Dissatisfied and even would say with a point of anger, Ronald Koeman thanked the classification in a match “in which we had much more to lose than win” but did not forget to emphasize the wrong penalties and that, according to him, “have prevented us from having a much more comfortable match than has been a at the end.
“We had to win the game before. We had a lot of chances to win, their goalkeeper was the best on the pitch and we lacked effectiveness again, but you can’t miss two penalties,” lamented the Barça coach. , very upset with “these mistakes”, after beating Cornellà 2-0 in extra time.
“You can’t miss two penalties as a Barcelona player. This is not serious,” said Koeman, who recalled that “there is no pressure from the public; you can miss one because they are football things, but , two, never, can’t be, you have to keep a cool head.
“I do not understand because we have enough players to score from the penalty spot, I do not understand that we have failed so much lately because if you score a penalty today the game would have been very different,” he repeated, not forgetting that this season his team has already missed 10 17 shots from eleven meters.
“Surely there is a little more fear than normal because beyond Messi we do not have a shooter who can show that he can throw penalties. This aspect needs to be greatly improved,” he said.
“There was a lot more to lose than to win in a game like this. His goalkeeper was the best on the field but it was very difficult for us to score to have an easier game,” repeated the coach, offering credit to a Cornellà who, he said. admitted “I understand they could beat Atlético because they ran and fought until the last minute.”
Explaining that the change of Riqui he decided at the break “because he had a card,” he argued this system change with the entry of Dembele “To have more game on the wings,” revealing, directly, that he still thinks he lacks more players, in an indirect by the market by pointing out that young people, Konrad, Especially, “they have shown that they can have a future at the club, but it has been seen again that we are missing things”.