It seems that Ronald Koeman This time yes, the r has been taken literallyeto to renew the team that fell dramatically last season, both in the League, where he let himself go up, and especially in the Champions League, where he starred in one of the greatest ridiculous in his history, when he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Bayern with a scandal win (2-8) that has still left an open scar at the club.
As well, Of that eleven that jumped in Lisbon against the German champion, this Tuesday only goalkeeper Marc André Ter Stegen and central Clement Lenglet have repeated. The rest, either marched this summer or watched the game in the stands of the stadium or directly from their homes.
In fact, Koeman has lined up a totally new eleven, with a total of four signings (Pedri, Dest, Trincao and Pjanic), two loan officers who returned to the club (Coutinho and Aleñá), plus one player from the reserve team who made his debut with the first team (Mingueza). From last season, they only jumped onto the field, apart from the aforementioned Ter Stegen and Lenglet, defender Junior and striker Braithwaite.
And is that of that fateful eleven against Bayern, only Jordi Alba has traveled to Kiev. In fact, five have stayed in Barcelona – Piqué, Sergi Roberto and Sergio Busquets (due to injury) and De Jong and Messi (rest) -. The others – Semedo, Suárez and Vidal – left the club this summer.