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FC Barcelona sack manager Koeman after 14 months in La Liga

FC Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = FC Barcelona, ​​who is in ninth place at the beginning of the 2021-2022 season in the Spanish La Liga, has fired manager Ronald Koeman (58, the Netherlands).

FC Barcelona announced the sacking of coach Koeman on the 28th (Korean time) after losing 1-0 to Rayo Vallecano in the 10th round of the 2021-2022 Spanish La Liga match.

FC Barcelona is ranked 9th out of 20 clubs in La Liga with 15 points from 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in 10 league matches this season. They are six points behind leaders Real Madrid with 21 points.

Also, in the UEFA Champions League (UCL), they are 1 win, 2 losses, and 3rd place in Group E. They were beaten 0-3 by Bayern Munich (Germany) and Benfica (Portugal) in a row.

Coach Koeman, who took the helm of FC Barcelona in August last year, finished third in the league for the 2020-2021 season, and was eliminated from the UCL last season in the round of 16.

Ahead of this season, as Lionel Messi (Argentina), the leader of the team, moved to Paris Saint-Germain, his power weakened, and poor results in the La Liga and UCL continued. had to give

Local media are currently mentioning Xabi Hernandez (41, Spain), who leads Qatar’s professional football Al Sadd, and Roberto Martinez (48, Spain), who leads the Belgian national team, as successors.

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