The technician, now without equipment, stressed that “the great goal to continue aspired to everything is to adjust the defensive facet.”
Leaders in the La Liga and leaders in the most difficult group of the Champions League, the football image of Barcelona is not proving very convincing in this initial leg of the season, which has fuelled criticism of his coach, Ernesto Valverde. For one of his colleagues, Eusebio Sacristan, “Valverde's work over the last two seasons has been very good,” he told Esports COPE.
In his analysis of the situation, Eusebio, former player and former coach of Barcelona, highlighted “the management of everyday situations and the management of costumes” by the current culé coach.
The former coach of Celta, Real Sociedad and Girona believes that there is a reason to believe in a process of improvement in Barça. “We must continue to trust that the small details will be adjusted. There have been player changes on all lines and he has to strike a balance between defensive and offensive.”
Eusebio admitted that Barcelona “still has a lot of stuck”, “but we have to adjust the defensive side, that is the great goal for the team to continue to aspire to everything and finish the season brilliantly”. “Balance is what allows you to face the great of Europe so that Barça can impose its attacking power,” he insisted.
Eusebio said Leo Messi “is in line with all previous seasons and in the end, his great performance translates into results”.
“Messi has always been a key piece, the team revolves around him and success depends on how the pieces around him are articulated,” he concluded.