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Koeman feeling comfortable at Barcelona despite poor results

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman shouldn’t be feeling underneath stress regardless of his staff’s poor outcomes and insists the gamers are behind him as they give the impression of being to return to profitable methods at dwelling to Levante in La Liga on Sunday.

Barca fell 12 factors behind leaders Atletico Madrid with final week’s shock 2-1 defeat by Cadiz earlier than shedding 3-Zero at dwelling to Juventus to give up high spot of their Champions League group and end second for the primary time since 2007.

“I’m feeling fine, even I’m not happy with how we are doing this season in the league and we’re trying to get the best out of the team while using lots of young players,” Koeman instructed a information convention on Saturday.

“I feel comfortable but of course I’m worried about the results and we’re trying to improve them and I believe we have to stand up and be counted in our next few games after the recent results we’ve had.”

Koeman, fiercely essential of the gamers after the Cadiz sport, defended his up-front strategy and denied stories that gamers had been sad along with his teaching type and the 4-2-3-1 formation he has favoured since taking cost this season, a break with the 4-3-Three utilized by his predecessors.

“I always try to respect the players but we’re at a club where you have to speak frankly,” he stated.

“I speak to the players before I speak in press conferences and if they were unhappy with me they would have told me. Some stories have come out that they are unhappy with my formation and that was a lie.

“If I didn’t have the confidence of the players I wouldn’t be able to work. But I don’t need anyone’s support. In a big side when results don’t go how you expect them to the number one person responsible is always the coach.”

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