After a disappointing week, with defeats against Cádiz and Juventus, Ronald Koeman’s Barça now face three games in a row at home, the first, this Sunday against Levante at the Camp Nou (9pm, Movistar LaLiga). “We have to have a good circulation of the ball, find spaces and be able to hurt in front of a rival who will come to the Camp Nou to look for us. We start a week of three games at home and, due to our situation in the League, we have of winning them all three, “the Dutchman said. “If we’re good, I think there are few teams that can beat us at home.”
Although the press and public opinion have questioned the 4-2-3-1 system that, so far, the Dutch have used in all matches, Koeman has denied that it generates disagreement among the players, as some reports this week had pointed out. “I talk a lot with my players and I have seen that in recent days they have been said to be against it. It is not true, I have not been told,” said the Dutchman. “I feel I have the confidence of the players, I couldn’t work well if I don’t feel their confidence, but I am also aware that after the final results we have to react,” he added. Koeman has admitted that without side players like Dembélé and Ansu Fati “everything is harder”, but is working to find “the best fit” for the players he has available.
“I’m not very obsessed with goals conceded: only three have been played, the others are our mistakes, penalties, corners … Against Juve the problem was how we entered the game, after the 0- 2 I think we improved a lot. I’m not obsessed with the results, but I am obsessed with improving the details “, explained the Barça coach. Riqui Puig signed good minutes against the Italian team, a fact that Koeman has acknowledged, but did not want to say whether this will be rewarded with the title this Sunday against Cádiz.
“We are missing things, because our results in the League are not what we want. Analyzing the goals conceded, many are due to our lack of concentration and lack of aggression: mistakes, side services … Against Juve we “They score a goal after a side service. We are also the team that generates more chances, but we don’t have a good percentage of success. I think this is what explains our situation in the league the most,” he argued. technician with respect to poor dynamics in the League.
“It’s true that we are being irregular, but I think it would be much worse to play bottom. We played a very good game against Juve in Italy and they did it in Barcelona … I am convinced that if we improve the details, everything will be better “. The Barça coach has also admitted that he assumes that “when the results do not follow, the culprit is the coach”, but he has stated that, despite not being happy with the results, he is “comfortable” at Barça.
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