Brazilian Raphinha, Barcelona's star, will be absent from returning to the Catalan team during the current international break, after the Brazilian Football Confederation decided to keep the player with the national team delegation in Singapore, despite being sent off in the friendly match against Japan and missing the next game due to suspension.
The Brazilian Federation refused to allow the international winger to leave the national team camp and return early to Barcelona, preferring him to stay with the rest of the delegation until the end of the international gathering period, despite him being excluded from the technical staff's plans for the next match.
The Brazilian national team is preparing to play a friendly match against Singapore next Tuesday, where Raphinha will remain with his teammates in Singapore until the match, despite his inability to participate due to the suspension resulting from his sending off.
The Brazilian national team suffered a dramatic 3-2 loss to their Japanese counterparts in a match that saw Raphinha sent off, forcing the player to miss the next friendly and postpone his return to Barcelona until after the national team's commitments are over.