Ivan Rakitic, during a commitment with the FC Barcelona

ANOTHER MULTIPURPOSE FOR VALVERDE

Rakitic Played in three distinct positions in the Barça-Alavés!

Published:19/08/2018 - 15:22h

Updated:20/08/2018 - 11:01h

For anybody is any mystery already the capacity of Ivan Rakitic to play in all the positions of the centre of the field. This, precisely, did against the Sportive Alavés the Saturday in the Camp Nou. Ernesto Valverde was altering his place

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Of leftovers known by all the fans culés is the polivalencia of Ivan Rakitic like one of his big qualities. In the Seville played of mediapunta, but in the FC Barcelona his usual role in the centre of the field is the one of interior, usually by the right.

In front of the Sportive Alavés, however, began acting of left interior because of the presence of Sergi Roberto in the right, with Sergio Busquets acting of defensive pivote in the medullary. The FC Barcelona sinned of fault of depth in the first-half, and from here that in the second Valverde commanded to heat to Coutinho to plant him on the lawn.

'Cou' Went in to play in the left profile of the centre of the field, what moved to Rakitic to the right interior and to Sergi Roberto to the position of right side, being Nélson Semedo the 'sacrificed'. Like this it passed the greater part of the second act until, already with the party sentenced and with 2-0 in the marker, the 'Txingurri' decided to go back to move the bench.

And it took out to Arturo Vidal so that it played in the position that then was occupying Rakitic, the one of right interior. Arturo Vidal went in substituting to Sergio Busquets, what allowed that Rakitic occupied the place of defensive pivote, where already surrendered to a grandísimo level the past season when the 'Txingurri' decided to plant him here to freshen the legs of Busquets.

Rakitic, a player of team polifuncional

"In what they need the míster and the team, here am. It does not matter the position", explained Rakitic just after the party. The true is that the FC Barcelona had an amazing tarpaulin to the ficharle in summer of 2014. Since, it has been a fixed headline in the FC Barcelona and has endowed to the centre of the field of the stability and balance that needed.

This season 2018-19, after having lost the final of the World-wide of Russia 2018 against France, Rakitic has more wishes that never to conquer important titles in the FC Barcelona, like a Champions League that already won in his first campaign in the Barça, precisely marking in the final against the Juventus of Turín. Rakitic, a multipurpose very reliable for Valverde.

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