Hail, Raphinha, those who doubted greet you. Forgive them, they don’t know what you are capable of. How wrong they were. How many atrocities were said. How many mouths have you silenced? How many words do you have to eat? Few people can change the opinion of the passionate masses as the Brazilian footballer has done. Those who wanted to save Barabás, those who preferred Dembélé, those who ordered you to pack your bags, those who opted for a sale to Saudi Arabia, those who sighed for the other end of the Spanish team. Poor devils, you have made them see the light, the truth, the path.
He raphinhism It was this. David knocking down Goliath. Believe, run and work. Score three goals against Neuer. Transform your wettest dreams into reality. Avenge pending accounts and satisfy base passions. Beating Bayern again, nine years later. Shake off the ghosts that had made life impossible for the Blaugrana club. Look in the face, face to face, at the great ones. Taming the beasts.
Since I arrived I dreamed of these nights. “I came to make history”
Raphinha, you have earned it with your tireless effort, with the sweat of your brow. For two years you seemed like the weakest link. Stubborn to succeed at Barça, it has been difficult for you but you have managed to get the fans to chant your name. Another Brazilian R, like Romário, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho.
The entire stadium standing, no one sitting, to say goodbye. The red palms of applauding you. Reverences towards your step. This is how the idols leave, those who have once conquered the hearts of the culés. That is the happiness of those who have fulfilled and done the work. He took the ball and was even guarded by his teammates.
Montjuïc chanted the wheat harvester
The entire stadium standing, no one sitting, to say goodbye. The red palms of applauding you. Reverences towards your step. This is how idols go.
In his 100th Blaugrana game, he did everything at 100 per hour. At 58 minutes he had already scored the first. Just before the break he made it 3-1 on a counterattack after great control with his chest and turning on the turbo. Even with the right mark. In the third no one caught him on another run down the left before beating Neuer from the bottom. “I’ll take the three,” he was unable to choose when asked about his goals. “The truth is with the four, Robert (Lewandowski) too, because he got us into the game,” he agreed as a team man that he is.
He was captain and scorer. Leader and executioner. Fast and vertical. Precise and surgical. Decisive and determining. Superstar. Full stop.
Winning this way, well and in front of our fans is quite special
It looks like someone else and it’s not a costume. Never before had Blaugrana scored more than 10 goals in a season. In two and a half months it’s already been nine. “Since I arrived I dreamed of these nights. To play in a club like this you have to have it in your head. “I came to make history,” he said without blushing. But the facts support him. There are two triplets at the start of the season: against Valladolid and against Bayern. The last footballer to score two hat tricks In the same season at Barça he was a certain Leo Messi. Sorry, it’s sacrilege, but to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.
Triplets against Valladolid and Bayern
The last footballer to score two hat-tricks in the same season for Barça was a certain Leo Messi
“I leave very happy,” he conceded, for the victory and for the form. “This match could surely be a Champions League final. Winning this way, well and in front of our fans is quite special,” highlighted the Brazilian, proud of the image the team gave, putting the collective before the individual. That’s how he is. “The most important thing is that we played a very good game as a team and that we achieved our second victory in the Champions League.”
Raphinha is so transparent that he speaks with his actions. As for what the team can aspire to, it is clear. “There are no words, what we are doing on the field answers that question.” And now the Bernabéu arrives. “It is difficult for it not to be a spectacular classic. “We will try to do our best to win.” And if anyone is determined to keep his word, it is him.
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