Raphinha, who finished fifth in the Ballon d'Or in September, responded to the snub by taking to Instagram on Tuesday, where he shared more than 15 posts recognising some of his accomplishments from last season. In addition to the trophies he won, he pointed out that he assisted 26 goals on top of the 34 he scored, was the joint highest scorer in the Champions League with 13 goals and was named as the Player of the Season by LaLiga.
I think we never played our best match, we need to improve a lot of things, and I'm not satisfied with the team's performance, but in the end, we came away with the three points, and that's the most important thing,
The television feed of the game at Real Oviedo against Espanyol cut to the exterior of the stadium for the first 25 seconds of the game, when players paused for the opening 15 seconds in opposition to plans to take a game to the United States. The game came just hours after the Spanish soccer players' union announced that protests would be held straight after kickoff in games in the ninth round from Friday through Monday.