Ronald Koeman accepted with good humor his team’s draw against Sevilla at the Camp Nou, a puncture at home but slight according to the level of an opponent who seems closer than ever to the greats: «It was a fairly even game between two very good teams. Sevilla have a great team, they are strong and have very good players. We were able to win the game in the end but it is a fair result.
“They have pressured us quite well, but we have come out a couple of times better, the problem has been in our game with the ball, they have defended us well and in the end we have noticed the fatigue”, analyzed the Dutch coach, who acknowledged the lack of freshness of his team in a week of three league games with little rotation.
«Like any player you need the help and trust of the coach, but in the end it all starts with the player himself. He has to get his best performance and today he has been good, he has shown that he is a great footballer and we are very happy, “said Koeman about the performance of Coutinho, scorer of the Barça goal.
“It is better to have everyone but the players will not return until the middle of the following week and we will only have two days to prepare for the Getafe game. This week has been good, with seven points we can be happy », concluded the Barça coach.
Coutinho: “Three games a week is a bit difficult”
«It was a difficult game, as we knew. They have put a lot of people in the center of the field and they have made it difficult for us, but this has only just begun, ”Brazilian Coutinho stressed. “Now it’s time to go with the national teams, come back well and keep working hard,” he added.
The great ‘signing’ of Barça this summer admitted that perhaps there was a physical downturn in the Barça in the second half. “Three games in a week at the beginning of the season is a bit difficult,” he confessed. On a personal level, he assured that he wants to do “important things” at this club where he always “dreamed of playing” and “working for it.” The goal was dedicated to his wife, who is pregnant.
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