Barcelona Raphinha admits in the interview that he came close to the Italian national team instead of Brazil.
Raphinha: “I was close to accepting the Italian national team call!”
“I had to go to the euro they won in 2020. I was actually ready to go. So happy, because the passport did not get through,” said @isabelapagliari.
“At that moment the people from the Italian national team called me. Jorginho always called me. The Italian staff had this great project for me, something that really caught my attention.”
“But at the same time, deep inside, I still had that one percent of the hope that I could wear the Brazilian shirt. And luckily my Italian passport was not ready on time!”