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INTERVIEW TO RONALD KOEMAN

Koeman confesses: The departures of Messi and Griezmann, Laporta, the style...

Published:8/09/2021 - 07:53h

Updated:8/09/2021 - 11:36h

Ronald Koeman spoke in an interview and got 'wet' on various topics of interest. The Dutchman made it clear how his relationship with Joan Laporta is right now and also how the departure of Leo Messi has affected the team

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Ronald Koeman spoke with 'Sportive World' on several subjects of actuality in the barcelonismo. The Dutch trainer 'wetted', for example, on the fly of Leo Messi as it had not done it up to now. "From the first moment that knew the news that it did not follow was a stick for all the world, included I because you lose to the best of the world", began the one of Zaandam.

Without Leo lose 30 goals or more by season and his assistances, the contrary has fear if he plays... And a lot of things more than have lost", continued. The Dutch recognised that the first days without the '10' were hard, but that the team has to go out forward. "It has cost a pair of days replace but there is not more remedy that make a fresh start and build things more in team, give more importance to the strategy to attain the quantity of goals that need to win", stood out.

To the thread of the importance that will have to give him to other appearances of the game to add goals and win meetings, Koeman looked for the good side of the course of the rosarino and admitted that it will be able to carry the high pressure to another dimension. "It does not force tácticamente to play different, but there are things without balloon in that the team can improve. We will not have more the individual quality of Leo, but in presionar, in jointing , the team is better now", indicated.

Also it referred to the exit of Antoine Griezmann, that was a decision purely of club in which he did not have voice neither vote. "You have to listen to the club and support it in some delicate moments in the subject of the money. Griezmann Is a player in the Barça with a very high agreement and for the club has been very, very important leave it go back to the Athletic and not paying more an agreement of three years. And you like trainer say that you want to help to the club, but need another forward. The position of Antoine costs us cover it, but especially to help to the club economically has been important his course", signalled.

On the other hand, it spoke of his relation with Joan Laporta and left clear that in spite of having gone through "two moments complicated", has a good deal with the president. "There have been two moments complicated, the one of the end of the past season and the one of the past week. Once again the president did it well last night and has left the very clear things. Have a good relation, speak of things and at the end all, the president, I, you, all the world, want that the Barça triumph. We know that it is a moment complicated by a lot of things, but go to in front and this club has a lot of future", said.

Koeman Defended his form to understand the Cruyffismo

Finally, it defended his idea of play and cleared that it is so Cruyffista like which more. "Sometimes, the people makes a mistake in what is the system of Cruyff. Eusebio, in our period, sometimes played of extreme. And it is not extreme. Then what? Also it played of side without being it. There were a lot of changes with him of trainer. Especially his philosophy was to have balloon, presionar, play to the attack, run risks in defence... This is the style of Johan. And I am adherent of this style. But also you have to be realistic in some parties. It seems that it is to kill to somebody if the Barça nowadays puts a defence more to defend a marker that is complicated", concluded.

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