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After the eighth loss of points in the fifteenth game of the Spanish soccer league, disappointment reappeared at FC Barcelona.
2:48 p.m., December 30, 2020
“If we are realistic it will be difficult for us to win the championship,” he said. Barcelona-Coach Ronald Koeman after the 1-1 draw against Eibar at the end of a traumatic year for the Catalans.
Barça has eight of its last 12 titles in The league reserved for themselves, but if Koeman is right with his idea, the team will be close to the currently ill superstar Lionel messi for the first time since 2007/08 without a championship title twice in a row.
Koeman: “We have to accept the great deficit of points”
A look at the table does not bode well: the sixth table already has seven points missing from the leader Atletico Madridwho played two games less and on Wednesday Getafe receives. And also defending champions Real Madrid He is seven points ahead of his rivals with as many games as Barça.
“Nothing is impossible, but we have to understand the great difference in points with Atlético, who are in very good shape, look strong, win a lot of games and don’t concede many goals,” Koeman said of the 2013-14 championship champion.
The Barça missed a penalty
It is different for his team against Eibar threatened by relegation after a capital error by the defenders Ronald araujo I just had to do a 0: 1 (58). Ousmane Dembélé saved the favorite at least one point, but without Messi injured his ankle, excellent opportunities were not exploited. Forward failed in minute 8 Martin Braithwaite a penalty kick.
“We were missing the player in Leo that makes a difference year after year. Still, I wonder how we managed not to win this game,” Koeman said. “We created chances, we awarded them a penalty and then we gave them a goal with their only chance in the game.” The former Dutch team boss considered the result “not fair” but had to admit: “That has happened to us too often.”
