KOMPAS.com – Trainer Barcelona, Ronald Koeman, began to worry seeing the performance of his team which is now slumping at Spanish League.
Currently, Barcelona can only draw 1-1 when they travel to Deportivo Alaves headquarters, Mendizorrotza Stadium.
Alaves vs Barcelona is the match in Week 8 of the Spanish League which takes place on Sunday (1/11/2020) in the morning WIB.
The draw against Alaves made Barcelona extend the negative trend of failing to win in the Spanish League to four games in a row.
The Blaugrana, Barcelona’s nickname, is now stuck at number 12 Spanish League standings with a collection of eight points.
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Barcelona are temporarily eight points behind eternal rivals Real Madrid, who have played once more at the top of the table.
Quoted from the Opta website, this is Barcelona’s worst start in the Spanish League after six matches since the 2002-2003 season.
Barcelona, which was coached by Louis van Gaal at that time, could only get eight points from six matches.
Ronald Koeman certainly must be vigilant because Van Gaal was sacked in the middle of the season while Barcelona ended the 2002-2003 Spanish League in sixth place in the standings.
“I am of course very worried,” Koeman said of Barcelona’s bad start in the Spanish League as quoted from the ESPN website.
“We can only get two points from the maximum 12 points that can be obtained (the last four games),” said Koeman.
“This is certainly not normal for a team like Barcelona,” said Koeman.
“However, as I said, we are currently in the transition process. I am not disappointed to see the attitude of each player,” said Koeman.
“I could be disappointed with Barcelona’s performance on the field. However, this season is still very long,” said the Dutchman added.
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In the match against Alaves, Barcelona appeared very dominating with the percentage of ball possession reaching 73 percent.
As for chances, Barcelona recorded 21 shots with 10 of them on target.
Barcelona had a chance to get fresh air when Alaves played 10 men after Jota Peleteiro received a red card in the 62nd minute.
However, the advantage of the number of players still cannot be used by Barcelona to win because of poor finishing.
Furthermore, Barcelona is scheduled to face Dynamo Kiev in the third match of Group G in the Champions League.
The Barcelona vs Dynamo Kiev duel will be held at the Camp Nou Stadium, Wednesday (4/11/2020).
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