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sport">„After the 1-0 I saw a very good FC Barcelona until the 2-0. The big difference is that we miss four imposed chances and then it ends as it happened,” said Koeman, who spoke of a “lack of luck” in conversation with RTL7.
sport">“But you also have to force luck. Of course there were moments, such as Luuk de Jong’s chance. If he scores, it will be 1-1 and you get another game. Sometimes it’s not easy, but it’s too easy to just take the luck factor into it.”
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Luuk de Jong does not get the ball into the ropes.
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sport">Koeman did not want to know anything about scoreboard journalism afterwards and thinks that FC Barcelona – after losing 3-0 to Bayer Munich in the Champions League – is on the right track. “We live in a world in which there is apparently no confidence in defeat, but there is in winning. I find that very opportunistic. If you want to participate in that, you have to participate.”
“We are not going to win the Champions League this season, no”
sport">Of course afterwards it was also (again) about Koeman’s future. A layoff seems to be getting closer and closer. “I don’t know what this means to me,” said the former national coach. “This is a hard defeat and if people in the club don’t recognize the situation then it becomes a problem for me.”
sport">Once again, Koeman explained the situation FC Barcelona is currently in. “We lack the real class up front to make the difference. FC Barcelona has always had that, but it is less now. We also miss a lot of players. Due to injuries we don’t even have a right winger at our disposal at the moment. And if you see which youngsters we end up with, yes, I don’t think it’s all that strange.”
sport">While Koeman maintains a lot of faith in his players, he also continues to preach realism. “I still have faith in this team. We have shown good football for long periods today. Of course it could be better at times, but on the other hand we are not going to win the Champions League (with this selection, ed.) this season, no.”
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