Ivan Rakitić and Barcelona face Ivan Perišić and Bayern Munich Friday night (3PM Eastern) in the Champions League quarterfinals. A Croatian has won the Champions League title seven years in a row and these two Ivan’s are our last hope to make it eight and keep the streak going. One Ivan will be in the semifinals. Which one will it be?
Perišić Goal
Bayern Munich will be the clear favorites to face Manchester City in the semifinals of the Champions League this year. If Barcelona do not win, it could very well be the last match Rakitić plays in a Barcelona uniform. He came over from Sevilla in the summer go 2014 and could very well be headed back to his first Spanish club, which he captained. There’s much to to decide on Friday.
***Funds – rounds ! Shitttt should slow down on the pivo pre drinking miocic fight
Kovac’s love for pranjic and horrible formation cost us the Mexico game and a chance to advance knockout funds Brazil14 where anything coulda possibly happened as we had experienced talent. Like Euro16 woulda, coulda shoulda I guess. Finally 18 a little redemption but then fucked but FIFA like Uefa also likes doin to us.
@ BZ
No doubt that it was Ante Rebić speed blowing past slow CB’s in that cup final.
Rebić was free falling and probably needed that young man discipline that Kovač can bring.
But he seems to be a one trick pony.
Thomas Mueller is the German Mandžukić.
In his own way and style he is a beast.
His commitment to the team and his effectiveness in creating space is unparalleled.
He creates attacking movements in the final third.
Messi does it his way and Mueller does it in an entirely different way.
He destroyed farca yesterday.
He is a #10.
Kovač dismissing him is like Sarri dismissing Mandžukić and Cunti dismissing Perišić.
Have your philosophy as a manager but system cannot be absolute.
Big game beasts are needed for in the business end of the CL.
Rakitić not playing was farcical.
Sarri and Seiten are now welcome to come to our Jadran to realize why you need to play the nogometaš.
@ Penaldo
That’s why when the press starts crapping on our boys we need to call it out.
Speaking of Penaldo what do you do with is contract?
Does Messi get sold to balance the Barca books?
As a resident pudding head, I’ll just say this…
It is well documented that most pundits (myself included) were impressed with Rebic since his youth days. He was just better than most.
Rebic was great before, during, and most importantly, after Kovac. What did Coach Kovac do before Rebic and after Rebic? Shit the bed in ’14 and screwed the pooch at Bayern in ’19.
Elviss, yeah i like that one too, i had seen it previously. Man good memories hey!
Soul Champ, you’re correct about the disrespect towards Rakitic. Meanwhile the old guard Spanish (speaking mother tongue) veterans of Barca get a free pass. Then they decide to add Grietzmann and de Jong who look like fish out of water.
La liga clubs clearly show preference to Spaniards just like serie a show preference to italians. So many examples. That’s why their leagues are shit and why Spain and Italy won’t win a world cup for a long time.
Evo ti kurac!
Thanks ElviSS…I just cried like a baby!
Gorica beat Varazdin 5-1 to open the 2020-21 HNL season. Both Dinamo and Hajduk play on Sunday.
This one is better
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gMKqyC4xz68
You guys are pudding heads.. Kovac is a good coach,, Not a right fit in Bayern because the prima donnas dont like to be coached and they dont like dicipline.. Give Kovac a young team such as Frankfurt and watch him whip the team into shape. They did beat Bayern in the Cup Final.
In the road to that Final Frankfurt did not allow a goal in regulation time covering a span of 5 games. The first goal they allowed was from Bayern in the final which they won 3-1
You dont beat bayern in a cup final if your a shitty coach…
bunch of neznalice here.
Some on this think Kovac saved Rebic, but I posit that it was Rebic who lifted Kovac. Proof is in the pudding.
@Canuck …2weeks??
He did well at Eintracht with what he had …70% win rate sounds high as well…you might get the all kraut final but I doubt that as well ?
I absolutely agree Niko Kovac wasn’t the right fit for Bayern. It only took two weeks for him to lose his job. He never had great success with any team until with Bayern. His win percentage was 70. Definitely can’t believe Rakitic didn’t start. I’m calling an all German final. Bayern vs Leipzig.
