DBasia.news – Barcelona manager, Ronald Koeman recently paid tribute to two of his players, Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati. He considered that these two players would be important players in Barcelona for this era.
Early this morning, Barcelona held a trial match titled the Joan Gamper Trophy. In this match, El Blaugrana won against Elche with a score of 1-0.
Even though it was titled the pre-season match, Koeman player his best squad against Elche. Including playing two key Barca players, Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati.
Koeman admitted that he was satisfied with the performance of the two players. “For me, he [Coutinho] is a great player,” Koeman said as quoted by Marca.
Koeman believes that Coutinho has an above average ability. So he hopes the playmaker can show his best with El Blaugrana.
“He [Coutinho] trains well both physically and with the ball. He is an important player for this team.”
“Let’s hope we can see the best version of him this season.”
Apart from praising Coutinho, Koeman also took his hat off for Ansu Fati’s performance. He considered that the Barcelona young player could provide many things for the El Blaugrana squad next season.
“He [Fati] is also a great player. I think he made a lot of chances today, and he needs to concentrate more.” he stated.
Barcelona will have their first match in La Liga next week. They will face Villarreal on Monday (28/9) am.