Furious Raphinha held back as Argentina make him pay for pre-match comments

Argentina and Brazil starred in a hot classic.Not only because of the historic 4-1 score that the world's champions tipped to the Canarinha, but because of all the atmosphere that surrounded the classic before, during and after the match.Even in the prelude of the momentous duel the atmosphere was already rare. Brazilian Raphinha's statements had already left a warning note in front of what would happen on the court of the River Plate Monumental…

Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni referred to the pre-game statements between Argentina and Brazil, for the fourteenth date of the South American qualifiers to the 2026 World Cup, by the Brazilian attacker of FC Barcelona Raphinha, who had anticipated that the Canarinha would give “a beating” to Argentina.

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On CNN en Español, Romário, a senator for Rio de Janeiro and one of the best forwards in the history of the Brazilian national team, interviewed Raphinha to talk about his great moment at Barcelona and, in passing, about the confidence he had in giving Argentina a thrashing—in a match without Lionel Messi—in the recent South American World Cup qualifiers. “Playing against Argentina, our biggest rival, and now, thank God, without Messi, will they…

Before Wednesday's classic, Raphinha assumed that he wanted to “beat the crap out” in Argentina, but he ended up being beaten and one of the main targets of provocations. Argentinians sang “Brazil is dead”.

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