Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman was critical of 19-year-old midfielder Nico Gonzalez after Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid.
Nico started the game along with 17-year-old Gavi at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium but was hooked at half-time with Barca already 2-0 down.
Koeman spoke about Nico after the match and feels the youngster should have done better for the opening goal scored by Thomas Lemar.
“You cannot leave so much space when we lost the ball. We had spoken exactly about that, our midfielders needed to follow their men - and Nico let Lemar run for their opening goal,” he said.