Raphinha made his 10 debut with a direct foul”, stating that Vinicius “missed a penalty”. So, the upshot of all this for Raphinha was to prompt a consensus that he would park the number 19 or 11 in order to wear the number 10 for Brazil; old words