Brazil’s coach, Carlo Anceplotti, has called Barcelona striker Raphael for friendly matches against Japan and Singapore in November, despite the president’s discontent of the Catalon Club, Joan Laporte. Italy has responded to criticism from the club, saying it has received no request from Barcelona regarding the Brazilian.
Brazil will play against Japan on November 14th and against Singapore three days later. The two matches will take place in Singapore, meaning a round-bound flight of nearly 22,000km to Raphael.
The Laporta has previously criticised the international agenda after Raphael was injured on September 29th against Australia in Brisbane.
Barcelona’s attacker has not yet been fully restored to his best form, and the club’s president said the clubs are undergoing major damage because of representatives’ gatherings.
Anceplott was asked at the press conference about Laporta’s dissatisfaction and did not hesitate to give an answer.
We maintain good relations with Brazilian and European clubs, with which we exchange information about players. In general, these relations are good, Anceplotti originally said, stressing that he had not received any specific requests from Barcelona.
We don’t have any specific requests, nor do we need them. During national team meetings, we will invite footballers whom we consider important to the Brazilian national team.
Interestingly, Anceplott decided to meet with Brazilian clubs fighting for the championship title.
This is a sensitive time, so we’ve only invited one player from each club. We have decided not to invite any players from Flamengo and Palmyras because they are fighting for the championship title, he explained.
On the other hand, Raphael is listed among the five experienced football players on whom he aims to build the national team.
We’ve chosen five football players who played in the last World Cup and will be important in the new cycle. They are Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhaes, Bruno Guimaraes, Winnicius Junior, and Raphael, finished the Italian coach. /Telegraphy/
