{"id":63296,"date":"2025-03-25T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63296"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:00:30","slug":"di-maria-mocks-raphinhas-bold-prediction-ahead-of-brazil-argentina-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/25\/di-maria-mocks-raphinhas-bold-prediction-ahead-of-brazil-argentina-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Di Maria Mocks Raphinha\u2019s Bold Prediction Ahead of Brazil Argentina Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Argentina\u2019s forward \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda has responded with amusement to a bold prediction by Brazilian winger Raphinha ahead of their FIFA World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Raphinha, in an interview with Brazilian legend Rom\u00e1rio, confidently declared that Brazil would thrash Argentina in Tuesday\u2019s showdown at the Estadio Mas Monumental.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Barcelona star went further, boasting that he would score and dismissing Argentina with an expletive-laced remark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">His comments quickly went viral after Sportscenter ESPN shared the clip, drawing a reaction from Di Mar\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Argentine veteran, who scored the winner against Brazil in the 2021 Copa America final, simply posted three laughing emojis, appearing unbothered by Raphinha\u2019s taunts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The high stakes clash will be missing two of its biggest stars, as Lionel Messi is sidelined with an adductor injury while Neymar remains out with a thigh problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Despite their absence, the match is expected to be a fierce battle between South America\u2019s football giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Argentina\u2019s forward \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda has responded with amusement to a bold prediction by Brazilian winger Raphinha ahead of their FIFA World Cup qualifier. Raphinha, in an interview with Brazilian legend Rom\u00e1rio, confidently declared that Brazil would thrash Argentina in Tuesday\u2019s showdown at the Estadio Mas Monumental. The Barcelona star went further, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63298,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63296\/revisions\/63298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}