Barcelona lost to Sevilla in Copa del Rey match against Sevilla last night in the first round. It was their former players Ivan Rakitic who scored the second goal against Barcelona and led Sevilla to a 2-0 win. As we all know Ivan Rakitic once played for Barcelona and was quite unhappy with the Catalans. Raktic last year also mentioned that the Catalans should not treat him like a sack of potatoes which can be put anywhere. Cutting to present, he now plays for Sevilla and featured in the match against Barcelona. Needless to say that the Sevilla fans were very happy with his goal and hailed him on social media. Lionel Messi Pips Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr to Win Best Men’s Player of the Decade Award by IFFHS.

Talking about the match, the Catalans dominated the possession by 54 per cent and the rest was handled by the hosts. The hosts took 11 shots out of which three fell on target whereas, the Catalans took 13 shots on target and four were on target. Jules Kounde was the first one to find the net and that too at the 25th minute of the match. Then Rakitic chipped in with yet another goal. Now, let’s have a look at the goal netted by Rakitic and then the reactions below.

Rakatic’s goal

Reactions

Another one

Pretty good

Last one

Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman said that they fought hard but sadly they did not get what they hoped for. "I think we played a good game against a physically strong team We had our chances but we didn’t take advantage of them," he said.

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