Thursday evening was a bitter one for the Brazilian national team: not only did they lose their prestigious clash with France, but Raphinha and Wesley also picked up injuries – and have now departed.
Bitter news for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team: key player Raphinha suffered an injury to his right thigh in the first half of the match between Brazil and France, which the Equipe Tricolore ultimately won (2:1), and is now returning to Barcelona ahead of schedule.
This means the 29-year-old will miss another of the South Americans’ test matches against Croatia on Thursday night (2am). According to FC Barcelona, the downtime amounts to five weeks.
Missing April – and three games against Atletico
This is a particularly serious blow for the Catalans, as they face important clashes – in La Liga and the Champions League – against Atletico Madrid in the coming weeks. First on April 4 in La Liga, where FC Barcelona will be looking to keep Real Madrid four points behind them, and then on April 8 in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Raphinha is also likely to miss the second leg against the Rojiblancos less than a week later and the league games against Espanyol, Vigo and Getafe.
The 29-year-old had already missed almost a month and a half at the end of 2025 due to a thigh injury, and in February 2026 he was ruled out against Mallorca due to a thigh strain. However, the Brazilian recently made a name for himself on the pitch again when he scored a treble against Sevilla (5:2).
Wesley is also out
However, Raphinha’s training course is not the only one over: National team colleague Wesley, who is currently under contract at AS Roma, has also suffered a muscle injury and is returning to Italy ahead of schedule.
This season, the 22-year-old has already made 26 appearances in Serie A, 24 of them from the start. He was last absent in the narrow 1-0 win against Lecce due to a yellow-red card, and this is likely to happen again in the upcoming clash with league leaders Inter Milan on April 5 – this time due to the injury.