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Audio released by DAZN revealed the exact nature of Raphinha’s complaints to Munuera. The winger directly warned the referee about the physical toll the opposition’s tactics were taking. \u201cThey\u2019re going to break our backs,\u201d Raphinha stated. \u201cTry to be careful with the screens and holds. There comes a point when they\u2019re going to break our backs. Once you call one or two fouls, they\u2019ll stop doing it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The tension boiled over during a confrontation between Raphinha and Sevilla’s Youssuf Fofana at a free-kick. The pair engaged in a physical tussle, prompting immediate intervention from the match official.<\/span><\/p>\n Munuera was quick to reprimand both players for their grappling in the penalty area. \u201cBoth of you, he grabs and you do too,\u201d the referee declared. \u201cThat\u2019s not football, that\u2019s called judo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Raphinha\u2019s willingness to challenge officials underlines his elevated status in Catalonia. Now wearing the armband as first captain, the forward has fully embraced his leadership responsibilities. He has clocked more minutes than any other outfield player this term.<\/span><\/p>\n His influence extends far beyond his vocal presence. Raphinha has formed a devastating attacking trident alongside Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez. The Brazilian has already registered a staggering 14 goals in just eight appearances, arguably surpassing the brilliant form he showed during his debut campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Audio released by DAZN revealed the exact nature of Raphinha’s complaints to Munuera. The winger…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5365,"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,"_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-5364","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\/09\/GettyImages-2296112791.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364","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=5364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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