Ronald Koeman is no longer the Barcelona coach. The 58-year-old Dutchman was sacked, the club confirmed in a brief statement, after his team’s 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano.
The situation did not give for more and the technical director who landed at the Camp Nou under the mandate of Josep Maria Bartomeu, to replace Quique Setien after the end of the 2019/20 campaign, he has been fired from his position. During his time on the bench, in which he was ratified by the leadership of Joan Laporta, The Dutchman who knew how to be a benchmark of the club in his time as a player never gave the team a style of play that resembles the DNA of the institution, so that, added to the poor results, they created a cocktail that led to their March.
“FC Barcelona has relieved Ronald Koeman of his duties as first team coach. The president of the club, Joan Laporta, informed him of the decision after the defeat against Rayo Vallecano. Ronald Koeman will say goodbye to the squad on Thursday at the Ciutat Esportiva ”, says the letter published on the official website.
During your process, The Barça team was able to win the Copa del Rey, but this season, after the departure of Lionel Messi, football problems worsened on the field of play, despite the arrival of several reinforcements such as Sergio Agüero, Memphis Depay and Eric García. There are only five victories that Koeman has accumulated since the beginning of the current campaign and in his defeats the 1-2 suffered against Real Madrid (with which he had already lost in his two matches last season) and two 0-3 stand out. in the Champions League, against Benfica and Bayern Munich.
This Wednesday, after the stumble against Rayo Vallecano, the coach had spoken to the press and had been strong: “It may be that the other teams have more balanced, more physical squads. But we have shown that we can compete with them. Bad luck, injuries, are excuses. We have shown to be at a good level, but it is not enough ”. But minutes later he was informed that his cycle had ended.
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Koeman then leave the Barcelona after 67 games, 39 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses, a statistic that does not seem to be so serious. However, when analyzed in depth it is discovered that he always lost to Real Madrid, who never could to Atlético del Simeone, that last season he was third in La Liga and in this march ninth, that for now he is not achieving access to the second round of the Champions League and that the team’s game is not at the level of what the current leadership and the fans pretend.
Last weekend, the coach was the victim of an episode that embarrassed the Catalan team after a group of fans angry with him violently rebuked him at the Camp Nou exit, hitting the car in which he was traveling with his wife. That pitiful image marked what would be the end of his time at the head of the team.
Now the gaze is set on who will be his replacement. While there is nothing official about it yet, the place Sport He announced that there will be “new blood” in office, so experienced coaches are ruled out. In addition, the portal matches Sports world, noting that the president’s favorite, Joan Laporta, is Xavi Hernandez, who works in front of Al Sadd of Qatar. The former soccer player and idol of the institution has already been contacted by the current and previous leadership on other occasions and has always rejected offers.
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