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Ronald Koeman with Coutinho and Dest

ON 27th DECEMBER, OF TURN

Koeman tightens to the players of the Barça: Only four free days in Christmas

Published:20/12/2020 - 17:13h

Updated:20/12/2020 - 19:00h

Ronald Koeman doesn't want more distractions in the fight by LaLiga Santander 2020-21, and needs to train more than ever so that his players gain in physicist and concentration

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They finish the grantings. Ronald Koeman does not want to more distractions in the next parties of LaLiga Santander 2020-21, conscious that if it wants to conquer the title suspender belt will do fault a change of attitude and an improvement no only of concentration, but also in the tactical section and physicist. By individual errors and communities, the Barça has left already a lot of points by the way in the career by the trophy of the regularity.

From here that, during these parties of Navidad, the Dutch technician and his 'staff' have taken the decision to reduce to the maximum the free days and implement the work in the trainings, to end to arrive better that the rivals after the brief stop navideño. And the of stop is only a say, taking into account that the Barcelona goes back to play this Tuesday 22 December in Valladolid, and a week afterwards will contest the last party of 2020 in front of the Eibar, in the Camp Nou.

Two parties that have to have three points each one for the interests culés. Koeman, in this sense, has foreseen to free to his players after the commitment in Pucela, until the Saturday 26 December, included. The turn to the trainings is fixed for the Sunday 27 to the 11 hours, with the aim to prepare the Barça-Eibar of the Tuesday to the 19.15 (Spanish peninsular hour).

After the last meeting of the 2020, few more days of distention will have the Barcelona staff. In the first place, because of the restrictions in the trips by fault of the pandemia, that surely will force to desist to more than one to celebrate with the family these so signalled days abroad; and second, because the team will contest the first commitment of the year 2021 the Sunday 3 January in front of the Huesca.

In this coyuntura, foresees that the players of Koeman have free the 30 and on 31 December, to return to the trainings on 1 January in the afternoon. And, besides, neither they will be able to enjoy with tranquility of the Kings Magicians with the family, since the team will travel to Bilbao the Wednesday 6 January to first hour of the morning, of face to the dispute of the meeting postponed in front of the Athletic in Saint Mamés.

Demanding calendar for the Barça

A calendar tightened and full of parties for a Barça that, if it wants to return in command of LaLiga Santander 2020-21, will have to work more than ever and chain a wide series of consecutive victories. All this, to expensas also that rivals like Real Madrid and Athletic have some trip in his next commitments, something possible but difficult because of his good states of form in the actuality.

In the football, however, already know that all can change quickly in the twinkling of an eye, so the FC Barcelona will have to follow struggling until it no longer have mathematical options to heave with the title. For the moment, it will sleep this weekend to eight points of the leadership that has the group directed by Diego Pablo Simeone. Still it has not arrived to the half of the championship, so of here at the end of LaLiga 2020-21 can happen of everything.

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