Raphinha ended the Barça-Betis visibly angry. Beyond the result, which ended in a 1-1 draw, what bothered the Brazilian was something else. He was fed up with Gil Manzano's Linesman.
Raphinha had his ups and downs with the linesman during the match. Once the final whistle was blown, he approached him saying: "You're rude. Don't tell me to shut up".
In the middle of the conversation was Gil Manzano, to whom Raphinha said: "He told me to shut up". After this, the Brazilian left the place repeating twice: "You're rude".
Ter Stegen had to stop Raphinha
Raphinha's anger was such that, when he left the field, he had to be stopped by Barça's captain, Ter Stegen. In a video filmed by X user @esiadrr, you can see how the Brazilian pushed the visibly angry German. All because, once again, there was the 'rude' linesman, and the German had to take him to the tunnel.
During the walk to the locker rooms, Ter Stegen directly asked him about the reason for his angry outburst. To which Raphinha replied: "He told me to shut up". He didn't like the linesman's attitude in the Barça-Betis match at all, so he had no problem telling him to his face several times.
On this matter, Gil Manzano, referee of the Barça-Betis, decided not to include anything in the report, trying to close the matter definitively without giving it more importance.
Raphinha needs to calm down
It hasn't been an easy few weeks for the Barça player since what happened against Argentina. He fell into the trap and heated up the match by claiming they were going to thrash them. Finally, Brazil lost and received all possible criticism, even having teammates join him off the field.
Raphinha is more irritable than usual and needs to slow down a few notches. This has been conveyed to him in the FC Barcelona locker room, trying to recover his best version for the final phase of the season. In the Barça-Betis match, Ter Stegen had to join him to the locker room to prevent further issues.
The anger with the linesman was justified, but once the match was over, he should have let it go. The image is not good, and Barça intends to talk to him to try to calm him down. This team needs the best Raphinha, and everyone is sure he will return.