{"id":50538,"date":"2026-04-27T15:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50538"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:45:27","slug":"raphinha-set-for-medical-green-light-ahead-of-fc-barcelona-match-against-osasuna-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/la-liga\/raphinha-set-for-medical-green-light-ahead-of-fc-barcelona-match-against-osasuna-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Raphinha set for medical green light ahead of FC Barcelona match against Osasuna: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">FC Barcelona have received a timely boost in their <strong>La Liga title chase<\/strong> as star winger <strong>Raphinha<\/strong> is expected to receive medical clearance in time for the upcoming away game against CA Osasuna, as reported by Javi Miguel Club.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The Brazilian international suffered a <strong>right hamstring injury<\/strong> while on duty with Brazil in late March 2026 during a friendly against France. The initial prognosis sidelined him for approximately five weeks, causing him to miss key matches, including Champions League ties.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Positive Recovery Update<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Recent reports indicate that Raphinha has made excellent progress in his rehabilitation. He is expected to return to full group training early this week and could get the <strong>medical green light<\/strong> before Barcelona\u2019s trip to Pamplona.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The match against Osasuna is scheduled for <strong>May 2, 2026<\/strong> (kick-off around 22:00 local time \/ 19:00 GMT, subject to confirmation) at Estadio El Sadar. While he may not start or play a full 90 minutes, sources suggest he could feature for a limited number of minutes to regain match sharpness.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This return is strategically timed, as Barcelona aim to build momentum ahead of the highly anticipated <strong>El Cl\u00e1sico<\/strong> against Real Madrid on May 10, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona have received a timely boost in their La Liga title chase as star winger Raphinha is expected to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":50539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4651],"tags":[3356],"class_list":["post-50538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","tag-raphinha"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50541,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50538\/revisions\/50541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}