THE BARCELONISMO WANTS THE REVANCHA
The duties of the Barça of Koeman in the final in front of the Athletic
Published:14/04/2021 - 18:59h
Updated:14/04/2021 - 18:59h
The FC Barcelona arrives with win of revancha in front of the Athletic of Bilbao by the last defeats in the Glass of Rey and in the Supercopa of Spain. Besides, they want to adjust you have Marcelino, the one who to the control of Valencia frustrated his options to heave the trophy in 2019
The FC Barcelona plays good part of the season next Saturday 17 April in front of the Athletic of Bilbao and arrives with thirst of revancha after several parties in which the lions frustrated the options of the Barcelona to continue in career by some local title in the current course.
One of these episodes was the party of quarter-finals of the Glass of Rey, when the team that for then directed Quique Setién fell to hands of the Basques in a duel to only party in Saint Mamés after a controversy played in which Martínez Munuera did not signal a penalti on Frenkie Of Jong.
The Athletic also infligió a hard hit to the ones of Koeman in the final of the past Supercopa of Spain contested in January. The culés came to throw to the Real Sociedad by the road of the penaltis, but the lions empataron the decisive duel, that eventualmente would do them creditors of the title after the extention.
The Barça arrives motivated
The Barcelona group also looks for saldar a pending account with Marcelino, trainer of the Athletic, the one who was to the control of the bench of Valencia in 2019, and that finished winning to the Barça in the final to opt to a new title of Glass of the King that would have expanded his list of winners like the most successful in the tournament.
For then, the Catalans came to suffer the painful traced back of the Liverpool in Anfield, when all seemed directed to a new final of Champions. The stage now could be distinct, although the ones of Koeman already have loaded with a European elimination in front of the PSG and a defeat in the Classical in front of the Madrid.
Nevertheless, the Barça could extend his hegemony in the competition, in which it already has contested six of the last seven finals, obtaining the trophy in four occasions, a record that shares with the Real Madrid and the Athletic of Bilbao. Regarding the subcampeonatos, the greater series of the Barcelona has been of two consecutive years, precisely in front of the Athletic.
