Ivan Rakitić

[El Flaco]

Rakitić while watching Barcelona vs. Villarreal

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I thought it was Messi for a second while I was watching the game from Sunday.

 

[El Flaco]

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[El Flaco]

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[ThwiX]

Training again today. Wow, seems like we will have most of our players available for the Clasico. Not bad.

 

[xXKonan]

It's expected Rakitic, who is recovering from a calf injury and who trained normally yesterday, will start on the bench on Saturday. [md]

 

[utility73]

Played very well today.

 

[utility73]

And again tonight.

 

[André]

Great games agree

 

[Barcaman]

He was solid. I am still kinda shocked we dominated possession against Roma this much without Iniesta.

 

[Galning]

He came back better after his injury

 

[anguy]

His movement and positioning is out of this world, but he should really work on his passing.

 

[God Serena]

To me he's still the weakest performing midfielder. Busquets, Roberto, and Iniesta are all playing much better than him right now.

 

[Flavia]

To me he's still the weakest performing midfielder. Busquets, Roberto, and Iniesta are all playing much better than him right now.

Maybe he's the reverse Cesc. Better in the 2nd half of the season, and can defend. Which makes up for him not being brilliant now.

 

[serghei]

I may be wrong, but wasn't he our best scoring midfielder last season? That surely counts for smth.

 

[Jamie Cal]

^ Doesn't say a lot, though, does it? Busi's not there to score and Ini's end product is lacking.

Anyway -- I think we'll see more better performances from Rak now that Messi's back. Easier to define his role in the team with Messi in it.