In January 2020, Kika Stein fulfilled a big dream and was very surprisingly appointed Barcelona coach.
Today (Thursday), about a year after standing on the lines in one of the club's biggest humiliations ever - an 8: 2 loss to Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, he shares that what he experienced at the club will accompany him for years to come.
In addition, he gave an implicit critique of Lionel Messi and the situation in the locker room.
"We knew the team was not in good shape, Barcelona suffered for many years, everyone saw it. I came to Barcelona because they had no one else, and it was the only opportunity in my life to coach it," he said.
The football I have seen in recent years is not the football I fell in love with, "he added.
He added: "In my life I have never seen a dressing room like this, neither in the national team nor in Atletico. It was something else. It shocked me. There are many things you can not control. You find yourself in a dressing room that is not happy. And what I saw there, I tell you - I have not seen in my 40 years in football. "
On the difficult loss to Bayern: "The situation before Bayern was bad. A lot of dissatisfaction from the management. In the end it led to a crash. After the fourth goal everyone collapsed. It was an accumulation of years. This club needs renovation."
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On Messi: "Many times I have asked myself, 'Is it worth having number 10, which can end the game in ingenious action, and in the rest of the game rest and disappear? Do you prefer such a player, who does not run or defend, and get a goal because the player did not fall? Problems for you. "