A disadvantage that was used to to observe in the Barcelona of Ernesto Valverde and, later, in the one of Quique Setién, was the one of the exhaustible physical power that had the players of the club, those who seemed to be exhausted at the end of the meetings that disputadan. However, after the arrival of Ronald Koeman, a remarkable and positive change has noticed regarding this circumstance.
The best proof of this can observe in the diverse extentions that has had to confront the Catalan team in what it goes of season, during which the players have showed solids, in spite of the excessive accumulation of minutes. This has to , mainly, to that the arrive of the Dutch technician to the Barcelona coincided with the one of Albert Roca, preparador physical that already had worked of the hand with Frank Rijkaard in the picture culé.
Beside Roca, arrived to the club two experts in physical preparation, as they are it Jaume Bartrés and Daniel Romero. The trio that has contributed the change in the condition of the players of the Barcelona arrived to the group culé thanks to the management of Eric Abidal and Ramón Planes, those who, after proposing the possibility of his contracting to Ronald Koeman and receive the seen well of the míster, decided to bring them to work in one of the weaknesses of the members of the staff.
The players with the most remarkable change
The work of Albert Roca and his team of preparadores physical has noticed in the staff of the Barcelona of general way, but, certainly, there are several players whose improvement has been more remarkable. Specifically, it treats of names like the ones of Frenkie De Jong, Ousmane Dembélé and Jordi Alba, three of the footballers that have been protagonists during the last parties of the club.
The mediocampista Dutch has showed a physical deployment impresioante inside the terrain of game, whereas the French extreme has recovered excepcionalmente of his last injury and also has showed safer and powerful to the hour to wear out in the field. By his part, the Spanish side has gone back to restart his best state of form, starring a sinfín of rises and descents by his band in each party.