Ivan Rakitić
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This forum is obsessed with the term 'Barca quality ' . This player is not of Barca quality , that player is not a barca material . Just can't get over from Guardiola era . BBz was right in pointing out some of Barca fans obsession with players of technical ability even if they doesn't contribute in defensive aspects . Rakitic was better than Busquets last season and yet the scape goat was Rakitic for our shit show in CL
Vilarrubi
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Teams don’t set up the same against us as they have against Croatia.. Rakitics worst games for us are against parked buses. He’s one of the least direct on the team when that happens.
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henias
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Different system, opponents set up differently. In Barcelona, he is going to be limited because how we play, insane amount of possession but nothing to go forward. In such instances, Rakitic is almost as good as useless.
Rakitic is a very good player, I have said this before, but it's the way we play that really leaves him exposed.
In Barcelona, it's all about possession. If want to play possession we need agile and versatile players. Busi and Rakitic simply cannot co exist in a double defensive pivot, and Rakitic cannot have too much defensive duties. He's a CM by nature.
Lucho's direct style of football suits him much better than Valverde's slow defensive possession. Just doesnt really work in a double pivot.
Rakitic is a very good player, I have said this before, but it's the way we play that really leaves him exposed.
In Barcelona, it's all about possession. If want to play possession we need agile and versatile players. Busi and Rakitic simply cannot co exist in a double defensive pivot, and Rakitic cannot have too much defensive duties. He's a CM by nature.
Lucho's direct style of football suits him much better than Valverde's slow defensive possession. Just doesnt really work in a double pivot.
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manuel blassi
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I was 100% sure he will score that penalty. I was listening his interview on croatian tv, where he said, he let his teamates to choose which penalty they wanna take, so that they would feel more comfortable. Croatia has 2 amazing leaders in him and Luka
Messi983
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Ice cold. 
Yeah, I loved that.
He gave an interview now, and a journalist asked him: "What were you thinking about while walking to take the 5th pen?"
Raki: "I was walking slowly and thinking about my 2 daughters"
Yeah, I loved that.
They're both part of the problem. They're so slow and lack mobility that they pretty much hurt the speed and directness of which the entire team could play at. I'd take them out but since Busquets is an "old-guard" Barcelona player I bet we won't phase him out until it's too late and we'll end up resorting to panic buys.
Exactly. Also club football is a lot more meticulous, fast paced, intense, and tactically rigorous than international football. There are also a lot of other factors we need to consider, such as lack of playing time effecting chemistry and fitness among teammates. Which is why how a player performs at a NT is not indicative of how he can perform at a club level. Which is why world cup hype can be so annoying at times.
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