Koeman Flirted with the 'semis' of Champions with the Benfica

It gives Luz, stage of the European shipwreck of the FC Barcelona in front of the Bayern Munich on 14 August 2020, that caused the already predictable exit of Quique Setién, fue the house of Ronald Koeman during the season 2005-06. The current technician of the Barcelona club was hired by the Benfica after having resigned in February of 2005 in the Ajax, to the that did champion of the Eredivisie in two occasions (2001-02 and 2003-04), of the Glass (2001-02) and the Supercopa (2002).

Koeman Commissioned to relieve to a historical like Giovanni Trapattoni and stroked the semifinals of the Champions League in Give Luz, where felt as home. The Dutch, that has happened a lot of summers on holiday in his house of the Algarve Portuguese, carried to Tonny Bruins Slot, died on 1 November 2020 and the one who went his inseparable right hand during big part of his career like trainer.

The Barça of Frank Rijkaard, with goals of Ronaldinho and Eto'or, undressed it of the possibility to advance to the instance of semifinals after an agónico split in the Camp Nou. After the 0-0 of the gone with crowd of occasions marradas and partidazo of the local goalkeeper Moretto, the Barcelona picture did not sentence until the minute 89 afterwards that Simao Sabrosa put the fear in the body to the culés in the minute 60.

Only in front of Víctor Valdés, the balloon finish brushing the side of the network. Fabrizio Miccoli, that drove that against, was another of the mainstays of the staff beside Nuno Gomes, Geovanni Deiberson, Mantorras, the means Karagounis and Manuel Fernandes and head offices like Luisao, Anderson and Ricardo Rocha.

A strong bet

Koeman Showed firm in his bet by the Champions. In the liguilla left was even of the UEFA to the Manchester United and in eighth dismissed to the Liverpool, valid champion. The Barça barró his step. In the League finish third and could not with the Carry, champion with 13 points more but conquered the Supercopa to the Vitoria Setúbal (1-0). It left an unstable bench (Fernando Santos, Camacho, Chalana, Quique Sánchez Flores) until Jorge Jesús, that went back in 2020, arrived in 2009 and kept until 2015.