“The Euro Cup is more difficult than the World Cup”. The phrase spoken by Kylian Mbappé Weeks ago there was debate in the world of football about the opinion of Real Madrid’s brand new reinforcement. Different protagonists established his position, among them Lionel Messi and Emiliano Draw Martinezand now he was joined by a figure from the Brazilian team who was annoyed by the statements of the Gallic.
At a press conference, Raphinha was questioned about this issue in the prelude to facing the Copa América with the Canarinhawhich will share the Group D with Paraguay, Costa Rica and Colombia: “I think it’s everyone’s opinion. If someone says what he thinks, I can’t change it, it’s his way of thinking. If he thinks like that, it’s just his problem.”.
Immediately afterwards, he reminded him of the fall in the World Cup final against Argentina in statements translated by the Spanish media. The Chiruinguito: “Unfortunately for him and fortunately for us, he lost a World Cup against a team from South America.. So I think it’s a bit of a response to what he himself said.” In this sense, he sent a message to those who believe that the South American Qualifiers are simple: “I would like the European teams to play the qualifiers on the fields we face with the same attitude as us, then we would see if it is easy or difficult”.
Days ago, Messi had also criticized Mbappé’s opinion: “He had also said something about the South American teams before the World Cup… Each one gives importance to the competition they play in. Obviously the Eurocup is very important, where the best are, but it is leaving out Argentina, three-time world champion, Brazil, five-time world champion, and Uruguay, two-time world champion. There are too many world champions out there to say that it is the most difficult, right?”. “The best are in the World Cup. There are generally all the world champions and I think that for some reason everyone wants to be a world champion,” he concluded.
In the same vein, Draw Martínez left a subtle dart for the European striker: “No, there is nothing more difficult than a World Cup. We all know that”. Another of those who left his gaze was Lisandro Martínez: “I’ll leave his opinion to him. I have a different opinion. Just don’t underestimate, all competitions are difficult to win”.
On the other hand, Raphinha He was also consulted at the press conference about the statements of Ronaldinho. The historic player of Scratch destroyed the national team, which he described as “one of the worst in recent years“, said “has no respectable leaders” and safe: “I have never seen a situation as bad as this.”. Faced with those words, the journalist blurted out to the player: “How did you receive this?”.
This is how the Barcelona winger responded: “It was a surprise not only for me, but for the entire group. I think you should know more than me, he never made a statement like that in his life, on the contrary, he always showed his support for the team. He ended up surprising a lot of people. I consider him an idol, a reference, everyone on the team, not only the players but all of us who work here see him as a reference. It was a hard blow for us. Obviously we don’t agree, I don’t agree. This is my third year in the national team and I see dedication, desire, pride in wearing the shirt, I do not agree with what was said, not seeing determination, desire, of having average players wearing the national team shirt. “I completely disagree, each one has quality and merit.”
He then referred to media information such as Esporte Balloonwho suspect that it is an advertising campaign Dinho: “It could be a campaign or not, but we were surprised by what he said.” In her statement, she stated that she asked for tickets to observe the Yellowgreen in the Copa América: “We ended up finding out from Vini Jr. that he ended up asking for tickets these days to see our game, it doesn’t match what was said. It’s a surprise to hear this coming from him.”.
