Ronald Koeman had a smart start with two wins and a draw in his first three games, but Saturday’s defeat showed he has a lot to do at Camp Nou.
The Dutch coach changed his starting lineup a little with the arrival of Pedri, Ousmane Dembele and Sergino Dest, while we were also able to see Riqui Puig late.
However, Koeman admitted that after the attack he was “not smart enough today” and was also right. The team struggled to create occasions and presented few answers to a fairly comfortable penalty.
Barcelona attempted a shot in the 1-0 loss to Getafe.
They didn’t hit the target at all in the middle of the moment. Pic. twitter. com/tYVqGBEIcR
The technician tried to make a difference by calling Ansu Fati, Philippe Coutinho, Puig and even Martin Braithwaite, but it didn’t work either and the Getafe wasted past opportunities to increase his lead.
In the coming weeks, very complicated matches await you, and Koeman will be well aware that innovations are wonderful if Barca wants to beat Madrid and Juve.
On Saturday in a positive way and the most vital thing today is the functionality of Pedri, 17 years old, in his first outing of La Liga with Barcelona.
The teenager showed no symptoms of nervousness, saw a classy act on the ball and prepared Antoine Griezmann for a possibility the Frenchman deserved to have buried in the first half.
Pedri did seem upset by Getafe’s physical technique and received praise from Koeman after the match, who said he had shown that he had the quality to play for Barcelona.
Koeman already has a lot of confidence in Pedri and, based on this evidence, we can expect to see much more of the teenager this season.
Speaking of teenagers and debuts, there was also a first start by Sergino Dest, who scored well as a left-back in position for the injured Jordi Alba.
The 19-year-old had a decent start and enjoyed his duel with the combative Allan Nyom.
Dest showed enough to recommend that he simply remain fit on the left side of junior Firpo while Alba is away, even though his preferred position is on the opposite flank.
While teenagers showed a lot of optimism for the future, it turned out to be a difficult night for Dembele and Antoine Griezmann.
It was lovely wonder to see Dembélé despite everything in the starting lineup, and for the first time in 11 months, however, the lack of matches was shown on Saturday.
Dembélé lost too many balls, appeared to be repressed (and who can blame him after so many injuries) and nevertheless gave way to Ansu Fati in time.
The Frenchman’s lack of form is explained by his lack of time to gamble, while Griezmann has no excuse to recover despite playing downtown.
In fact, the World Cup winner showed great luck when he is impeccable and has not yet scored this season for Barca. Now is it if Koeman will stay confident?
It did not go unnoticed in Barcelona that one of the brightest players on Saturday’s field a marc Cucurella insurance.
The 22-year-old seemed to thrive in front of his former team, with all the intensity missing from visitors in his game.
Cucurella has already made it clear that he believes he had never been lucky in Barcelona before despite the fact that everything was sold to Getafe to help balance the books.
Jord Alba is the main explanation for why Cucurella didn’t get minutes at camp nou, however, he has a tendency to play higher in those days and you still can’t wonder what it could have been.
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