There will be one last press conference, but Ronald Koeman’s appearance before the match against Atlético he had a certain funeral point that the coach failed to dissipate. Despite appearing with a smile, greeting with the expression: “Remembering Van Gaal, good morning friends of the press,” and then nuanced: “I’m not leaving, I’m staying.”
It doesn’t look like it’s going to stay long. “I have ears and eyes, and I know that many things are leaked and they will surely be true,” he added, referring to the meeting between Joan Laporta and several journalists at an awards ceremony. The president went to the sports city, though he was not seen with the coach, who was preparing for the match against Atlético, as he remarked. “My relationship with Laporta? I will not answer that, “replied Koeman, who is” tired of having to defend myself. ” But one day he will: “I would like to talk one day and talk well about what I think.”
The coach is annoyed, too, as he feels he is lacking in that respect. He has not specified from whom, but it is easy to deduce: from management and from the media. Koeman regrets that the situation of Barça and the team is not analyzed. “We have taken on changes from the club,” he said, referring to the forced departures of players such as Griezmann and Messi for financial reasons. “If he had the money bag, Messi would still be here.”
Koeman se sent condemned, and emotionally, he confessed, “it could be better.” Yes, he answered a typical farewell question, as he detected and acknowledged, about the best and worst moment of his stay at Barça: “The moment of Messi’s signing and departure.”
“For the love of the club”
He signed “for the love of the club”, and aware of the many difficulties he would encounter in fulfilling his dream. He began by firing four illustrious members of the staff; among which, Luis Suárez, who it has not yet digested its course and will be a motivated rival this Saturday, like Griezmann. “It seems like the situation is more complicated now,” he observed, due to the rarefied environment around him and the results. Barça have only won 3 of the 8 matches played.
He could not appear a worse rival than Atletico, who highlighted the virtues that led him to be league champion: effectiveness in shooting, defensive organization and competitiveness. Barça, on the other hand, do not come close to the ideal that Koeman would like due to the limitations of the squad. The Dutch coach believes, however, that if he had the injured strikers (Ansu Fati is back, but Ousmane Dembélé and Sergio Agüero will take until the end of October), the picture would change substantially. It is unknown if he will still be on the bench at the Camp Nou to see him.
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