Ronald Koeman I speak in Barça TV before speaking in the press room. These were the questions he answered.
How have you seen the game?
We played well and we played our game despite the contrary. Despite this, we have created clear opportunities. After 1-0 against, we reacted well and won the game with quality. We were able to score more but we made it through the tie and that's the important thing. I'm happy with the mentality of the team. It seemed they saw difficult times and we have shown mentality
It seems that they come out reinforced
It has been a very tough month, with many trips and many away games. We have shown mentality and we deserved to win. You have to follow game by game
What has been the change of De Jong?
He is very complete, but he needed to do more things in attack. Not only is he scoring goals, but he's doing a great job. And he plays the same in minute one as in ninety. He is in a great moment of play and arrives very well in the area.
The technician later went to a press conference.
De Jong. “He has a lot of quality to play from behind, but he has to contribute more offensively. The time has come for him to score more than one per season. He is more complete than his version at Ajax. We know his quality. Now he is more complete. His arrival and his depth of reaching the area helps us create and score goals. “
Note to team. “In general I am very happy. From the beginning we had a great game. In the first half we forgave several times. There were plays in which there was a penalty or no penalty. In the second half with the score against us, we showed our character. In the end you always suffer with such a short result. We know that they are complicated games, it does not matter the category of the opponent. “
Yellow that he saw in the game. “They took me a card for saying in a play that it was a foul. If a referee takes a card from him for requesting a foul, where do we go? Then another thing is that there were several plays in the first half that there were several plays that could be penalties or not. There was the VAR and surely they were not penalties. You have to accept it. “
Cup, big goal. “Our goal is to go game by game. To cut the gap in the league, play in the Champions League and we want to compete in all competitions and try to get the most out of it. We are Barça, but there are no easy games. The field was not very good to do. our game. Despite the state of the field, we had a great game. “
Gasoline: “If you win, you are not tired. The trajectory is good. And now we have one more day because our match is on Sunday night.”