Barça has had to get off the canvas six times since in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in Lisbon he fell thunderously 2-8. At that time, Koeman took over a broken team and since then he has received more blows that have led him to rush the KO account, but until now the Dutchman has always known how to recover his team that is still in the race for LaLiga and have Saturday the opportunity to lift a title. An occasion that comes after the last punch that has left Barça groggy.
It is not news to Koeman to have to take his boys to the corner and restore their morale. The season began after the Lisbon spanking and the team started LaLiga clinging to the wake of Ansu, who broke for the whole season against Betis.
But the second very hard blow for Barcelona came with himto defeat in the Classical of the first round against Madrid. Barça fell 1-3, but in the next game Barcelona recovered winning in Turin to Juventus 0-2. It was the second return of a touched team.
The Champions also served to suture the next stick in LaLiga. Barcelona had lost at Wanda 1-0 and in the following match he healed his injuries, winning by 0-4 against Dynamo Kiev.
The trend was reversed when the following slap came: Juve's 0-3 victory at the Camp Nou was cured more effectively than I play in LaLiga. The Barça began to add points, but then The Super Cup appeared to return Barça to the canvas. The final lost in extra time against Athletic meant return to the starting box again but then the epic appeared, especially in the Cup, where Barça came back in agonizing matches against Rayo and Granada. A heart attack end that was repeated in LaLiga against Betis and that he sublimated himself against Sevilla in the semi-final comeback.
But PSG arrived and punctured the balloon, which swelled again in Anoeta with the 1-6 win before the national team break. When everything seemed to work, the classic disappointment arrived. Now it will be time to get up in Seville.