Coach Ronald Koeman seems to think a winning streak in La Liga might catapult us into Champions League contention for next season … You think?? Sorry for being so condescending, but this has been such a long, frustrating season. It’s hard to know what to think about this squad from week to week anymore.
Here’s the thing. We haven’t won a match in La Liga in three and a half months. That’s a VERY long time. We’ve won five straight in the Copa Del Rey, so there’s a bit of confidence in the air ahead of tomorrow’s match against Almeria.
“We have to win the next five matches,” Koeman said. “It’s time to win in the Liga, because we are playing much better.” I agree there …
“The best remedy is to win a match. We’ve improved our play and I really enjoyed how the team played the other day. But our next opponent won’t be easy to defeat, because they will corner themselves. We’ll have to be strong.” I assume by corner he means defend?
The Dutch tactician has been dealt a blow, as captain Ruben Baraja will be out with injury for a month, but Koeman is confident that this will only motivate the other players to step up and take responsibility.
“Injuries are another thing. We are worried, because we’ve lost an important player,” admitted Koeman.
“But we have others to keep on going. He’ll be out three or four weeks. We have more than one leader. That’s how it should be, especially when you have experienced players on the pitch. We won’t have Baraja, but we’ll have some other players.”
“My job is to prepare every match. We can’t think about anything else. We are focused on winning our next game and then we’ll see what happens. I always trained that way.”
We defeated Almeria 2-1 the last time we faced them.
Am I asking for too much by wanting a decisive, well-played victory?
PLEASE???
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