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Had a disappointing appearance together Ronald Koeman, Barcelona now considered to be much better. Koeman is also optimistic that he will end the season tough.
Barcelona has received sharp attention since the start of this season. Defeats to teams like Getafe and Cadiz, then difficult to win against Alaves and Eibar made Lionel Messi harsh criticism.
The Catalunya club is increasingly under pressure because it lost in big parties. The cules collapsed at the Camp Nou from Real Madrid and Juventus, then lost at Atletico Madrid headquarters.
After the turn of the year, luck Barcelona not good enough. Despite the results in LaLiga already on the rise, they lost in the Spanish Super Cup final to Athletic Bilbao.
In addition, Barca also lost to Sevilla in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg and was humiliated by Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the last 16 of the Champions League. But in terms of play, progress continued to be seen until finally the comeback against Sevilla and performed nicely at PSG headquarters, even though they were still eliminated.
Barcelona most felt the development at Spanish League, which has now managed to close the gap with Atletico Madrid at the top of the standings. The two teams are now only seven points apart and Barca can reduce it to four points if they can overcome Huesca, Tuesday (16/3) early morning WIB.
“We have developed a lot physically, I see the team has great enthusiasm. And we have developed, moreover, in terms of movement without the ball,” he said. Ronald Koeman about the improved aspects of his team.
“It’s normal that with a new coach, it will take time. But now the team is happy and we have to keep going with this dynamic,” he added as quoted by Sport.
Seeing the development of the team, Koeman believes that the chance to win LaLiga is still very open. With 12 more matches to play, overtaking Atletico Madrid is definitely not an impossible thing.
“I have always said that the season is long. It is also not normal that in the first half of the season Atletico pick so many points from their matches,” continued Koeman.
“We have developed rapidly. The chances in the league are still alive until the last game, although it will still be very difficult for us,” he said.
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