It ASKS PATIENCE WITH DEMBÉLÉ

Rakitic Reveals why Dembélé did not play against Chelsea

Published:21/02/2018 - 00:50h

Updated:21/02/2018 - 09:39h

The duel between FC Barcelona and Chelsea had a bit of everything, but one of the subjects stood out was the absence of Ousmane Dembélé. In addition to elogiar the know do Barcelona, Ivan Rakitic has explained the reason of the drop of his mate

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Although it was some minutes by behind in the marker, the FC Barcelona could react to time to save a tie in Stamford Bridge. When the things complicated seemed the moment to resort to Ousmane Dembélé, but finally the French has remained in the bench after arriving the goal of Leo Messi. When finalising the clash, Ivan Rakitic has revealed the reason.

To the Croatian has touched him put in front of the cameras and has not hid the reason of the absence of his mate. "The injury that had is not easy for a player like him, very explosive", has left to fall the Croat, confirming the feelings that aimed to that Ernesto Valverde would have left him went by caution.

"It is necessary to give him a poquito of time and is important that he recover to the one hundred by one hundred. In the next parties will see it", has continued the one of Möhlin, asking patience with the forward and signalling to a next future to see again him on the terrain of game. His prize could arrive in some days, with the visit of the Girona to the Camp Nou. It will be necessary to expect.

Reinforced

Of what also has spoken Rakitic has been of the suffered performance of the Barça in London, standing out the paper of Chelsea but also his own tarpaulins: "we Have dominated big part of the party, being upper. But they, with the people that have up... They hit you three shots, two to the stick and one inside. They closed and it is normal that they expect his moment, defending with eight almost inside the area, seeming almost a party of handball. It has been a very complete party on our part and can go out very reinforced".

"Mark was is very important, deserved to mark this goal. It is necessary to prepare well the turn and will be difficult. We have to do the same that have done today and have patience. Expect our moment when they go down a bit", has analysed on the turn, incidiendo, as varied of his mates, in that it still does not be necessary to sing victory.

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