The Croatian has regained title and his return has corresponded with the improvement of the team and good individual records.
“I want to stay in Barça. What I have now is to work and wait for a new opportunity to demonstrate and earn the trust of the master.” These were the words of Ivan Rakitic a few weeks ago, when he watched the matches go on and Ernesto Valverde did not trust him. His name came to the top of the list of imminent departures of FC Barcelona but the situation has taken a turn of 180 degrees and now it is once again indispensable for the team and for the coach.
The Croatian midfielder has been starting for three consecutive games in the team and has responded to this confidence of the coach with excellent numbers. He started against Borussia Dortmund, Atlético and Mallorca, and in the duel against the red and whites played the 90 minutes. In Champions against the Germans he played 78 minutes while at home against the Balearic Islands he was on the lawn 71 minutes.
He played almost the same minutes in the last three games (239) as in the previous eleven together (292).
In these three matches representing the return of Rakitic (Borussia Dortmund, Atlético and Mallorca), the midfielder gave a total of 179 good passes for only 13 bad passes, that is, 93.2% success in the passes.
In terms of recovery he also gave a very good performance, with 20 recoveries (Dortmund (6), Atletico (6) and Mallorca (8)).