When he is in wonderful shape, but while his team is shuffling below the red line, Leshon Weissman is expecting tomorrow (Tuesday) the first meeting of his career against Barcelona. According to estimates in Spain, the Valladolid striker is expected to start in the squad and he will try to take advantage of the bad period in which Ronald Koeman and his trainees arrive to conquer again.
The Israeli audience, of course, will mostly follow Weissman’s exploits on the lawn and wait to see if he will be the second Israeli to shock the net of the decorated team in the world, after Haim Revivo who did it twice (96/97, 97/98). In Catalonia, you will be surprised, they are actually dealing with Barcelona. And in Barcelona of recent times rises quite a few times in a negative connotation. Apparently, they have only won twice in their last five games and the gap from the top is already eight points with Atletico missing a game.
“We need to play simpler,” he began Ronald Coman The press conference ahead of the contest. “We have to be better with the ball, to be focused. We have changed things in our game, young people are playing and it’s good for the future, but at Barça you always have to win. It takes time, it’s the difficulty, you always have to win. Every game lost is a step back, but the league is still long “We must not lose so many points away. Dembele? Yesterday he did a partial training session, but he needs more time. He will probably come back against Eibar.”
Koeman, as expected, was also asked about the teaser for the interview of Leo Messi that became the talk of the day in Catalonia: “I do not need an interview to know how much he wants. A successful player like him also has a hard time accepting the fact that they do not win. I see his desire every day, he is with us, “With the team. What next? I do not know.”
Along with Messi’s interview, in Spain this morning there was a lot of talk about the undefeated penalty for Real Madrid’s duty against Eibar – and it turns out that Coman also had a position on the subject: “I do not understand. I said it that day against Madrid, and I do not want to repeat it. “10 people in Madrid today say it’s a penalty, but the referee does not. We already know what it’s like. I think Ramos’ touch should have been whistled, but I will say no more than that. I respect the decision of the referee and the VAR people.”
🎙 | Ronald Koeman’s Press Conference ahead of the match against Real Valladolid.
Koeman: “Against Valladolid we have to play a more regular game, with fewer ups and downs, with and without the ball, maintaining concentration until the last minute!” pic.twitter.com/jkPltZEA2w
– BarçaTimes (@BarcaTimes) December 21, 2020