The great torment of Barcelona continues: The victory did not come even in the third match in a row! – Športky.sk

MADRID – FC Barcelona footballers did not win in the third match in a row. In Thursday’s duel of the 6th round of La Liga, they drew without goals on the ground of Cadiz, when they finished from the 65th minute without the excluded midfielder Frenkie de Jong. They are in seventh place in the table with nine points for two wins and three draws, and they are losing seven points to the leader of Real Madrid, who has one more match.

Barcelona is in financial trouble and will have to take a new course after the departure of star striker Lionel Messi. The season did not start perfectly, many were also indicated by a smooth home loss in the Champions League with Bayern Munich 0: 3. The pressure on coach “Barcy” Ronald Koeman is growing.

The 58-year-old coach took care of attention two days after the home league draw 1: 1 with Granada. At the press conference before the duel with Cadiz, the Dutchman limited himself to reading the statement and did not admit the questions of journalists. He said that the team is not currently in a position to win titles and asked everyone to understand. In addition to President Joan Laport, Koeman also surprised the players, and experienced defender Gerad Pique responded with the words: “I don’t wear a Barcelona jersey to finish second or third. Despite a worse start to the season, I’m convinced we can be successful at the end.”

The Spanish media immediately began speculating about possible Koeman successors, with names like Xavi Hernandez, Robert Martinez and Thierry Henry. Barcelona is also still plagued by numerous injuries, so Koeman had to deploy two teenagers to the base in Cadiz – 17-year-old midfielder Gavi and 18-year-old striker Yusuf Demir. In the first half there were no goal chances, in the second there were more of them, but the goalkeepers kept their teams. Marc-Andre ter Stegen excelled in the home shot of Alvaro Negred. On the other hand, Jeremias Ledesma’s play was disheartening. In addition to de Jong, Koeman saw a red card in the final minutes, and the referee sent him to the stands for the protests. “I can’t say anything about the players’ approach. We did what we could. It was a complicated match,” quoted the coach of the guests by the AP agency.

“We have to shut up even more than ever before. Fans, players, coach, president. We have to be united to overcome this situation. We are not experiencing the best of times, but I am convinced that we will get through it. We are Barcelona and we still have a quality team “We have a team that can win the league and we will try,” Sergi Roberto from Barcelona said. The shadow of the match was an innocent injury of Cadiz defender Fali Gimenez, who had to be taken on a stretcher before halftime due to problems with his left knee.

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