The Brazilian was once again decisive and contributed to the victory against Betis with a goal and an assist for Christensen
The reappearance of the Frenchman after three months of absence will make ownership more expensive on both bands
The return of the extreme Ousmane Dembélé, after three months in dry dock due to a muscle injury, he had an unexpected side effect. The recovery of the Frenchman was already good news in itself, although it also served to reactivate a Raphinha who had not been able to shine in recent games.
The Brazilian striker shone again against Betis and it may be that knowing that ownership will be more expensive again explains his reaction. Although he started somewhat imprecisely, Raphinha immediately opened the jar of essences and was once again decisive. contributed to the victory with a goal and a key assist for Christensen, since it meant 1-0. His performance deserved a good grade.
The Brazilian had not scored for a month and a half. His last goal, against Athletic, dated from March 12. Since then, his only notable contribution had been an assist to Ferran Torres against Atlético de Madrid. In the last six appearances of him in the Raphinha team he had not been able to see the goal. Yesterday the thorn was removed, making it 3-0 taking advantage of an assist from Busquets, although the goal took a while to get on the scoreboard, since it was initially annulled for offside.
The other big news for Xavi was the reappearance of Dembélé, once he had recovered from the muscle injury he suffered against Girona on January 28. In total, the Frenchman had missed the last seventeen official commitments of his team. The 3-0 allowed Xavi to give him minutes. Dembélé entered the field at 73′ replacing precisely Raphinha.