I felt that the coaching staff didn’t have confidence in me.<\/p>Raphinha<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n In an interview, Raphinha recounted how, despite his efforts and performance on the field, he was substituted without consideration, even after outstanding performances.<\/p>\n\n He mentioned a specific match against Manchester United in the Europa League in 2023, where he was substituted despite having scored a goal and assisted another, which generated his visible frustration.<\/p>\n\n During his two seasons under Xavi’s management, Raphinha participated in 87 matches, but in 27 of them he came on as a substitute and only completed the full 90 minutes on eight occasions.<\/p>\n\n The Brazilian international also revealed that he had held talks with Xavi, who left the club last year, but failed to change the situation.<\/p>\n\n Raphinha has proven his worth since Xavi’s departure, with outstanding performances this season that keep Barcelona in the fight for the title, and he has been considered a possible Ballon d’Or winner.<\/p>\n\n After scoring 20 goals in his first two years with the club, he has already registered 31 goals this season under the management of new coach Hansi Flick, playing in a slightly different position on the left wing.<\/p>\n\n These goals have been scored in 52 appearances, 48 of them as a starter, and he has completed the full 90 minutes on 33 occasions, before the Champions League semi-final against Inter Milan.<\/p>\n\n He is someone who cares about all the players, both those who play and those who don’t play.<\/p>Raphinha<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n Raphinha praised Flick’s approach, highlighting his support for all players, including his concern for Vitor Roque’s situation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barcelona forward Raphinha has expressed his frustration at the lack of opportunities under Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez, revealing that he felt a lack of confidence from the former coach. Despite having established himself as a contender for the Ballon d’Or this season, Raphinha often played a secondary role during his time with Xavi, after his arrival at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[156,931,932,933],"class_list":{"0":"post-4365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-confidence","10":"tag-raphinha","11":"tag-xavi"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0209%2Fr1449703_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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