Barcelona coach axed after brutal start

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After different mediocre show and yet different loss, Ronald Koeman couldn’t bent connected immoderate longer arsenic Barcelona coach.

It took little than 3 months aft Lionel Messi's departure for Koeman to yet succumb arsenic the unit kept expanding and the Catalan club's struggles continued.

Barcelona announced Koeman’s firing soon aft the team’s 1-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Rayo Vallecano successful the Spanish league connected Wednesday.

Ronald Koeman has been sacked by Barcelona. (Getty)

The nonaccomplishment followed a 2-1 location nonaccomplishment to rival Real Madrid successful the “clásico” astatine the Camp Nou Stadium connected Sunday.

Koeman had said successful a post-match interrogation Wednesday helium didn’t cognize if his aboriginal with the nine was astatine risk. He soon recovered out. Club president Joan Laporta informed the Dutch manager of his determination aft the loss.

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Captain Sergio Busquets had said Koeman shouldn't beryllium the lone 1 to blasted for the team's mediocre performances.

“We are each connected the aforesaid boat,” the midfielder said aft the match, earlier the determination connected Koeman was announced.

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Koeman has been nether changeless unit aft a mediocre commencement to the team’s archetypal play without Messi successful astir 2 decades. The Argentina prima joined Paris Saint-Germain successful August.

Barcelona said Koeman “will accidental goodbye to the squad connected Thursday.”

Koeman leaves with the nine successful ninth spot successful the Spanish league standings with 15 points from 10 matches.

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Among the team’s 5 losses this play were 3-0 results successful the Champions League against Bayern Munich astatine location and astatine Benfica.

The nonaccomplishment to Rayo marked the team’s 5th distant lucifer without a win, thing that hadn’t happened to the nine successful astir 2 decades.

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Barcelona won 5 matches and drew 3 this play nether the Dutch manager who took implicit soon aft the team’s embarrassing 8-2 nonaccomplishment to Bayern successful the Champions League past year. His lone rubric with the Catalan nine was past season's Copa del Rey.

In total, Koeman coached Barcelona successful 67 matches successful his 15 months successful charge, with 39 wins, 16 losses and 12 draws.

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Barcelona past play finished 3rd successful the Spanish league and was eliminated by PSG successful the quarterfinals of the Champions league.

Koeman had been publically astatine likelihood with Laporta, though the nine had precocious expressed its enactment for the coach, including aft helium was harassed by a tiny radical of fans extracurricular the stadium aft the location nonaccomplishment to Madrid past weekend.

Koeman had besides upset immoderate of his players aft saying Barcelona would not realistically contend for overmuch this play arsenic it continued to woody with superior fiscal difficulties.

Xavi astatine Barcelona successful 2015. (Getty)

The nine besides mislaid Antoine Griezmann to Atlético Madrid and was relying mostly connected youngsters who person been hastily promoted from its younker squads.

The manager reportedly agreed to fto spell of striker Luis Suárez aft helium arrived successful a bid to assistance the squad financially. Suárez went connected to assistance Atlético triumph the league rubric past season.

A replacement for Koeman was not instantly announced, but Spanish media reported erstwhile subordinate Xavi Hernández was the front-runner to instrumentality over.

The team’s adjacent lucifer is Saturday astatine location against relegation-threatened Alavés successful the Spanish league.

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