Chronicle. Barcelona only survives
Press conferences are one thing.
Another, the lawn.
That
Ronald Koeman
seems to have it very clear.
In recent days, the Barça coach denied on two occasions that he was considering a system change.
After the humiliation against Juventus, in fact, he was very forceful in defending his 4-2-3-1.
"With the players we have, he is the best we can apply," he argued.
"We are the team that has created the most opportunities in the League and that is also thanks to the system," he stressed on Saturday.
At the moment of truth, however, he did choose to modify it.
To attack, at least for much of the game, he resorted to the 4-3-3 that Barça fans have become so used to since
Frank Rijkaard
took over the team more than 17 years ago.
In fact, the current coach's compatriot has already given up the same 4-2-3-1 that Koeman has tried to apply when he saw that things did not go as well as he expected in his first months.
There was even speculation that
Luis Felipe Scolari
, a good friend of the then sports vice president of
Joan Laporta, Sandro Rosell
, would take over.
The team improved.
Much.
So much so that he was even able to finish second in a league that would end up in the showcases of Valencia.
After losing to Cádiz, Koeman was pessimistic.
Now, instead, he sees things differently.
"If we improve, we are more convinced of ourselves and we have more confidence, I think there is still a lot of League," he said in Movistar LaLiga.
In your manual, the most important thing is to add wins.
Above, even, that Barça hallmark that talks about defending itself with the ball.
«With a 1-0, with such a short result, I think we have to defend.
So I put one more defense.
These are things I have to do to win a game.
I don't care how, but you have to win, "he summarized.
«These kinds of questions are asked to search for things.
There are times when you have to defend yourself.
Also, because of the attitude of the opposite.
If you do not understand that, it is better to leave it ", snorted the Barcelona coach when asked if reinforcing the defense was not to renounce in part the hackneyed Barça DNA.
Koeman, on the other hand, also took part of his chest out of his 4-2-3-1 bet, no matter how much he changed it for a while.
"The second part has been better, especially when it comes to pressing the opposite," he stressed.
«In the first half I saw things that show that we need to have a little more confidence in the game, but I think we have improved a lot.
Once again, the opposing goalkeeper was the best of the match.
There are things to improve, but I cannot have a single complaint about the attitude of the players, "said the Dutchman, who hopes that the team will show its best version this Wednesday against Real Sociedad.
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