KOEMAN HAS TRANSFORMED BARCELONA
Koeman has earned the right to continue with his project at Barça
Published:4/03/2021 - 12:26h
Updated:4/03/2021 - 12:26h
Ronald Koeman has been the architect of FC Barcelona that this Wednesday came back from 2-0 in the first leg of the Cup semifinals against Sevilla. The coach's decisions and his bets have changed the face of the Catalans and have made him worthy of staying
Ronald Koeman is not the best trainer of the world and neither was the favourite technician of the FC Barcelona when it ceased to Quique Setién. The Dutch was a simple option, of the house and interesting like bridge to the next Barcelona project. The hard reality is that him fichó like a species of 'patch' until the new president chose to his relief once celebrated the elections.
But in the football all is cambiante and in this case the Dutch has showed that it can be something more than a 'patch' passenger. The one of Zaandam has had his altibajos this season and his team has starred important disasters like the disaster in front of Paris Saint-Germain or the defeat in the final of the Supercopa of Spain. However, the ex seleccionador of Holland has achieved something much more complicated that win, that is to give back the illusion to the changing room culé.
This Barça is another and this Wednesday confirmed in the turn of the semifinals of Glass of Rey. The blaugrana traced back the 2-0 of the gone to base of work, illusion, character and football, because yes, the culés, in addition to litigating to the end, also played well to football. At the end, the duel decided it a head butt of Gerard Hammered in the discount, but this did not leave to be a consequence of the new Barcelona that has created Koeman.
This group barcelonista at all has to see with which left Setién in summer, neither neither with which left Ernesto Valverde in January of 2020. This Barça does not surrender never, as it has showed in several traced back epics this year, culminating this in front of the Seville. Besides, the Catalans attack with every time greater soltura, have clearer his ideas and there is a greater rapport between all the footballers.
The big 'fault' that this Barcelona was going to more is precisely of his trainer, that understood from the first day where were the problems and that has known to work in them to go solving them little by little. The team follows far of his best version, that will arrive with the step of the time by the age of many of his players, but definitely east is the way to be followed and is the way that has marked the technician.
Koeman Has done a lot of things well
Besides, it is necessary to stand out his bet by young people like Pedri, Ansu Fati until his injury, Ronald Araújo, Ilaix Moriba, Óscar Mingueza or Sergiño Dest. All they are working well, especially Pedri and Araújo, that have gone out this course, and have joined up very well to the requirement of the Barça. Although the talent of these footballers is not merit of Koeman, yes is it the have bet by them as it has done it and the have them helped to shine in his diagrams.
Also it has known to take out the best of Ousmane Dembélé, that is to his best level since it arrived; it has recovered a good version of Jordi Alba and of Sergio Busquets; it has used better to Antoine Griezmann that his predecessors; or it has attained that Leo Messi go back to smile and to lead to the group as of habit. It is evident that no always has hit, as it shows his management in cases like the ones of Riqui Puig or Miralem Pjanic, but still like this his pros surpass by a lot to his contras.
In summary, although perhaps it can remain something cut in the long run, Koeman has won the right to begin the new project of the Barça that will bring Joan Laporta, Toni Freixa or Víctor Font. The Dutch deserves at least finish his agreement, that finish in 2022, and follow building like this the future of his team. The osiers are places, are very good and only the future will say how of far arrives the FC Barcelona of the Dutch technician.