Italian media outlet Gazzetta dello Sport believes that the time has come for Rafinha to make his first start for the Nerazzurri, considering the negative situation currently surrounding Marcelo Brozovic.
It is not impossible to exclude Rafinha from the starting eleven despite Spalletti’s warnings regarding his fitness. Assuming he does start, Rafinha should settle himself in the playmaker role behind Mauro Icardi, if the captain recovers in time. A partnership that was first seen during their time together at Barcelona B.
Spalletti must now surely consider how best to use Rafinha on Saturday night, given his recent performances, there’s clearly skill to be exploited. From the start it will give confidence and creativity or whether to stick with the same plan as the previous couple of games and bring him on late, when Genoa have lost their intensity and begin to sit deeper.
However the answers to these questions heavily depend on the conditions of Icardi and Ivan Perisic, whose absences may change the structure of the team. Meanwhile Rafinha continues to train and only cares about what is best for the Nerazzurri.
They way Perisic has been playing lately I don’t think he’ll be missed too much. Rafinha and Karamoh from the start. Hopefully their skill will get us a few goals which would allow us to sub them after 60th minute if needed.
You want to play rafinha on the wing? thats a terrible idea
He can play in everywhere for me. As long spaleti give him freedom on the pitch.
The most important thing is, his role on the pitch.
Play Rafinha and Karamoah from the start and once we have a decent lead then throw all the hardworking zero IQ players to grab a win.
Is perisic included on your list ‘hardworking zero iq players’ ?
For me he almost there
Is he injured to play from the start ?
If he was intelligent then he would be world class. He got speed, skills, can use both feet equally, physical, hard working but what he lacks is brain. He tries the same pattern again and again and defenders can pocket him with close eyes now