{"id":4555,"date":"2026-10-30T20:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/flick-admits-frustration-over-raphinhas-brazil-call-up-following-recent-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T20:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:45:33","slug":"flick-admits-frustration-over-raphinhas-brazil-call-up-following-recent-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/flick-admits-frustration-over-raphinhas-brazil-call-up-following-recent-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Flick Admits Frustration Over Raphinha\u2019s Brazil Call-Up Following Recent Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona manager Hansi Flick is seeking to carefully balance his squad\u2019s workload, placing a particular emphasis on managing the fitness of captain Raphinha following his recent recovery from injury.<\/p>\n<p>The German coach expressed clear apprehension over the winger\u2019s physical condition as the club enters a demanding stretch of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-busari-cautions-flamingos-against-complacency-ahead-of-venezuela-clash\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Busari Cautions Flamingos Against Complacency Ahead Of Venezuela Clash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The concerns stem from the previous international window in September, when Barcelona\u2019s No. 11 returned to Spain with a muscular injury sustained while away on duty.<\/p>\n<p>Having witnessed the physical toll of that period, Flick made no secret of his dissatisfaction regarding the forward\u2019s inclusion in the latest national squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to Deco. He\u2019s a very important player, and after the break from the last international window, he returned injured. It\u2019s not the best situation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/caf-restores-afcon-to-biennial-cycle\/\">CAF Restores AFCON To Biennial Cycle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s how things are, we can\u2019t do anything about it. Rapha has the club in his heart, but if the national team calls him up, he wants to be there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone wants to help the Brazil team. If we can manage his playing time, I\u2019d be happy. It\u2019s not ideal to go back and forth to Singapore. But it\u2019s out of my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brazil take on Japan and Singapore in two friendly games in Kallang on November 14th and 17th.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona manager Hansi Flick is seeking to carefully balance his squad\u2019s workload, placing a particular emphasis on managing the fitness of captain Raphinha following his recent recovery from injury. The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}