{"id":10273,"date":"2026-10-09T09:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=10273"},"modified":"2026-10-09T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:04:20","slug":"raphinha-ballon-dor-snub-barcelona-star-told-he-would-miss-out-on-top-three-regardless-despite-posting-r9-esque-goal-numbers-for-la-liga-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=10273","title":{"rendered":"Raphinha Ballon d\u2019Or snub: Barcelona star told he would miss out on \u2018top three\u2019 regardless &#8211; despite posting R9-esque goal numbers for La Liga champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Barca boss Hansi Flick has said of Raphinha\u2019s shock Ballon d\u2019Or snub: \u201cHe is far too good not to be on that list, but we can\u2019t change it, He&#8217;s on another level &#8211; he&#8217;s unbelievable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sporting director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/deco-i-m-not-worried-about-mourinho-we-didn-t-expect-raphinha-s-explosion-and-referees-can-make-mistakes\/blt29c5652d745785bf\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Deco added<\/span><\/a><span>: \u201cIn my opinion, it\u2019s a scandal that Pedri and Raphinha are not in the Ballon d&#8217;Or top 30. They absolutely deserve to be there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After watching Raphinha walk away with the match ball after an inspirational performance against his team at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/luis-garcia-raphinha-ballon-dor-snub-barcelona-sevilla-la-liga\/bltcab1a278ee0c4e26\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Sevilla coach Luis Garcia<\/span><\/a><span> told reporters: \u201cIt&#8217;s a joke that he&#8217;s not even nominated for the Ballon d&#8217;Or. He is a match-winner, that&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t believe in these prizes. He does everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Former Blaugrana manager Quique Setien is another that believes Raphinha should be competing for first prize, never mind making the Ballon d\u2019Or list. He has said: \u201cThere&#8217;s no need to overthink it. I&#8217;d give it to Raphinha right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI&#8217;m absolutely certain of it. Because he&#8217;s the best player. And he&#8217;s not only the most effective and the one who plays the most, but he&#8217;s also the one who runs the most, works the hardest, and helps his team the most. He&#8217;s an absolutely complete footballer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barca boss Hansi Flick has said of Raphinha\u2019s shock Ballon d\u2019Or snub: \u201cHe is far&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"two_page_speed":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GOAL20-20Blank20WEB20-20Facebook20-202026-10-09T091712.066.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}