A Barcelona manager tells that at that meeting of the board in which the technical secretariat put on the table the options to replace the dismissed Ernesto Valverde - after the denials of Xavi Hernández and Ronald Koeman the names of Mauricio Pochettino and Massimiliano Allegri were valued -, a video projection started. It was intended to enhance the virtues of the teams trained by Quique Setién , who was hired due to the conviction of those present that he would bring the club closer to Cruyffism . Furthermore, just at a time when the position of President Josep Maria Bartomeu was in question. Two months later, and after institutional, sports and even health crises, that conclave seems like a Pleistocene thing.

Quique Setién, at 61 years old, eight weeks after that presentation press conference in which he almost burst into tears - "I never thought they would sign me", he admitted - is also seeing the opportunity of his lifetime. Once he recovered the leadership of the League despite the fall at the Bernabéu, and without being certain of when or how the league tournament and the Champions League will continue, the Barça coach tries to adapt to the confinement forced by the coronavirus pandemic . This Monday he encouraged fans to stay home in a video broadcast by the Barça club.

Setién maintains daily contact with his coaching staff, respecting work routines and ensuring that his footballers comply with the physical exercises and nutritional advice provided by the club for this time of competitive downtime. Setién, beyond his work obligations, also has in his hands the chess book that journalist Jorge Benítez, Snow Black , dedicated to him . A work with a start of the most appropriate for these times: "Chess was born as a therapy for depression and we have forgotten it in the uncertain society".

The Catalan from Sarabia; Jon Easter Coelho quotes

Eder Sarabia, Setien's assistant and new idol for part of the fans of the Camp Nou after the tumult caused by his viscerality in the classic, he always likes to be aware of his social networks. These days, beyond following that Paris-Nice cycling that could be concluded despite the cancellation of the last stage, Sarabia has been echoing the health recommendations for the coronavirus. In addition, and with a touch of humor, he wrote on his Twitter account all those things that he would do during the confinement: "Work, play sports, read, listen to music, watch series, direct from Instagram, sunbathe, learn Catalan, cook , dance ... " . "It doesn't come to me 24 hours a day," he joked.

The most active of all is the Barcelona goalkeeping coach, Jon Pascua. The coach, also a lecturer, reader and writer ("Technical Handbook of the Soccer Goalkeeper", 2011), is used to disseminating motivational and leadership tips on his social networks daily.

Jon Pascua, who was the doorman of the subsidiary of that Zaragoza that won the European Cup Winners' Cup, but who was also a warehouse clerk in Gernika where he supplied parts for fishing boats, supports his ideals in multiple extracts from books. Even from Pablo Coelho: «Someday everything will make sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep remembering that everything happens for a reason.

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