Ivan Rakitic gives the recipe of his big performance during the last year

The Croat Ivan Rakitic finds concentrated with the selection of Croatia to contest the quarter-finals of the World-wide  that is celebrating in Russia this summer. The Croatian midfield player conceded an interview to El País in which it spoke of several subjects on the actuality, but in which also desveló the secret of his big season.

When asking on if it had done a special preparation of face to the World-wide, Rakitic denied it, peró himself recognised that they had changed several things for him during the last campaign. "I prepared me for the season. I have not wanted to be well only this last month, but all the year. It was very important for me the change in the Barça, begin with the new mister and understand his ideas".

The Croatian midfield player recognised that it adapted very well to what asked him Ernesto Valverde, that changed him the posició to plant him further back, and that the team sobrepuso to the course of Neymar: "it Was a big difference what meant the course of Neymar. I have changed several things and found me very comfortable and very well during all the season".

"In an analysis went out me that it was celíaco and changed entirely all my feeding"

Besides, it discovered that it was celíaco, something that prejudiced him before knowing it: "Had a bit of luck. In an analysis went out me that it was celíaco, that could not eat with gluten. It happened me many times that after the parties felt me quite bad, inflado. And it did not recover me so well".

The most positive change for Ivan Rakitic

After this analysis, Ivan Rakitic changed his pattern of feeding to adapt to the conditions of his health, something that benefited him: "I Changed entirely all my feeding. Home only it waters, at all of Coca-tail. Also I have begun to work with people and between all this has helped me a lot of".

The Barcelona midfield player admitted that at the beginning it did not give him importance, but that with the change of feeding has darse# cuenta that it has been something determinant for his performance: "Since I changed I recover me much better, easier. The intestine does not give me any problem. Of entrance seemed me that it was not so important, but when I tested it darse that it had hit".