One year has passed since Valverde's cessation after failing in the Super Cup

Ernesto Valverde​ left to be trainer of the FC Barcelona on 13 January 2020, just does a year. The Barça did official after a lot of rumours and informations the cessation of the technician extremeño, that left of the Camp Nou by the rear door. The trigger of this dismissal was precisely the defeat in the Supercopa of Spain, tournament that goes to play in the next days.

In the past edition of the Supercopa, the group barcelonista remained placed in the semifinals with the Athletic of Madrid. The culés, in spite of everything, were favourite and expected that they arrived to the final. The meeting, besides, arrived to put very of face for the Barcelona interests, although they were the colchoneros those that advanced by mediation of Koke Resurreción.

The Barcelona knew to give him the turn to the marker and put by in front 2-1 with goals of Leo Messi and of Antoine Griezmann. Besides, the Catalans were doing a remarkable party in all the senses, playing perhaps the best football of this season until this moment. But once again with the 'Txingurri' in the bench, the culés went to rack and ruin, had a brief disconnection and between the 80 and the 86 the ones of the Cholo Simeone traced back and carried the triumph.

After the disaster of Anfield no a lot of months before and of the one of Rome a year and half before this, the club did not want to have more patience with Valverde and few days afterwards decided to relieve him of the charge. In fact, just the day after the defeat in the Supercopa, Éric Abidal and Òscar Grau, by then technical secretary and CEO, respectively, went to Doha to convince to Xavi Hernández so that sucediera to the of Viandar of the Edge, although the Catalan refused the offer.

After the "no" of the of Terrassa, the Barça wanted to go to by Ronald Koeman, but the Dutch, engaged with his selection until the Eurocopa, also refused the proposal. With the refusal of the first and the second option, the blaugrana had to aim lower and decided to offer him the bench to Quique Setién, that received the news eagerly and accessed to do charge of the team.

Setién Also fracasó and Koeman arrived like relief

The santanderino arrived in January to try that the Barcelona recovered his style, something that for a lot of had lost with Valverde. Nevertheless, with the Cantabrian no only did not recover the good game, but it worsened regarding results and finished losing LaLiga against the Real Madrid. The satisfy was the elimination in Champions League in front of the Bayern of Munich with the remembered 2-8, a result humillante that carried to Setién out of the club and converted to Koeman in new trainer.