Far of the command showed in previous years, the FC Barcelona has characterised by an intermittence in his rhythm since Ronald Koeman assumed the direction of the bench. By moments, the team seems to show a similar face to the one of his best periods. However, it does not occur with the same frequency in each party.
The game characterised by the possession of the ball, big quantity and quality in the passes, has done present in punctual moments of the season in course; as from the start, when the Barça seemed to give signals of recovery, even although the technician had to encourage to find the ideal diagram. However, the final of Supercopa in front of the Athletic was not one of these nights and there has been another relapse.
Koeman Does not find the formula
The start of LaLiga lucía promising after the victories been bulky in front of the Villarreal and the Celtic of Vigo, by 4-0 and 0-3, respectively. Nevertheless, they would come the tropiezos with the tie to a goal home in front of the Seville, the defeat in the visit to the Getafe and the 1-3 in front of the Real Madrid.
The victory in front of the Juventus like visitor seemed to indicate that the trainer had done adjust them, in a phase Champions without problems to advance, and in spite of falling in the turn against the ones of Pirlo and leave two points against the Alavés, there would be another important victory by 5-2 in front of the Betis, before tripping again in Wanda Metropolitan. Again, it would repeat the tonic: victory 4-0 against Osasuna, fall 2-1 in front of the Cádiz, two triumphs more in front of the Raise (1-0) and the Real Sociedad (2-1), tie 1-1 home with Valencia and a 3-0 to the Valladolid before closing the year pactando to a so much with the Eibar.
The start of the year has been positive for the Catalan picture, that in League has come adding of to three in his last meetings: 0-1 to the Huesca, 2-3 to the Athletic and 4-0 to the Granada. However, the team has not been able to move this rhythm to the Supercopa, where culminated with a tie (Real Sociedad) and a defeat (Athletic). The next step of the Barça is the Glass, for afterwards encarar duels suspender belts in front of the Elche, Athletic, Betis and Alavés, before the big proof: the PSG.