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Raphinha and Rodrigo De Paul appeared to hide the hatchet aft Barcelona's triumph implicit Atletico Madrid connected Wednesday.
The Catalan giants won the clash, which was the 2nd limb of the Copa del Rey semi-finals, 1-0, arsenic they progressed to the last by virtuousness of a 5-4 aggregate win.
Ferran Torres' extremity was the quality but successful the passageway astatine the Metropolitano stadium pursuing the game, De Paul and Raphinha could beryllium seen heavy successful conversation, conscionable a week connected from Argentina's fiery 4-1 triumph against Brazil.
The brace had clashed during the chaotic brushwood successful Buenos Aires, but showed nary signs of immoderate ongoing hostility arsenic they embraced.
Raphinha and De Paul past shared immoderate words earlier they swapped shirts and parted ways pursuing different lukewarm hug.
It was an absorbing show fixed Raphinha had been the 1 to ramp up the hostility up of the World Cup qualifying grudge lucifer past Wednesday.
Rodrigo De Paul and Raphinha seemed to telephone a truce aft Barcelona bushed Atletico Madrid
Raphinha clashed with De Paul during a feisty clash betwixt Argentina and Brazil past week
But determination seemed to beryllium nary hard feelings arsenic they embraced and swapped shirts successful the tunnel
Having caught up with Brazil fable Romario up of the clash, the erstwhile guardant asked: 'We are going to play against Argentina, our biggest rival. Now, convey God, without Messi, are we going to bushed them?'
'We volition bushed them, nary doubt. On and disconnected the pitch, if we person to,' Raphinha warned.
'Are you going to effort to people a extremity against Argentina?' Romario asked.
'Yes, with everything,' Raphina replied. Then determination was a accidental for the duo to crank up the expletive-o-meter.
'F*** them?' Romario asked, earlier Raphinha agreed and said: 'F*** them.'
Unsurprisingly, Raphinha was the focal constituent for the ire of Argentina fans during the clash arsenic they chanted 'sub disconnected Raphinha, you lad of a b***h' before Enzo Fernandez told him helium 'talks excessively much' successful 1 peculiarly aggravated exchange.
Fernandez besides mocked defender Leo Ortiz by sticking his lingua retired and making a taunting look earlier calling the Flamengo antheral a 'fool'.
With Argentina 3-1 up and dominating, players of some sides clashed successful a melee and Nicolas Otamendi could besides beryllium seen gesturing to Raphinha, telling him to 'talk less'.
Brazil were thrashed 4-1 connected a miserable nighttime that led to their brag Dorival Junior being sacked
Raphinha had stoked the fires for the lucifer done his pre-game comments astir Argentina
But helium got 1 implicit connected De Paul this clip arsenic Barcelona knocked Atletico retired of the Copa del Rey
And, aft the last whistle erstwhile the on-pitch humiliation was complete, jubilant Argentina players rubbed brackish successful the wounds.
De Paul, Otamendi and Fernandez chanted that the Brazil nationalist broadside are 'dead'.
They sang: 'A infinitesimal of silence... Shhh! (makes a motion of silence) For the Brazil that is dead.'
However, Argentina brag Lionel Scaloni had insisted helium held thing against Raphinha erstwhile speaking aft the game.
'I forgive Raphinha, due to the fact that I cognize helium didn't bash it connected purpose,' Scaloni said. 'He's defending his country.'
Meanwhile, Brazil manager Dorival Junior was sacked following the Argentina defeat, which near the Selecao successful 4th spot successful the South American World Cup qualifying table, 10 points adrift of their rivals.
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