The Brazilian national team announced the exclusion of Raphinha, Barcelona's winger, from the team's squad preparing to face India in a friendly match on Saturday, after the player underwent medical examinations following pain he felt during the match against Australia.
The Brazilian newspaper "Globo" revealed that the examinations Raphinha underwent did not show him suffering a muscle injury, as the results were limited to a slight edema at the site of pain.
Despite the absence of a muscle injury that warrants concern, the technical and medical staff of the Brazilian national team preferred not to risk the player, and decided to exclude him from facing India as a precautionary measure, to give him enough time to recover.
Raphinha had started for Brazil in the friendly match against Australia, which the Brazilian team won 4-2, before leaving the field at the start of the second half after feeling pain in his thigh muscle.