MD: Raphinha injured while striving to prove himself as Brazil's leader

On 1 April, Mundo Deportivo published an article analyzing the reasons for Raphinha's injury during this international match day. The following is the full text:

According to reports, Raphinha suffered a hamstring injury to his right leg and will be out for five weeks. This injury is partly due to the hierarchy within the team, and this time Raphinha misunderstood his own identity.

The Brazilian national team is looking for a new leader for the World Cup, because it is generally believed within the team that Ancelotti will not call up Neymar, and they need someone to take over the number 10 jersey, while Vinicius has already regarded it as his own.

Brazilian media giant (Globo) is leading the "star-making plan" for Vinicius, hoping to build him into a media spokesperson and compare him with legendary stars such as Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, or Ronaldinho. Ancelotti also expressed support for this plan.

Historically, becoming the "number one" of the Brazilian national team means a series of team privileges, and Vinicius has already begun to enjoy these treatments during this international match day - his girlfriend, a celebrity with 54.8 million social media followers, Virginia, accompanied him throughout.

However, the performance on the field shows that the real "pillar" of the Brazilian team is Raphinha: in the chaotic and leaderless stage of the Brazilian Football Confederation office, he supported the team. Without his goals and contributions, the Brazilian team should have played in the play-offs this international match day.

But Raphinha forgot his role in this international match day and deliberately showed his core position. As Ancelotti admitted, he originally planned to test the World Cup main lineup, but the plan fell through and could only be used to test and finalize the last few places on the list.

In this context, Raphinha should have been rested: against France, the Brazilian team was already missing 7 main players (Alisson, Militão, Gabriel, Marquinhos, Alex Sandro, Guimarães, and Estêvão). It didn't matter whether Raphinha was there or not.

This is not to ask him to cause infighting like Rivaldo did to Ronaldo in the 2002 World Cup (the last time Brazil won the championship). He only needs to understand and make it clear to Ancelotti: the best choice for everyone is to stay in the team, but observe the situation as an observer.

Barcelona may be angry, but the Brazilian Football Confederation insists that they have never received any instructions to protect the player's body. Would an Espanyol, let alone a player of Raphinha's level, give up playing for the national team? This is simply a fantasy.

Another question is: if you really don't want to let the national players leave during this special international match day, you could have planned a "secret operation" like a certain Premier League team. Right?