Rakitic Justifies why the Barça preferred him before that to Kroos

The FC Barcelona imposed in Mestalla in front of the Valency with two goals of Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Rakitic. The Barcelona team achieved to keep the goal of advantage of the party of gone and the Camp Nou and sentence the semifinals in front of the team valencianista to play his fifth final of Glass of Rey consecutive. The Croat, second goleador, went back to do a partidazo.

Ivan Rakitic has a very important role for the FC Barcelona of Ernesto Valverde. The Barcelona midfield player has turned into the man that gives him balance in the centre of the field beside Sergio Busquets and the Txingurri trusts fully in his possibilities. If his performance in previous seasons already was well with Luis Enrique, with the technician extremeño has increased exponencialmente.

The curious of all this is that Rakitic could not arriving to the FC Barcelona, since in the summer in which it arrived pertinent of the Seville, stirred the possibility of fichar to Toni Kroos. Finally, the Barcelona club opted by the Croatian midfield player, that in that then was the big star of the Seville and already was fully adapted to the football of the League. His performance Is commissioning to give the reason in said decision.

Happy for arriving to the final of Glass of Rey

Ivan Rakitic also showed happy for having arrived to the final of glass of Rey, confronting to the Seville, his ex team. "Happy for playing for the first time five consecutive finals and for having won the party and have done a good work", commented the Croatian midfield player.

"I always am loved to play in Seville, am very Sevillista and loves me this city, but with the party of League already suffices", kidded the midfield player, adding that "we go to the ours and now touches to think in the Getafe. Tonight to celebrate the triumph and from morning already has to think in what it comes".