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Before you can score, you have to learn to miss. Rafinha is a master at this. When you close your eyes and think Rafinha breaks about this Barcelona winger, this is the first image that comes to mind. All Rafinha breaks the bullet-speed shots go around the post and accumulate in the gallery. The goalkeeper also collects the ball as if it was meant to be!
Rafinha is not that good at free-kicks or headers. But even then, if Rafinha is told that he has to run forever in a match that lasts forever, he will do that. That is, he will not stop running until he collapses from fatigue. He will miss in the middle of this run and forget that miss and attack again.
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Before you can score, you have to learn to miss. Rafinha is a master at this. When you close your eyes and think about this Barcelona winger, this is the first image that comes to mind. All the bullet-speed shots around the post are accumulating in the gallery. The goalkeeper also collects the ball as if this was supposed to happen!
Rafinha is not that good at free-kicks or headers. But even then, if Rafinha is told that he has to run forever in a match that lasts forever, then he will do that. That is, he will not stop running until he collapses from fatigue. He will miss in the middle of this run and forget that miss and attack again.
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Rafinha is no longer a pure striker, but a pure winger. His job is to run, apart from this, Rafinha has learned two additional tasks well by rubbing himself, scoring goals and making them happen. Yes, Rafinha has learned to score goals by missing goals. And those who can score goals can also score.
Think back to last night’s first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Inter Milan. In the 38th minute, Barca equalised for the first time thanks to a goal by Fernando Torres. Rafinha could have tried to score himself if he wanted to, receiving Pedri’s pass on the left side of the box. He was as arch as he was in the previous days. But as people change day by day, so do players. Rafinha selflessly headed the ball into the box, from where Torres scored.
Or Rafinha’s bullet-speed shot from 25 yards out in the 65th minute. The ball shook the post, dropped, and hit the back of Inter Milan goalkeeper Ian Sommer and went into the net. The goal was not given to Rafinha, it was Sommer’s own goal. But many would like to write Rafinha’s name next to the goal for that eye-catching shot.
This change in Rafinha is actually this season. He had 10 goals in 37 matches for Barca in all competitions last season. But this time his tally is 30 goals in 51 matches, and he has assisted 25 more.
