3 hours spent by Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, his deputy, Rafael Yuste, and the team's sporting director, Matteo Alemani, at the "Camp Nou" stadium, after the end of the team's match against Bayern Munich, which ended in a 3-0 loss for Barca.
The three held a meeting that extended until three o'clock in the morning, Mecca time, in which they discussed the harsh defeat and the sad image presented by Barcelona, which annoyed the president and prompted him to say that his patience with team coach Ronald Koeman was running out, according to the Catalan newspaper "Sport" close to Barca.
The newspaper adds that Laporta "was looking for Barcelona on the field, but did not find him."
This anger grew - during the current season - when he watched the second half of the Getafe and Athletic Bilbao matches, as Barca appeared as a rough team that committed many mistakes, lost spirit and team play, and wasted a lot of time.
This bad way of playing reached its climax in Tuesday's match against the Bavarian team, where Koeman played with 5 defenders with the mentality of a small team that only wants to avoid losing and is not looking to win.
During the meeting, Laporta exploded in anger, and tension rose between the Barca president and the coach, and the newspaper considered that the accumulation of reasons led the president to this "painful state."
The newspaper points out that "after Laporta - during the past week - defended Koeman's continuity, and praised him in a television interview hours before yesterday's match, it would not make sense to dismiss Koeman from his position now, as Laporta will appear inconsistent with what he said. However, This does not mean that it will not happen in the near future.
The Bayern Munich match came after 19 days during which Barca did not play any matches, and now they have a break until next Monday before meeting Granada.
It is expected that this week will be decisive for the Dutch coach, as the team will face Kadesh next Thursday and then Levante on Sunday.
3 matches in 6 days, Coman's future at the Camp Nou may be decided.
And the resignation can come at any time if the team stumbles in front of these three teams, which are supposed to be easy to beat on paper.
At Tuesday's meeting, no decision was made, and was postponed pending a response from Koeman and his team next week.
However, the president's anger at the coach is enormous, because Laputa considers the coach to be the main official that makes Barcelona today a small team.
And the newspaper concluded that “Koman is in a critical situation, as he began to rely on results only without performance, because this is not the team that the president wants, nor the way he wants to play, as Koeman Egypt is on the 5-3-2 method, while Laporta prefers be 4-3-3.
Regardless of the outcome of the meeting and its future repercussions, and if the confidence in Koeman will be renewed or his dismissal, Laporta knows - according to the Catalan radio station “Cadena Ser” - that “the dismissal of Koeman now means that Barca has to pay 12 million euros, because the club will not pay the salary for the remaining year with a contract. Not only will the Dutch coach, but he will also pay part of the delayed salary due to the liquidity problems that Barca suffers from.”