It can cost a League: Important goal of Rakitic in the Barça-Athletic!

It was not headline, had not marked any goal this season with the FC Barcelona... But east was his party. In the night of the verbena of San Juan, Ivan Rakitic appeared like a rocket in the minute 71 to light the way of the Barça and desequilibrar the meeting in front of the Athletic of Bilbao, that until then had showed férreo in defence and had avoided that the Barcelona had of some occasion medianamente clear.

Rakitic, fortunately, appeared from second line to collect a balloon died after an attempt of dribbling of Messi in the interior of the area. With the right leg, the Croat adjusted the shot and beat to Unai Simón for the joy of his mates, something desquiciados by not finding his best game in front of the 'lions'. The team embraced and the bench also burst after the goal, confirming the pressure of the moment.

And it is that the combined Basque was giving the expensive -and more than this- in the previous minutes, without intimidating of the all to Ter Stegen but protecting his own goal with a defensive wall that not even Leo Messi attained to demolish. The goal of Rakitic, in this sense, went a balsam for a Barcelona that follows alive in the fight by LaLiga Santander 2019-20, putting pressure to the Real Madrid of face to his party in front of the Mallorca in the Bernabéu.

Rakitic Jumped in the second time substituting to Sergio Busquets, that had seen the yellow cardboard to the half hour of party. The Croat, in addition to the goal, contributed security and criterion in the centre of the field, distributing the balloon and exerting of bridge between the defence and the forwards. Although it is true that had not marked any goal this course, equally truth is that it has played the half of minutes that in previous campaigns.

Rakitic Annotates a crucial goal for the Barça

The arrival of Frenkie of Jong the past summer has finish him prejudicing, taking him out definitively of the titularity and relegándole to a secondary role. In spite of everything, the '4' follow having win and ambition to dress of Barcelona and, when it goes out, leaves the skin. It did not mark a goal with the Barça from the past 11 March 2019 in front of the Real Madrid, in a Classical that the Barça finish carrying by the minimum in the Bernabéu (0-1).

15 months has been without marking, but now already can breathe calm. It remain or no in the Barça this summer, knows that if the team attains to win LaLiga this season, partly, he also will have contributed to this success. The goal in front of the Athletic gives to the ones of Quique Setién three vital points to continue presionando to the Real Madrid of Zidane. If the whites want to snatch LaLiga to the Barça, will have to sweat blood.