BARCELONA – Ronald Koeman regretted Barcelona’s stumbling block against Cádiz, attributing it to his players not knowing how to “score the second half time goal, knowing that with such a tight result the rival would have a chance”, but in his reflection Although he acknowledged his “disappointment,” there was not much room for self-criticism.
“Missing two points that couldn’t be missed is very disappointing,” said the Dutch coach, who admitted that he was “very, very disappointed. Maybe more than Tuesday because we were running well in the championship, we were able to close the gap. We have not found many problems in the game and you have to win. We have not been able to condemn the victory. “
That was the biggest regret of Koeman, who denied that the tie was statistically final. “” I don’t think it’s inexcusable. It is a great missed opportunity to close the gap and it shows that you have to be good to win. We checked without problems and let go of two points, “he said, and” it cannot be that we lost five points with Cádiz. “
“I don’t like to blame individual players. We dominated the game a lot, the rival has defended way back, we were not up to the task on the offensive, but we had chances to score second and that we know with a short marker there.Maybe a moment for the rival … You need to know how to defend in a different way, ‘agreed the coach, not wanting to talk about the fairness of the penalty that caused the final draw, nor to fill Lenglet with ink.
“I’ve seen the penalty game, yes. I think it’s very questionable, but it can be whistled”, he said, although he somehow pointed to the French central when explaining that “as is the situation and how the game is, I don’t know if the defense should risk going for the ball at that point, I don’t think so … “.
“After letting two points escape yesterday is very negative today. But as a player or coach here you have to show that you can do something”, Koeman rebelled and in any case rejected that the championship has been condemned.
“I don’t see the competition more complicated than before because of the difference in points. No team is unbeatable and it is not going to win all matches. There are still options and although we missed two important points, we have to keep going.” he decided.
Self-criticism of Barça’s tempo and level of play? Nothing.