La Liga 29 rounds of league, Barca scored 57 points, the same points as the third place Atletico, the fourth place Sevilla points, 12 points behind the top of the table Real Madrid, but Barça than Atletico, Sevilla, Real Madrid one round less round, so although Barça want to compete with Real Madrid for the championship probability is not large, but it is quite easy to keep the top three positions in La Liga. Barca's coaching change effect is obvious in the middle of this season, and Xavi's team performance is indeed much stronger than the previous Koeman.
Coman has been in charge of Barca for just one and a half seasons, officially becoming Barca's head coach in the summer of 2020 and being sacked by Barca in November 2021. In 2020, the sheep herding coach Setien, who coached Barca for only 7 months, left the Dutch national team to become Barca's head coach. Koeman's one and a half years in charge of Barca was the most chaotic period for Barca, and the team lineup appeared larger, including the departure of Messi.
Koeman boldly reused Griezmann and others at the beginning of his tenure and began to gradually marginalize Messi, a decision that should also be directed by Barca president Laporta. Unfortunately, the first season led by Koeman was not good, the league was suppressed by Atletico and Real Madrid, only got a third place, the Champions League was eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain, stopped in the round of sixteen, breaking Barca's record of reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League for 13 consecutive seasons.
In the Spanish Super Cup, they lost 2:3 to Athletic Bilbao, but in the Copa del Rey Barca completed their revenge against Athletic Bilbao, winning only one Copa del Rey title in a season. In the summer of 2021, Messi left Barca, Griezmann returned to Atletico, the newly signed Aguero retired, and Koeman had no one available, so in 10 rounds of the league, only 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses ranked 9th in the table, and the Champions League group stage was 1 win and 2 losses, which also laid a hidden danger for Barca to get out of the group stage.
Finally, after Barca lost 0-1 to Vallecano in the 11th round, Barca decided to sack Koeman and let Xavi, who has Barca DNA, take over as head coach. Xavi's current success, in addition to his own strength, also has a lot to do with the several players Barca bought in the winter window. Koeman failed to lead Barca to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but led three second-rate European teams to the Champions League quarter-finals: Ajax, Eindhoven and Benfica.
Therefore, Koeman's poor performance in charge of Barca does not mean that Koeman is poorly capable, but only that he is not a good match with Barca, and he is also just in time for Barca's most chaotic period. Good coaches don't always sit idle, which is not koeman has now found a new job. The Dutch national team has officially announced that Koeman will become the team's head coach from 2023, and the two sides will sign until 2026, which is the second time Koeman has coached the Dutch national team.
Koeman, who coached the Dutch national team from 2018 to 2020, led the Dutch national team to the final in a major tournament like the European Nations League and won the runner-up. Koeman is very happy to be the head coach of the Dutch national team again this time, he said, I am very much looking forward to taking office, let us succeed together, I feel good here, the cooperation with the internationals is also very good, we will continue to move forward along the same path. ”