Hans Flick on why Raphinha didn't start against Girona

Hans Flick is doing a great job this season with his new team Barcelona and it seems that he wants to crown all this work with great results with many trophies at the end of their season, leading La Liga today with 66 points, 3 points ahead of second place Real Madrid.

Did Hans exclude Raphinha for a non-technical reason!

After traveling for a long period of time from Latin America, Flick had to give more rest to Rafinha coming from the international break with his Brazilian national team and defender Ronald Araujo coming from Uruguay as well, both teams received a loss to leaders Argentina and played other good matches, so the German coach had to rest his Latin players who gave a great effort for their national teams in the break.

But the biggest surprise was that Hans Flick also left the player on the bench in their 4-0 win over Girona, and when asked why, he replied:

He had some intense matches this week and arrived on Thursday, so we’ll give him the time he needs. He might get minutes in the second half to prepare for the next match, We need fresh legs, but we also know it’s a difficult match and that we have another tough one coming up. We believe in all the players, and they’re ready.

Flick said to the media after the match.

Preparing a player for a tougher game?

Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals and it will be a difficult match for the team, so Ancelotti will need to have all his players ready for this difficult match and other matches as well.

Barcelona's golden trio of Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, and Rafinha have contributed 129 goals in all competitions this season, making them arguably the best attacking line in all five leagues, and the absence of one of them from the lineup will certainly hurt in important matches.

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Hazem Mlhem est un rédacteur sportif expérimenté, animé par une passion pour le football africain.