Ivan Rakitić

[Barcaman]

US-Open winner Cilic visited Barcelona. Chance to meet with his compatriot Rakitic

 

[dakt]

Really good performance. Made couple of sloppy passes but quickly fixed the situation. Bravo Ivan.

 

[utility73]

Excellent performance. He was everywhere.

 

[Kohe321]

Great game! I love how quick he is to spot passing windows during one-twos, especially one moment comes to mind where Messi, Alves and Rakitic were playing themselves out at the bottom right, and Alves passed to Rakitic who only had time for a one-touch, and he managed to find Messi with a beautiful weighted lob over a defender to not only keep possession, but to keep the attack going.

His positioning and passing is fantastic. Becoming an ever bigger fan of him!

 

[dakt]

I don't know if it's just me, but he started scanning field like Xavi, turns his head every second to get awareness. Might be that he got few tips from Maestro.

 

[Vlom]

Where was this Rakitic when we were running after Sevilla ! Great performance, he was up he was down, defended well, connected well.. great!

 

[utility73]

What a midfield we'd have with Busquets and Rakitic together with Thiago...sad it's just a wet dream.

 

[Scotsbarca]

Does things quietly and efficiently , had a cracking game again .

 

[Icarium]

He looked so tired end of the game, now i know why lucho persists on subbing him every match. I would not be surprised if he gets rested for espanyol. Xavi Iniesta and Busi might start.

 

[Behrox]

He looked so tired end of the game, now i know why lucho persists on subbing him every match. I would not be surprised if he gets rested for espanyol. Xavi Iniesta and Busi might start.

Have you seen the workrate this beast puts forward? I'm surprised he doesn't collapse at the end of the matches cause he is literally everywhere when he is on the pitch

 

[CatalinR10]

great game

 

[Ghostmaster]

I don't know if it's just me, but he started scanning field like Xavi, turns his head every second to get awareness. Might be that he got few tips from Maestro.

Yeah, he said that in the media that he learns from Xavi everything even how to drive a car

 

[dakt]

The only thing that he should improve is his forward balls. He had plenty of chances to give make a bit riskier forward passes but instead decided to play safe.

 

[utility73]

Rakitic's distance covered was 12,2km yesterday. He really needs another strong reliable CM at his side.

 

[André]

Holy shit thats insane. Where can I see these stats?