Croatia's national team player, Barcelona's Spaniard Ivan Rakitic, set a record after participating in the squad for his country, Croatia, in the World Cup final, which they lost to their French counterpart, 4-2.
The 30-year-old blonde player reached (71) matches in one season, whether with his club Barcelona or his country’s national team, to break up the partnership with Brazil star and Chelsea Willian, who participated in (70) matches this season.
Along with his colleague Modric, Rakitic performed exceptionally in this tournament, and contributed to Croatia reaching the final for the first time in its history and managed to score a single goal against the Argentine national team and decided to qualify in the Russia match with his last penalty kick, and he was an unknown soldier in the midfield with his defensive and offensive roles, and he also managed to Achieving the Spanish League and Cup double with the Blaugrana.
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