Rafinha Alcantara

[dakt]

He is class...soon, world class. BTW, why do they pick such lame music for these videos it's just beyond me. As far as I'm concerned, flat long beep is far better than this shit.

 

[Kohe321]

Great game.

So good!

 

[SeloBarca]

I hope he can become good, but needs to show the same stuff against better oponents.

 

[pacp_96]

Haven't been particularly convinced by Rafinha until now but he really did well. Hopefully he can give us more of the same against better teams.

 

[DinhoR10]

His dribbling is insane he may not have as much tricks as isco but he has brutally efficient movement ala iniesta/messi

This is also the first time i've seen him use his right foot so much and this will help him greatly against tougher opponents. Hope he can get a crack in some tougher games this season.

 

[onzeXI]

Rafinha is an entertainer. So smooth.

 

[DinhoR10]

Great cameo from Rafa, hope he keeps it up.

 

[te amo barca]

Nice flair and a couple of through balls. Has an unique dribbling style.

 

[bismp]

Pretty great.Should have gotten an assist

 

[Icarium]

Rafinha showing dem Brazilian dribbling skills. Awesome foot work whenever he got the ball. Rafinha is not as good as thiago and isco but if everything goes well he can reach them before long. Rafinha Rakitic Busi midfield shows too much promise. Rakitic and Rafinha will do much more defensive work than current iniesta and xavi. Maybe next season?

 

[DonAK]

Great cameo by him.

 

[Messi10]

Agreed! he looked fantastic! those through balls

the more he plays the better it gets. the way he's going he could take iniesta's place in the side

 

[anguy]

Agreed! he looked fantastic! those through balls

Those throughballs were actually mostly inaccurate and forced our strikers into bad positions and poor shooting angles. . But he's surely improving. I still don't see him as proper CM though, more like 10/AM/Messi's backup and we don't really play with AM right now (Messi is our AM).

 

[barcanuck]

Those valuable minutes he has been getting are all because Xavi is injured. When he comes back Rafinha and his flair will ride pine again sadly.

 

[Zangash]

Those valuable minutes he has been getting are all because Xavi is injured. When he comes back Rafinha and his flair will ride pine again sadly.

I don't think so, actually. Lucho has shown he has no problem leaving Xavi on the bench for long periods. It's actually one of the few decisions he has made that makes sense, even. Rafinha is Lucho's boy. When he's fit he'll get his minutes in.