The Croatian midfield player of the FC Barcelona, Ivan Rakitic, fulfilled his second consecutive titularity when being present in the eleven headline of Luis Enrique of face to the gone of eighth of final of Glass of the King 2016-17, against the Athletic of Bilbao in Saint Mamés.
The Asturian technician opted for taking out to the eleven of gala in hostile terrain, and this propició the presence of Rakitic in the centre of the field of the beside Sergio Busquets and Andrés Iniesta, after the "4" Barcelona had been headline also in the last party played by the Barça in 2016 against Hercules in the Camp Nou, also in the competition of Glass of Rey.
It fits to remember that Ivan Rakitic happened to have lower presence in the onces titled of Luis Enrique just after the Classical of League Santander against the Real Madrid, because of a bajón physical that had lasted him until then several parties, coinciding with the bad series of results of the team.
The escarmiento to Ivan Rakitic surtió effect
"I struggle" it punished "him" during some commitments, but in The Cathedral remained showed, this Thursday, that the confidence of the trainer in Rakitic is not mermada neither much less, but it keeps intact after the player have recovered the level of antaño.
During the first minutes in front of the "lions" Rakitic was of the culés more intense, seconding to the Barcelona group in defence, stealing balloons and helping to Sergio Busquets to the hour to distribute the game sideways to side. Good news, without place to doubts, for a Barça that marked like aim, in Saint Mamés, begin to encarrilar already the eighth of final of Glass of Rey.