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Leo Messi, celebrating the goal against the Juventus in Champions

A FASTER BARÇA

The 'Koeman's effect' in Barça already notices

Published:30/10/2020 - 17:43h

Updated:30/10/2020 - 17:58h

Step by step, Koeman's changes in Barcelona are launching positive effects. Under his orders, the team defends and attacks better, but especially: it runs a lot of more

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Ronald Koeman did not make a mistake after the visit of the FC Barcelona to the Juventus Stadium when it said that it had been "the most complete party until the day of today". The Barça showed attitude, went determinant and the high pressure was the big protagonist in Turín. The venues did not achieve to give him gone back to a party in which Ousmane Dembélé opened the marker before the first chamber of hour, mainly because the ones of Koeman were very situated in the field and did not allow them react.

The greater novelty of the meeting, in addition to the indisputable victory blaugrana, went the big speed of the team. In the ninth minutes, the Barça ran 112,5 kilometres in the party of the phase of groups of the Champions League. A very significant number that speaks very well of the work that is doing Koeman in Can Barça. To difference, under the orders of Quique Setién in the disaster of Lisbon, when the Bayern Munich goleó 2-8 to the Barcelona, went 12,5 km (98,2 km, in total).

To the players of the Barcelona had accused them of not struggling by each balloon and go walking by the field. In front of the Juventus, saw a totally distinct team to the of the past campaign and even, a version improved of the that goleó to the Villarreal (4-0) in the League and to the Ferencvaros (1-5) in Champions. With a lot of work and sacrifice, the Dutch has achieved that the Barça was a much faster team, unpredictable and compact in front of the rival pressure.

Pjanic, the fastest

Miralem Pjanic Returned to the stadium in which it played between the 2016 and 2019. It was a visit my complicated, but Koeman decided to go out with the bosnio of start after the difficult afternoon that lived Sergio Busquets in the Classical, where could not control to Fede Valverde. The Dutch trainer, once again, hit. Pjanic Gave a lot dynamism to the centre of the field and was one of the best players of the party, in addition to the swiftest in the ninety minutes, with 12,3 kilometres visited.

In the another edict, of the Juventus, Álvaro Morata was the fastest. The forward struggled to the end to try equalise the meeting. In fact, it annotated three so many, that were cancelled by the referee by position advanced. The Spanish visited 11,60 km, more than Chiesa (11,43 kms), Of Jong (11,38 kms), Dybala (11,24 kms), Bentancur (11,17 kms), Jordi Alba (11,16 kms) and Pedri (11,01 kms.)