A Ronald Koeman he knew well the victory to close a very busy week and that ended this Sunday with the publication of the contract of Messi that already turned into earthquake in the environment of club. The team knew how to forget everything, fought, fought, won at Athletic … And the coach congratulated himself on that … who did not miss the opportunity to criticize what has passed around the captain.
“The team was very good in the pressure in the first half, having a lot of the ball and the result in the half was short for our chances. The second was different because they tightened more, we had bad luck when we drew but we reacted “, analyzed Koeman, emphasizing that Barça has come out ahead of a very demanding schedule.
“It has been a complicated month, with many matches, many trips, different competitions … The team has improved and for the quality we have taken this forward” he summed up, giving value to a league comeback that has placed Barça Secondly.
From there he focused his speech on Lionel Messi, without dribbling any questions about the publication of the newspaper El Mundo.
“What has been published about Messi I think has had bad intentions, has been to hurt a player who has given so much to Barça and all of Spanish football. Leo has shown that he is a born winner who knows, despite I didn’t have any doubts, even though it came out in the press, that it wasn’t going to affect him, “revealed the Dutchman, who did not hesitate to be tough in the event that the leak could have come from Barça itself.
“If the person in charge of the club has been very responsible, it’s very bad. If you’re part of Barça you have to help the club, the coaches, the players … We have to think about ours and if anyone from inside it has leaked that this cannot have a future for Barça “, he proclaimed openly, leaving his anger clear, although the origin could not be confirmed.
In fact, Koeman asked not to forget what happened and encouraged to find out. “How did it come out? I don’t know … You have to know how it came out in the press because these things don’t have to come out but there are people who are interested in hurting Barça and hurting Leo. We have to be, to try, apart from these things “.
“I don’t really understand that Messi’s contract is being talked about as a ruin,” said Koeman, recalling once again that “you have to know what Leo has done for this club. He has been proving his quality for many years. and helping to make it big, very big, at Barça and winning a lot of titles.