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An upset Ronald Koeman has assumed his responsibility in the league situation that Barcelona is going through, twelve points behind Atlético de Madrid and outside the positions that give access to play the Champions League next season. He has also taken the opportunity to complain about the schedules imposed by the League and that he considers that they significantly harm the clubs that dispute the Champions League. This last idea was projected when asked about the injury of Dembele, who against Cádiz suffered an elongation in the thigh and will be out of the pitch for about two weeks, a loss that joins that of Ansu Fati, Piqué, Sergi Roberto and Umtiti. “Ousmane noticed something in the second part and thought it was nothing. It is a step back because he was fine but he has a past in injuries. It’s one more reason to complain about the match schedules. We are going to lose more players to injuries. I do not get it. If you have to play on Tuesday night in the Champions League, you have to think about the Spanish teams and you can’t get home at four in the morning on a Sunday and play on Tuesday again. It is not an aid for a Spanish team ».
Koeman did not shirk his share of the blame in the team’s career despite his good qualification in the Champions League. It cannot ignore that the League is practically lost. «The responsibility is always in the hands of the coach because he makes decisions, puts the team, decides the rotations for the health and freshness of the team … The maximum responsibility for this situation is in my hands, “he accepted. The Dutchman confirmed the monumental anger he went through after the defeat in Cádiz and the anger at the locker room: «This situation is to be unhappy. You always have to analyze defeats. It’s very different from how we lost this past week than how we did against Atlético de Madrid. You have to see how they mark us. I am like that and I don’t do theater. I’m pissed off. I have told the players, that being in the Barcelona it is not possible to accept the goals that we have conceded in other parties. What have I told you? That remains within. We are the team that generates the most opportunities in a game, but we have to seek balance, find effectiveness and not make mistakes. We have missed too many points for things that cannot happen.
Questions about Messi were not lacking. Koeman assured that he cannot be aware of everything that happens outside the field of play: “You do not have to waste energy on issues outside. I have to seek the maximum performance of all my players. Leo is still very important in our play. Many occasions come from Messi’s foot. The easiest culprit when looking for one is Leo Messi for his career and being the best in the world but I don’t think he made individual mistakes in defense. It is a matter for the whole team, improving defense and being more aggressive, in addition to being more effective »
Precisely, tomorrow the duel between the Argentine and Cristiano Ronaldo. «For us it is not just another encouragement for an individual player. We think it is an important game in which there are two very big teams that are going to fight for the lead. The biggest must be there and Cristiano is always there, fighting and scoring. By his work he is a leader. You have to defend him well and try to have the ball. If we have the ball, there is no danger, “praised Koeman, who hinted that Messi would be on the pitch tomorrow, ruling out that he would enter the rotations:” We are going to put a strong team because we want to be first in the group. Finally, he wanted to explain the reasons why he usually shows a calm attitude on the bench: «I don’t like to scream the whole game. As a player, I didn’t like a coach running around the wing and screaming the whole game.
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