Koeman and the Dream Team: this was the comeback in the League

Yes a coach from the current competition know the way to press to a leader in LaLiga, that is Ronald Koeman. An important part of the Cruyff Dream Team, Koeman won four leagues with Barça, three fruit of successful historical chases, especially two.

In the 1991-92 season, Madrid was the leader on the day number 33. In a League in which the victory was worth two points, had three advantage about him Athletic from Madrid and four on Barça, that he had left a point against Burgos that day. Nevertheless, Since then, Barça have won their last five games. Al Cádiz (0-2), Mallorca (3-0), Valladolid (0-6), Espanyol (0-4) and Athletic (2-0). The last three wins they occurred just after the victory at Wembley with a goal from Ronald Koeman. In that magical year 1992 for the city of Barcelona, ​​everything seemed possible. And Madrid got scared. They lost in Oviedo on matchday 34 (1-0), drew in Pamplona against Osasuna (1-1), and lost the last match against Tenerife (3-2) in a crazy and historic match. The Barça, with Koeman as one of the leaders LaLiga won with 55 points. Madrid was second with 54.

The 1992-93 season it was different. The Barca it did not have the 'hype' of the European Cup. Unlike, had the pressure to be considered one of the best teams on the continent and to be able to finish the season blank. On matchday 35 he lost in Vigo (3-2). A draw in Pamplona (0-0) against Osasuna was enough for Madrid to take the lead. On matchdays 36 and 37, Barça and Madrid did their homework. Koeman's men hastily beat Sevilla (2-1) and Osasuna (0-1), with a lucky goal from Stoichkov. Madrid beat Real (2-0) and Atlético (3-2). But in Tenerife, again, Madrid crashed. And the Barça of Cruyff, and of Koeman, of course, sang the alirón again.

The 1993-94 season was the most difficult yet. In the matchday 23, Barça collapsed in Zaragoza. He lost 6-3 (Koeman, humiliated at some point in the game, was replaced in the 53rd minute by Nadal) and he stayed six points behind Deportivo in a League in which the victory was still worth two points. A Depor, moreover, who felt very safe. That day, Cruyff sat in the press room of La Romareda and said that Liga was not lost. Improvised solutions. To begin with, he started change the system. He stopped playing with the classic 3-4-3 and began to put an asymmetric system in which Stoichkov was a false right winger, Sergi stayed with the left-handed lane and Romario played as a center forward. Laudrup stopped having the same prominence. Barça, except for a couple of setbacks, started to win everything. And put the fear of Depor with a 3-0 at the Camp Nou. Fear entered Depor and drew 0-0 against Valladolid, Lleida and Rayo. And one more, the Djukic penalty …. Barça was champion.

Koeman he knew what it was to be a persecutor, and learned from Cruyff on how put pressure on your rivals and be successful. The situation at Barça is very similar to that of 1992 and 1994. It remains to be seen how the Dutchman from Zaandam is able to handle it.