According to Cadena Ser, the Barcelona board do not see eye-to-eye with coach Ronald Koeman on his comments about several losses incurred this season. The Dutchman has apparently made it a habit to target either VAR or the referees’ poor decision-making as convenient scapegoats for several losses or draws this season.
Allegedly the board believes that it is not kosher to blame the referees or VAR for difficulties experienced throughout the season. They are actually of the opinion – au contraire to Koeman – that the El Classico loss was independent of any bad call from the referee. The board does not doubt Barça’s ability to win the domestic double, except that they are not particularly pleased with the Dutch manager’s ungracious attitude towards losses.
Koeman had blatantly attributed the blamefor six of Barça’s seven losses in domestic competitions to bad calls from VAR or the referee. Despte the fact that there are speculations from the fanbase that some referees in Spain, for reasons unknown, are disinclined towards the Catalans when it comes to making calls, it is still unprofessional and uncouth for a coach to behave the way Koeman has in shoving all blame on VAR and match officials like he has in 14 of Barça’s 45 games this season.
Ideally, the 58-year-old should focus instead on minimalising his team’s errors to maximise their performance for future matches.
Even in the recent El Classico a few calls were questionable, yet these calls were at worst subjective, but the Barca boss Koeman was again too eager to find fault with officials and VAR for the Blaugrana‘s loss, and it seems only right that Laporta’s board are not convinced with such statements from the manager.