Ronald Koeman, during the Madrid-Barça

It CARRIES TWO IN TOTAL

Koeman is going for a new final! He already knows what it is to win the Cup

Published:15/04/2021 - 23:11h

Updated:15/04/2021 - 23:11h

Ronald Koeman will live his eleventh final like trainer and the second to the control of the bench of the FC Barcelona, this Saturday in the Glass of Rey

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The FC Barcelona has the possibility to win a title this Saturday, the one of the Glass of Rey, in front of the Athletic of Bilbao in The Cartuja. It will be the second final of the season, in front of the same rival, after the one of the Supercopa of Spain the past month of January. In that opportunity, the blaugrana fell defeated after the 'lions' forced the extention in the last minutes of the statutory time.

This time, the Barça arrives in a different dynamics to Andalucia, although they lost the Classical of the past Saturday in front of the Real Madrid. The true is that the ones of Ronald Koeman work to carry the title home and have an extra push in the last stretch of the season and like this litigate him LaLiga to the Athletic and Madrid. The Dutch, in his personal account, will add his eleventh final like trainer.

To date, it has contested ten (with the Ajax, Benfica, PSV, Valencia, AZ Alkmaar and Barça) and has won the half. Like this then , the technician culé wants to win his third Glass of Rey. Already it won one with the FC Barcelona in the season 1988-1990. It won it in Mestalla, with the beginning of the Dream Team of Johan Cruyff in front of the Madrid of the Fifth of the Vulture, with goals of Guillermo Love and Julio Saltworks (2-0).

The second title copero won it like trainer of Valencia, in the season 2007-2008, when it had arrived to the group 'ché' to replace in the bench to Quique Sánchez Flores. In that opportunity, left in the camibo to the Real Union, Betis, Athletic and Barça. In the final, in front of the Getafe, won 3-1.

Like player (Ajax, PSV, Barça, Feyenoord and Dutch selection), in total, played 20 finals and won 11. Consiguióm In this sense, two Glasses of Europe, three Dutch Glasses, a Glass of Rey, three Supercopas of Spain, a Supercopa of Europe and a Eurocopa.

The feat with the Barça

The blaugrana arrive to The Cartuja withl to intention to delete all the doubts that have seeded in the last two parties (in front of the Valladolid, with a victory agónica and in front of the Real Madrid, with defeat), by what Ronald Koeman and company will have a night for 'avenge' of the Athletic and, to his time, reaffirm that they are one of the big candidates to win also LaLiga.

It will remain to see which are the plans of Koeman. In the last days has suggested that the Dutch could go back to the 4-3-3 after the failures that noticed in his approach in front of the Real Madrid, with 5-3-2. In any one of the cases, will go out to the field andalúz to look for the victory and recover the pride.

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