Despite the tough elimination in the Copa del Rey, the Crota Ivan Rakitic lived a great moment since he returned to the Seville and remembered before the match how his passage through the ranks of the Barcelona.
Barcelona’s spectacular comeback against Sevilla
” When I arrived in Barcelona, the hunger that these players had was incredible. I was lucky enough to spend a year training with Xavi, and so many others with Iniesta. I learned from them on and off the pitch, ” the midfielder said in a dialogue with Laliga TV.
Along the same lines, Rakitic add: ” Nothing was given to these people. They earned all their success. It’s no coincidence that they’ve won it all. Each player had a role to play. And everyone did things their own way, but always to win. ”
And in those memories, the player revealed a phrase that left him with the Barça captain: ” I was talking to Messi and I said to him: ‘You have won everything, you have scored a lot of goals. But I’ve won a trophy you’ll never have, the Europa League (laughs). Leo is an outlier ”.
The 11th that Barcelona was able to sign with Messi’s contract
the Barcelona he didn’t need a big one Messi to delete in Seville at the Camp Nou and get to the Cup final. The Andalusian team will now have to live in Dortmund to face the ‘ Borussia and keep fighting in the Champions League.
Rakitic was one of the ‘victims’ of Ronald Koeman when the Dutchman arrived at Barça. The player leaves the club to return to his beloved Seville, Where he signed a contract until 2024 and resumed his level.