January 10, 2021
On EFD this week we’ve dug into Barcelona’s season so far to see how and why Ronald Koeman is failing with the Catalan giants.
After Lionel Messi announced his desire to leave in the summer, a rough campaign was expected, but Barca’s drop-off, and surges from Villarreal and Real Sociedad, have left the Blaugrana in real danger of missing out on Champions League football for the first time in two decades.
But surely a team with Messi, de Jong, Griezmann, and Coutinho should be better than this?
To see what’s wrong, we look at the loss of Gerard Pique and the decline in pressing since Valverde left, and the lack of pace in attack, with the out-of-favour Ousmane Dembele and injured Ansu Fati sorely missed in the frontline. Then we examine t...
By Euro Football Daily
