The 1931-1932 season is once again propitious for the Barça colors when the two teams win the respective Catalan Championships, as well as the Catalan Cup, which is played for the first time. The large number of works carried out during the months prior to the Exhibition, not only in the fairgrounds but in other parts of the city, mobilized thousands of workers who worked tirelessly and, at times, in difficult conditions. Finally, in the confrontation that decided their continuity, they fell 3-1 against the Mexicans, thus saying goodbye in the first phase with only 3 points. After two games, Croatia accumulated 4 points and faced the defending champion Spain, in Gdansk. ↑ ab «World Cup 2018 Russia: The story of Iván Rakitic, the Swiss from Croatia – MARCA Claro Colombia». ^ "Croatia – England: Rakitic's dream, a Swiss with a Croatian soul and a Spanish spirit – Marca.com". ^ "Ivan Rakitic, best player in the Europa League". ↑ abc «Ivan Rakitic: «Substitute Xavi? ↑ "Champions|FC Barcelona 1 – Manchester City 0|Barça eliminates City after a Messi recital – RTVE.es».

↑ «Ivan Rakitic is confirmed as a total player|FC Barcelona". ↑ «Ivan Rakitić, awarded the '2013-14 BBVA League Fair Play Player'» award. LFP. ^ ab "Ivan Rakitic". ^ "The UEFA Europa League squad". ^ "The midfielder who wanted half of Europe signs with Sevilla FC until 2015". Sevilla Fútbol Club SAD 2) Includes data from the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League, European Super Cup, and Club World Cup. ^ "Rakitic, best player in the Liga BBVA in January". ↑ "Nominees for the 'Best Attacking Midfielder of the Liga BBVA 2013-14' award". LFP. The midfielder scored a goal against Argentina and later scored the decisive penalty in the shootout against Denmark (round of 16) and Russia (quarter-finals). That same week, Villarreal was reunited with victory by beating Valencia at Mestalla (0-2), in what was a derby conditioned by the tie against the reds, so the yellow lineup was mainly made up of substitutes. ↑ «Rakitic, living history of Sevilla FC: The most Sevillian foreigner and the one with the most matches». In the subsequent match, which was against Andorra, he managed to score his first goal in a 6-0 victory, on September 12, 2007. He finished the year with five international matches, four of which were for qualifying for the European championship, achieving the goal.

Finally, they were second in their group behind Belgium, so they had to play the playoffs against Iceland, whom they beat in the second leg 2-0, thus managing to play their fourth World Cup. The Croatian team achieved three victories in the group stage against Nigeria, fc barcelona shop Argentina and Iceland. They played the opening match against hosts Brazil, in which they lost 3-1. In the second match they thrashed 4-0, eliminating the Africans. At the beginning of May 2008 he joined the national team to play Euro 2008 that would take place in Austria and his native Switzerland, being the second youngest player in the tournament. After appearing in all of Poland's and Ukraine's Euro 2012 qualifying matches, he was part of the 23-man squad that would play Group C against Ireland, Italy and Spain; games that he played in their entirety. He made his debut on September 8, 2007 in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia in Zagreb.

He continued to appear regularly with Croatia, this time in the qualifying phase for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which was unsuccessful after finishing third in group 6, despite this he played in all 10 games and scored three goals in the competition.. On April 24, 2019, he was eliminated from the Italian Cup by losing 0-1 at San Siro against Lazio in the semifinals; and on May 26, although they beat SPAL 2-3, they were left out of the Champions League for the fifth consecutive year as Inter and Atalanta, who were the ones fighting for European qualification, won their respective matches. Thus, he was a fundamental player for Croatia to become a World Cup finalist. His first steps with national teams were in the lower categories of Switzerland, competing with the sub-17, sub-19 and sub-21, despite this he decided to take the opportunity offered by Slaven Bilić, leaning towards the Croatian national team. It has extensive beaches, being the most popular of the urban axis Maurica and Caicara, Mansa, Lido, Cangrejo and Los Canales and Paseo Colón.