Who will be the next Ballon d’Or? Cafu has already chosen his favorite. It is Raphinha. When the trophy is allocated, we will know if its intuition is the right one.
Indeed, while the Champions League enters its decisive phase, the race for the Ballon d’Or is intensifying and a name returns with more and more insistence: that of the Brazilian Raphinha.
After seeing the prestigious individual title escape his compatriot Vinicius the previous year, Brazil may well have his next winner in the person of the winger of FC Barcelona.
Dazzling in the Blaugrana jersey this season, Raphinha once again demonstrated its capital importance last week.
In the semifinals go to the Champions League against Inter Milan, while his team was carried out, it was he who scored a crucial equalizing goal (3-3).
His strike allowed the Barça to maintain all his qualification chances before the long -awaited return match this Tuesday evening.
This performance has only strengthened the opinion of the Brazilian legend Cafu, who sees the big favorite for the Ballon d’Or this year.
“I don’t see many players today who can compete with Raphinha for the Ballon d’Or, but I can say that the competition will be between him and Mohamed Salah”said Cafu enthusiastically.
The former captain of the Seleção then praised the influence of Raphinha within the Catalan team: “Raphinha is the heart of the team, the decisive element, the main engine of the style of play of Barcelona, and I am very proud that he is Brazilian, a Brazilian who shines like that, and that he is the team leader in a big club like Barcelona. »»
The return match of the Champions League semi-final against Inter Milan may well be a turning point in this golden ball race. A high level performance of Raphinha should strengthen its candidacy and confirm the intuition of Cafu.
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