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Opinion
El fútbol despedirá a Koeman
Ronald Koeman observando el Barcelona Atlético de Madrid en mayo 2021 / Getty Images Europe El fútbol es de los futbolistas. Partir de esta premisa es importante de cara a contextualizar lo que significa en un equipo la figura de un entrenador, al final este depende de los jugadores de los que dispone, nunca al revés. A pesar de esto hay momentos o situaciones en las que el técnico no ofrece soluciones a sus pupilos que deben plasmar sobre el césped lo trabajado durante una semana hasta el punto que su destitución se hace hasta saludable. En el caso de Ronald Koeman podemos estar ante una situación así: Su despido estaría justificado por no aportar soluciones a sus entrenados. El héroe de
Ronald Koeman no es el culpable, pero…
Ronald Koeman, durante un partido de la pasada temporada en el Benito Villamarín (Sevilla) / Getty Images Europe Analizar la actualidad del Barça en estos últimos años se ha convertido en una suerte desnortada en el que el deporte se ha mezclado con un virus y una mala gestión financiera de la entidad que ha resultado esta distopía en la que un equipo de fútbol quedó supeditado a las necesidades económicas de la entidad. En este contexto que el equipo fuera mal no sería más que lo inevitable en tales circunstancias, estuviera el mismísimo Pep Guardiola o actualmente Ronald Koeman. Para juzgar el desempeño del técnico neerlandés hay que poner todo lo que ha tenido que vivir y gestionar en su contexto.
FC Barcelona vs Bayern Munich: Revenge?
In Messi’s shoes – Why he should stay
Last August, Leo Messi rocked the football world with his request to leave Barça, the club of his life, to seek pastures new. On the back of yet another European humiliation, this time an unprecedented 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter final, it was perhaps expected. Rumours had been brewing since July 2020 that Messi did not intend to renew his contract, and it only made sense that the disaster in Lisbon accelerated that desire to leave in 2021 to a desire to jump ship immediately.
FC Barcelona 2020 – Annus Horribilis
As the curtain closes on 2020, FC Barcelona, like much of mankind, will attest to the darkness this year has brought. The Catalan club end the year 6th in the league’s standings, without a president, crippled by debt, and uncertain of what the future holds. The question that had been on many’s minds over the last few years has been unerringly emphasized to all by 2020: Is there a path for Barça back to the top of the pile of behemoth European clubs?
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FC Barcelona 2020/21; A New Beginning
A new season begins on Sunday evening for the Blaugrana, what should we expect from them?
A Pivotal Week for FC Barcelona
Barcelona's stadium, the Camp Nou, in October 2019 / OMAR HAWWASH/BLAUGRANAGRAM FC Barcelona is going to define the situation of eight of its players this week. It is the second week of training for the upcoming new season. The club is waiting to finalize some new signings, with the priority for this window being a striker, either Lautaro Martínez or Memphis Depay being the most likely arrivals in that position. A central midfielder, a full back and the sales of players who do not fit into Ronald Koeman’s plans are the other objectives of the window according to Mundo Deportivo. Luis Suárez is waiting to pass an exam at the Italian Consulate in Barcelona to obtain an Italian passport. He already has
