FC Barcelona survey highly at possibility of sack Ronald Koeman as first-group coach in the approaching hours after his aspect suffered a painful 2-0 defeat away to Atletico Madrid right here.
Koeman, who used to be suspended for the sport on Saturday evening, integrated younger other folks Nico Gonzalez and Gavi in his initiating 11. Even supposing the younger other folks conducted successfully, it used to be Barca’s extra experienced gamers who had been caught out as Thomas Lemar opened the scoring midway thru the first half of after apt work from Joao Felix and Luis Suarez.
The aged Barca striker doubled Atletico’s lead simply earlier than halftime after Lemar yet again exposed gaping holes in the Barcelona defence, allowing him to dash the ball past Marc Andre Ter Stegen.
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Barca now not frequently regarded adore getting encourage on stage terms, no topic Ansu Fati being introduced into the bound midway thru the 2nd half of, whereas Atletico frequently regarded unsafe on the destroy in a sport that will operate tiny to interchange the conception of most Barca followers that Koeman’s time is up.
Manu Sanchez’s diving header deep into injure time gave Osasuna a 1-0 retract at house to Rayo Vallecano, ending the guests’ 5-sport unbeaten speed, Xinhua reports.
Iddrisu Baba’s 74th-minute worthwhile strike got Mallorca encourage to worthwhile ways with a 1-0 triumph at house over Levante, who remain without a retract all season.
Meanwhile, Cadiz coach Alvaro Cervera skipped over seven first-group gamers who went partying after last weekend’s 3-1 defeat to Rayo Vallecano and saw how his worthy-modified aspect held on for a 0-0 plot with Valencia at house.
The guests had 68 percent of the ball and 16 shots in opposition to simply two from Cadiz, however had been unable to live their winless speed extending to four.
Friday night saw Raul Garcia’s 44th-minute header gave Athletic Club Bilbao a 1-0 retract at house over Alaves on a night that saw Athletic Club striker Inaki Williams accomplish a La Liga file 203rd consecutive league appearance.
Garcia had earlier viewed a penalty saved, however used to be in the apt put to nod house Inigo Lekue’s header on the stroke of halftime.
