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MADRID – Ronald Koeman has pictures to make.
Barcelona lost 1-0 to Getafe in the Spanish league on Saturday in their first defeat since Koeman took over the task of rebuilding their former team, which ended last season with a title.
Barcelona this season with two wonderful victories over Villarreal and Celta Vigo. But his limitations in attack were observed in a 1–1 draw against Seville in the last round, and Getafe dismayed Barcelona once visitors were behind.
Getafe lived up to his reputation as one of Spain’s defensive groups and limited visitors to two scoring opportunities.
Lionel Messi hit the right in the 20th minute and Antoine Griezmann missed a wonderful opportunity in the partial.
After that, Getafe pressed the score and Barcelona threatened again until Djene Dakonam came close to scoring a goal in his face by clearing a crossbar.
Getafe, through José Bordals, advanced to 56 when Jaime Mata changed penalties after Frenkie de Jong committed a foul on Dakonam on the edge of the area while trying to pass a loose ball.
The first loss in four league matches this season for Koeman’s team comes before the Champions League opened against Hungarian Ferencvaros on Tuesday and the first “classic” attack of the season against Real Madrid next weekend.
Koeman replaced Quique Setién in August following Barcelona’s humiliating 8–2 loss to Bayern in the Champions League quarter-finals, led a team review to attract more young players and the team had made a promising start before the tie with Sevilla and now the maximum slip dear to Getafe.
“It was a very contested game, with many fouls that never allowed the game to catch pace,” Koeman said.
At the end of the match, Koeman complained about the arbitration saying, “I don’t know why we have the VAR” and “there were harmful fouls” that fell unpunished.
Koeman gave the impression that he was referring to an incident in the first half when Messi fell after Allan Nyom’s arm touched his face.
Koeman also stated that he had told Bordalus that Nyom “insulted me and did not respect me, and that he had to tell his player that it may not be. Koeman refused to say what Nyom had told him, saying only that “it’s ugly. “
Ahead of upcoming games, Koeman replaced his starting lineup for the first time this season.
Ousmane Dembélé, who had played only 20 minutes earlier, started at Ansu Fati’s position. New recruit Pedro “Pedri” González, who had played as a replacement in the last four games, took the lead in Philippe Coutinho’s position. and Coutinho played for Spain and Brazil, respectively, the foreign stop last week.
American defender Sergio Dest made his first outing since arriving in Barcelona 3 weeks ago from Ajax in the position of injured left-back Jordi Alba.
Koeman also moved Griezmann into the attacking role, with Messi moving to the right, but Griezmann’s struggles continued despite the change and he seized his chance after Pedri left him alone in front of goalkeeper David Soria.
After Mata put Getafe in the lead, Koeman sent Coutinho and Fati to Pedri and Dembele. Getafe’s Nyom cancelled out Fati’s forays and Coutinho suffered the suffocating defence as Messi in the middle.
Koeman introduced strikers Francisco Trinco and Martin Braithwaite to Griezmann and de Jong with 10 minutes to the end.
Juan Camillo, however, was about to score a purposely moment for Getafe when he let go at half-time, for Neto to get it right enough to send him over the crossbar.
It is Getafe’s first home win over Barcelona since 2011.
“We had to fight for each and every ball,” Mata said. “We knew we had to play as a compact organization and not make mistakes. That’s what I remember: the tough paintings of the total team. “
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