Mallorca, La Liga and Raphinha
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Raphinha will be a dark horse candidate in next month’s Ballon d”or gala in Paris.Chatter around the 2025 edition of the Ballon d’Or has been dominated by two names: Lamine Yamal and Ousmane
Raphinha, 29, is one of the 30 candidates in contention for the Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded on September 22 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. In a
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World Soccer Talk on MSNRaphinha joins Ronaldinho in impressive Barcelona feat Neymar never accomplished
Barcelona began the 2025–26 La Liga season with a win, and Raphinha matched a Ronaldinho milestone that not even Neymar managed to reach. This Saturday, Barcelona kicked off the 2025–26 La Liga season with a dominant 3–0 win over Mallorca.
As Morey received the ball close to the touchline, Raphinha lunged into a wild tackle on him that left the Mallorca defender writhing around on the floor in agony. The Barcelona forward was shown a yellow card for the challenge and it's left fans outraged on social media, with some claiming the tackle was a potential 'career-ender'.
Marcus Rashford has praised new Barcelona teammate Lamine Yamal as "the most talented player I've played with at his age."
Barcelona cruised to a 3–0 victory against Mallorca in their La Liga debut. Barcelona picked up right where they left off last term and began their La Liga title-defense with a dominant performance away at Mallorca.
Flick is heading into his second season at Barca with an exciting team with plenty of quality. But how do they set up tactically?
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was unimpressed with how the Spanish champions took their foot off the gas in an opening 3-0 win at nine-man Mallorca.