“Rafinha’s brilliance in his new position is the most important secret to his brilliance this season.”
Hi Koora – Everyone is wondering this season about the reason for the major change that occurred in the level of Brazilian Rafinha with Barcelona, which made him one of the team’s best stars.
Rafinha has shown a very good level since the start of the season under the leadership of his new coach, Hansi Flick, who was able to bring out the best version of the player since he joined Barcelona.
The Brazilian winger joined Barcelona three seasons ago from Leeds United, but he was unable to present himself well to the public.
Rafinha suffered a lot with his former coach, Xavi Hernandez, whether on the level of individual performance or scoring, until Flick came to set his tone again.
The first secret that made Rafinha like this is that Flick decided to change his position in the lineup, and moved him from the right wing position to playmaker.
It appears here in this picture that Rafinha left his preferred position to his colleague Lamine Yamal, and his presence in the middle behind Robert Lewandowski makes him face the goal better.
Whereas previously, as in the following picture, Rafinha always played on the right side with Xavi, and sometimes moved him to the left side.
The second secret is that Rafinha has someone with him who is concerned with creating goals and creating attacking danger in the team, after it was required of him alone.
After Lionel Messi, who used to do everything, left, Lewandowski wanted someone to give him assists to score goals, and Rafinha previously carried this burden alone until Yamal stepped up from La Masia and helped him in his current start.
