Brazilian soccer legend and former Barcelona star, Rivaldo, believes Raphinha nonetheless has an opportunity to win the 2025 Ballon d’Or, regardless of Barcelona’s current Champions League exit.
Barcelona had been knocked out of the Champions League within the semi-finals by Inter Milan earlier this week, a end result that many really feel may hurt Raphinha’s possibilities of claiming the highest particular person award.
Nevertheless, chatting with SPORT (through Barca Common), Rivaldo mentioned:
“He [Raphinha] can nonetheless dream of profitable the Ballon d’Or. Regardless that Barcelona are out of the Champions League, I feel he nonetheless has an opportunity as a result of he’s having a fantastic season.”
The 27-year-old Brazilian ahead has loved an impressive marketing campaign. To this point, he has scored 32 objectives and supplied 25 assists in 51 matches throughout all competitions for Barcelona.
Raphinha, who joined from Leeds United, has already helped Barca win the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España this season.
Though the Champions League exit could have affected his Ballon d’Or hopes, profitable the La Liga title, particularly forward of rivals Actual Madrid, may increase his probabilities.
Raphinha can be at the moment the joint-top scorer within the Champions League this season, tied with Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy, with each gamers scoring 13 objectives.