Ronald Koeman finds the Champions League again, this time as a coach.
The Dutchman, called to the bedside of Barcelona, is preparing for a new debut: meeting tomorrow night at the Camp Nou against the Hungarians of Ferencvaros.
"I feel Dutch, but also Catalan - the words of 'Rambo' -: it will be fantastic to lead the Blaugrana team in this tournament.
Every time I went back to Barcelona I thought: 'ok, I'm back at home, to see my friends again'. good city, going back was fantastic ".
"Messi could offer better performances - added the coach at the press conference - but I see him happy, he trains well, he is concentrated, he wants to play and he never complains.
He also had some bad luck with that shot in the final of the last game.
I have no doubts about his performances. "
Koeman, with his goal to Sampdoria in the 1992 final, gave Barca the first Champions League. He remembers that episode in an interview on the UEFA website." If you score the winning goal become the hero of the evening.
It was good and it is still a good memory, also because it was Barça's first Champions League.
The punishment had not been prepared.
I remember we trained on free-kicks the day before the game, but not on second-rate ones with Stoichkov and Bakero.
In the match we said to ourselves: 'if one touches it and Bakero or Stoichkov stops it, I'll try to shoot.
Usually, if you shoot like that, the ball ends up on a defender who releases himself from the barrier but, that time, I was lucky and it was difficult for the goalkeeper to reach the far post in time.
You can't compare winning on penalties to winning extra free kicks.
The title they won with PSV Eindhoven was a bit unexpected, because for a Dutch team, winning such an important cup was extraordinary. "
