With their backs to the wall after a 1-0 away defeat to FC Porto in the Europa League quarterfinals last week, Sevilla came out Thursday night with a fury. Ivan Rakitic converted a 5th minute penalty shot before Vitolo and Carlos Bacca would make it 3-0 going into halfime.
Sevilla’s Coke was sent off 10 minutes after the restart but Sevilla would still manage to score another insurance goal to make it 4-0. Porto would find an injury time consolation goal to make the game 4-1. Sevilla will advance to the Europa League semifinals on a 4-2 aggregate win where they will meet Valencia, Juventus and Benfica in the draw Friday.
@anon
STO POSTO!!
@Ziva
You my friend are like this sites filtration system.
Sometimes your emotionally detached views are appreciated.
Keep up the good work!
2 MONTHS, AND A DAY ‘TIL WE KICK THIS SHIT OFF!!!!
Rakitic will not be a ballon d’or candidate. Hes good but hes not among the best….yet
@Soul Champ……..when and where did I disrespect Rakitic’s play???????
Now we have people making things up.
Here is what I have said……..his club is outstanding. His play for the repka has been very average. Who the hell disagrees with that and how is that disrespectful..
Being a jock sniffer can lead people to be delusional in their ability to analyze.
@ C v A
I love Rakitić’s game and want him fully expressed for the repka as it will mean success for us.
I would go with him as AM off striker against Brazil.
I just don’t want him and Luka side by side crowding each other in the middle. They both can influence the game but need some space to do so.
How about for Brazil:
Olić
Rakitić
Pranjić Modrić Kovačić
Radosevic (Sertic, Badelj)
Strinic-Ćorluka-Lovren-Srna
Pletikosa
Subs- Perišić, Rebić, Halilovic
Za Ziva,Za basement,Za Donovan,Za Gimp suits, Udba pusi kurac.
Let’s Not go to Far ! Pomalo !! Easy !!
Ante B, dinamo!!, bbb!, maksimir!!!, zdravko mamic!!, blue!!, hns!, chicago bears!, san jose sharks!!, earthquakes !!!!, hrvatska!, fuck arrogant udbasi!!
I eat bullets for breakfast, I drink bottled Croatian water, I shit out udba in the morning, I slaughter 10 udbas with an axe everyday before lunch, right after the chetniks, I take railway spikes, dull rusty ones, and shove them up udba asses and eye sockets 5 at a time then watch them squirm while drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette. I use udba fingers and eyeballs as fish bait…..
@ Ante B , Right On , Right On !!
UDBA RADI! Picka ti materina komunisticka
Rakitic is two different players when he plays for Sevilla or when he plays for the Repka.
Its like when he plays for the Repka, he’s way too quiet.
@ Soul Champ
I hear what you’re saying. But I’ve seen Rakitic play DM and AM. And I tell Ya: he’s a whole lot better as an attacking mid.
His talents wouldn’t be fully utilized as a DM. He played AM today and destroyed Porto.
Besides he can’t play like Zidane at DM. 🙂
@ ziva
your joy for april 10th and pavelic is an embarrassment. to have that sorry state that was formed and lead by the ustase be your vision for croatia is disgraceful
put aside the genocide that shamed croats, lets look at what else your state consisted of
1) A puppet state ruled by Italy and Germany – far from independent
2) A state only allowed to form because Pavelic gave up huge croatian territory: istra, dalmatia etc etc where over 400,000 croats lived.
3) A state lead by a leader who chose an Italian to be king of Croatia and gave him the name Tomislav II. what a joke!
4) A state so corrupt, so hated that its very people turned against and joined up with serbs, bosnians, slovenes, macedonia as partisans to overthrow it
This is the state you support my friend? similar to your quest for purity in the repka and wanting things done the right way, how can you possibly be proud of that puppet regime abomination during world war ii
Sertic to Manchester United?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2022613-scouting-report-is-manchester-uniteds-toni-kroos-alternative-gregory-sertic
How good would it be to have Sertic as DM behind Rakitic and Modric?
😉
@ Croatia v a
Did they arrest Franz Beckenbauer while he was playing as a Libero ?
Rakitić would play great at any of the three postions up the spine: DM – CM – off striker .
He should either play in front of Modric or behind him.
Modrić Is ideal in the middle where is core awareness of the game flourishes.
At DM (Deep Midfielder) Raketa could influence the game like Kaiser did in the 70’s.
He will become our captain in August and this would be an ideal position for him to be in.
He could score plenty from that position once our wings fill the flanks.
Just a perspective.
@ Ziva
Rakitić = World Class
Just another Hrvat that you have disrespected that is a BEAST!
Curious the pattern of stud hating you display over the years?
No need for Jock Envy!
Well,I dont think anyone stated that he is going to win the thing,but he has had a terrific season.He should be quite up there and is deserving to be.Maybe we can continue to debate just how long a shortlist should be.Surely even if he brings just part of his current form to the WC,he will do well.
@Croatia v Antwerp-Dont worry too much about my sons comments,he is just a ham,but as usual,he is mostly baloney!
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He deserves to be in the top 10 period.
Any player that’s rated 3rd in La Liga behind Ronaldo and Messi
Deserved that spot.
@ Ziva
Yes that’s what I meant, the official 23 man Balon D’Or candidate list.
23 people is not a short list. That’s a long list.
I do agree he might make that type of list.
But for me short list means the final 5 or 10.
Great captain!!
Finals: Sevilla – Benfica
^ ^
BET, BET, BET!!!
Yeah that’s right Balon D’Or Candidate. And I don’t see what’s so funny.
FIFA selected 23 players as candidates in 2013. I’m not saying he will win, but if he continues to play like this I’m confident he will be a candidate and make the Short-List for 2014.
http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=2207371/
Balon D’Or candidate????????????
Come on. He is having a great year, but they don’t give those awards to guys who win second-tier tournaments or to guys who get their teams to contending for CL spots. That award goes to players who lead their teams to titles in top-tier competitions and win league titles.
If Rakitic was playing like this for Real or Barca and they were in the CL semis and winning La Liga, then you can make that statement.
LOL^^^
It’s unbelievable what Rakitic is doing. This guy has taken an average Seville side and turned them into contenders for a CL spot.
He’s also single-handedly inspired Seville past Porto today. If he continues to play like this he is certainly a Balon D’Or candidate.
Some have even suggested playing him in the DM spot for Repka (for lack of a better option). This is sheer nonsense. And a crime against football. It would stifle his talent. Trust me he wouldn’t be scoring as many goals and assists from there.
Time for him to put in a Zidane-like performance and inspire Hrvatska to the latter stages of the WC.
Great job Raketa! If Sevilla continue playing like this, reaching the finals could well be a possibility!