Sergi Roberto (CM) – 2/10 – Awful touch gifted Bayern an easy second goal. Looked lost at both ends of the field as Bayern danced around him in the first half.
Sergio Busquets (DM) – 2/10 – Instead of shielding the defence, Busquets played as a central midfielder, but his lack of pace left him stranded all game.
Frenkie de Jong (CM) – 3/10 – Looked uncomfortable in midfield but didn’t do much actively wrong, which was nice.
Arturo Vidal (AM) – 0/10 – Spent most of his time looking for a fight, kicking anyone who pulled away from him (which was everyone).
Sramota with the disrespect of Rakitić at farca.
He came on a £15 million transfer in 2014 to replace Xavi.
CL and 4 la liga titles.
Farca have sunk hundreds of millions of dollars on bust after bust.
They get blown out every year in the CL.
They lose in epic fashion.
If Rakitić was Catalan he would be a legend.
That is the difference with Real Madrid.
If you are world class doesn’t matter where you came from you become a legend.
Messi is top 5 player of all time and is the outlier.
Everyone else not Catalan gets crapped on.
Even Maradona was crapped on.
Always remember:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsUeBv6mC-0
Also just shows how shit of a coach kovac was too
Hahaha
They can’t even blame this one raketa
Marca still might saying that he brought in a bad attitude during the day by not being picked to play
omg Barca is becoming a joke
This is nearly as bad as when the Germans smacked the Brazilians 7 zip
Bayern beat down!!
Perišić is world class.
His two footed technical skills are the real gold to his game.
He was pressing like World Cup Perišić.
Farca list of WORSE performers than Rakitic:
Everyone not named Messi.
Rakitic intelligence supports Messi.
Rakitic has another chapter at club level.
He also will be a world class role player for us.
@ Niko Kovač
How do you not play Thomas Mueller?
Space investigator or what ever you call him?
He obliterated Barca and was central to the Bayern beat down.
It’s amazing how running for you team still works at the highest level.
Mandžukić is like that as well.
You need at least one player like in the first 11.
Honor what players do well instead of only seeing what they are not.
@ Ivan Perišić
Win the champions league this year and get paid at another club.
14 shots on barca’s goal and 26 shots on total. Nice work.
LOL at barca and setien. Even Coutinho scored twice on his old club.
That would be great bz
@Pog-best thing about Phonzie is his ability to play Left Back. I still hold out hope that when the day comes that Perisic is not a no brainer first team winger, he will move back to LB and win us a championship.
Perišić and Rebić gonna lay the batina next year down the wings!
Remember when we had no wing options
Now teams be like wtf do we do with this
Then with a healthy Vrsaljko and a potentially dangerous Barisic
RIP
Hajduk with 10 men could have beaten Barcelona today – and that piece of shit Griezmann is the most overrated player in the 55 years I’ve been watching futbol.
Barcelona look like absolute dogshit without Rakitic. How’d sitting him work out for ya Barca fans?
Perisic and Rebic, full stop. None of these younger guys come close. I’ll let you know when Perisic starts slipping.
Stipe Stipe Stipe!
Phonzie and Perišić, best fuckin wing in Europe!
IVANEEEE!!! Mr. Clutch.
Perišić just scored
Lmaooooo
Gerard Pique probably has nightmares of Perišić running out wide lolol
Where does Perišić go?
What’s best for him
Read on Facebook. Luka taking a pay cut and will accept less minutes to stay and retire at Real
What a legend… I hope he decides to stay on to Qatar and use himself as needed
But something tells me If he doesn’t get injured he’s got a couple legendary half’s left in him internationally
whos got a link?
whos got a link?
Hmm ??
Both clubs treat our Ivan’s like rented mules.
At least at some point Rakitic was respected by farca.
If farca loses it will be blamed on Rakitic no matter if he scores and assists two.
Actually need Perišić to be in beast mode these next two years.
I love Rakitic but he is now a role player for us, a world class one it should be said.
If Perišić plays at all I am rooting for him.
They both need new clubs.
Perišić will have too little minutes next season.
I am more interested to see IF and how long our Ivan’s play?
Personally like to Bayern run through farca they way the did with MANdzukic.