Clasico offers Barca coach Xavi a welcome chance to put one hand on La Liga trophy

17.03.2023 - 09:17 thenationalnews.com

On his way out of Camp Nou in what was his last clasico as Barcelona coach, Ronald Koeman had to press the brakes on his car sharply and frequently.

Supporters had crowded around the vehicle, some to snap photos recording how close they got to the so-called Hero of Wembley, the man who, as a player, scored the goal that won Barca’s first European Cup almost 30 years earlier.

Others wanted to bang on the roof of the car, shout or gesture that, to them, the Hero of Wembley was no longer any sort of hero, and that he should quit.

It was the autumn of 2021 and Barcelona had just lost at home to Real Madrid in front of 85,000. Koeman was sacked three evenings later.

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