In the recent match between FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad, an event in which the culés won 2-0 with goals from Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, the Brazilian star of the Catalan team made the news after taking off his shirt and showing a message of support for his native country.
After scoring, Raphinha took off his shirt to show a flag of Rio Grande do Sul, an area affected by tragic floods that have claimed up to a hundred lives.
Despite the emotional nature of the message, the referee gave him a yellow card and it has recently become known that Competition fined the player and Barça financially for taking off his shirt.
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The fine that Raphinha and Barça will have to pay
According to Mundo Deportivo, Raphinha has been fined 601 euros for taking off his shirt, an action considered a serious offense according to the regulations of the Spanish competition.
Barça, for its part, will have to pay close to 350 euros for this same event, generating a total debt amount of almost 1,000 euros for Raphinha’s emotional celebration, which sought to give global visibility to the tragedy that occurred in the south of Brazil. .
Likewise, the competition confirmed Raphinha’s yellow card and will not take it away, since it appears in the referee’s report as a serious foul:
“In the 90th minute, player (11) Raphael Dias Belloli was cautioned for the following reason: For taking off his shirt, while celebrating a goal. When he took it off, he was wearing another undershirt with the message ‘Pray for RS’ on a flag of the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul,” the referee wrote.
Despite having sent a message in good faith, LaLiga regulations harshly punish this type of celebration and Raphinha and Barça must assume responsibility by paying the fine and keeping the reprimand.
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