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They passed the test: Barcelona won without suffering and Ronald Koeman strengthens his position

In the first of the three exams of the week, Barcelona beat Valencia at Camp Nou on date 9 of LaLiga Santander 2021. Ansu Fati, Depay and Coutinho were the scorers. Gayà opened the scoring.

By Alexis Almosnino

17/10/2021, 10:07 PM

In the first of the three exams of the week, Barcelona beat Valencia at Camp Nou on date 9 of LaLiga Santander 2021. Ansu Fati, Depay and Coutinho were the scorers. Gayà opened the scoring.

A respite from the sports and institutional chaos. Barcelona managed to recover from the last results before the international break, and achieved a victory against Valencia at the Camp Nou stadium, in the framework of the ninth day of LaLiga Santander 2021. Koeman's men knew how to overcome the early riser of the 'ché' , thanks to Ansu Fati, who started again, Depay and the comeback in the goal of Coutinho.

Thus, Barcelona manages to pass its first exam of the week, and will have to think about the Champions League duel, where it has not yet won, against Dinamo Kiev and then in the Clásico the following Sunday against Real Madrid. With this result, Koeman's men added 15 points and are located in the seventh box of LaLiga Santander, five behind the leader of the tournament, Real Sociedad.

Ronald Koeman had a difficult mission, which was to get the boat of a Barcelona on track, which after Lionel Messi had not been finding its way. In fact, it was feared that a defeat against Valencia would trigger an exit from the team's Dutch coach. However, all that came to nothing, with a magical night in Catalonia.

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