Ivan Rakitić

[TitoTata]

If Croatia wins the trophy what are the chances he wins player of the tournament?

He's been more decisive than any other player and overall brilliant performance-wise through the whole thing.

He's a strong candidate.

In all the forums anywhere in the world I'd guess you are the only person to mention Rakitic as player of the tournament ..

I hate Real Madrid but Modric ran the show yesterday and saved everyone's as*es including Rakitics .
They had to do a register at half time to make sure he was still around !

 

[TitoTata]

None.

Modric will win it.

Rakitic has done well and scored two winning penalties in two shootouts, but that doesn't make him the better player.

Fair comments .., the next two games will presumably decide the player of the tournament??

Moderic prob leads the chase with maybe De Bruyne , MBappe and maybe even Pogba..

 

[MTL_Barca]

I don't see either of them having a chance unless they impress the next two games and win the WC. Everything after the Argentina match was mediocre from Croatia and even Modric wasn't that outstanding.

If France makes the final and Mbappe or maybe Griezmann score they should have a huge chance, especially if France wins. Otherwise De Bruyne if Belgium reaches the final and he does good or Kane if he scores vs Croatia to reach the final.

After all thats a worthless title anyway. Messi won it 2014 and who cared about that? Nobody, if anything people made fun of it. Don't even remember who won it 2010 , Müller? Forlan? Or someone from Spain? Who cares.

 

[Donatello]

Fair comments .., the next two games will presumably decide the player of the tournament??

Moderic prob leads the chase with maybe De Bruyne , MBappe and maybe even Pogba..

You forgot Griezmann. Scored in R16, as well as QF. If he maintains his scoring run, he too can become player of the tournament.

And Harry Kane, the top scorer of the WC.

 

[RMU ReBorn]

None.

Modric will win it.

Rakitic has done well and scored two winning penalties in two shootouts, but that doesn't make him the better player.

Because he didn't took his shirt off ? If he stops England like the way he did to Messi and co ,he deserves it as much as Luka

Rakitic played more forward passes tonight than he played last season for barca

Rakitic was more decisive than Busquets last season .

In all the forums anywhere in the world I'd guess you are the only person to mention Rakitic as player of the tournament ..

I hate Real Madrid but Modric ran the show yesterday and saved everyone's as*es including Rakitics .
They had to do a register at half time to make sure he was still around !

Rakitic's game by numbers

90% passing success ( many of them were long balls and forward passes unlike sideway passing mockery by spanish players)

Dribbles attempted -4 , succeeded -4
Duels won -12 , lost -6
Long balls -19 , Accurate long balls -13
Dispossessed only twice in entire 120 minutes
aerials won -4 , lost -2
2 interceptions
converted crucial penalty in shoot out . perhaps most important in croatian football history


Modric was croatia's best player . He didn't saved anyone's ass . He was lucky that his shit pen wasn't saved .

 

[El Flaco]

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[Raketa10]

Well done Raketa!!!

 

[xXKonan]

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[GOAT_SUAREZ]

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straight swap with Thiago.

 

[NorthernCule]

straight swap with Thiago.

Hahaha, no.

Of course this forum wants to swap a proven world class midfielder who is a key player for both club and country for an inconsistent, injury prone bench player.

If Thiago wasn't from La Masia nobody would give a shit about him.

 

[FC433]

That is a great offer, but I doubt that because BM would never spend that much and also because they have enough CMs and actually looking to offload some.

 

[GOAT_SUAREZ]

Hahaha, no.

Of course this forum wants to swap a proven world class midfielder who is a key player for both club and country for an inconsistent, injury prone bench player.

If Thiago wasn't from La Masia nobody would give a shit about him.

I was making fun of the la masia crowd.

 

[xXKonan]

Seems like AS got the rumor from Don Balon.

Why do these sites keep reposting information from them.

 

[DonAK]

Keep Rakitic, but try to find an upgrade. He's not bad, but he's not the Messi of Midfielders either, as in an indisputable starter. We can and should do better. Having a dynamic, faster midfielder that's able to dribble or at least get past a man efficiently and offer more forward + in the pressing phase would help a lot.

I've made a point, at least my opinion, that we cannot carry two slow or lethargic forwards in Messi and Suarez, but the same applies for the midfield. Can ideally only have one as a starter so either Busquets or Rakitic.

Quicker passing, more dynamism, more pace and better movement is needed in this team if it want to win the CL again and also survive the Post-Messi years as a top 3/5 European team.

Other teams are getting better and earning more money so the gap is closing.

 

[DonAndres]

Hahaha, no.

Of course this forum wants to swap a proven world class midfielder who is a key player for both club and country for an inconsistent, injury prone bench player.

If Thiago wasn't from La Masia nobody would give a shit about him.

This entire post is a joke, right?