Terrible. Especially in the first half Rakitic was an absolute statue watching Ndombele play football and giving him acres of space.
On the ball, the usual, zero contribution. Sergi Roberto should play over him - yes I'm serious.
I wonder if BBZ will be cynical enough to keep calling this guy a 'workhorse' or a hard-working midfielder again. He's offering zero defensive cover this season.
He was decent. Not really his fault that he's so limited going forward. We need a more attack oriented midfielder out there.
The same can be said of Roberto.
What do you expect when you play 3 defense oriented mids. Every creative source is Messi because that coward of a coach can't take any risks whatsoever. You see that the mid is devoid of any attacking contribution, why didn't he bring in Alena to change something? No, the same safe approach with Rakitic and Busquets every damn time.
What does he even offer that Roberto doesn't. Sergi is doing everything Raki does but with more speed. He needs to be sold ASAP. Arthur, De Jong, Alena and Roberto are all better and younger, he has no future anymore at Barca.
Rakitic is a better midfielder than Roberto. I think Rakitic was okay tonight. He is limited we all know that. Not sure why we expect anything extraordinary.
What does he even offer that Roberto doesn't. Sergi is doing everything Raki does but with more speed. He needs to be sold ASAP. Arthur, De Jong, Alena and Roberto are all better and younger, he has no future anymore at Barca.