Yes, coach Koeman got sack on the return flight from Madrid after they had lost to promoted Vallecano side by 1-0.

Does it mean that their problems are all solved now? Definitely not, and as one analyst put it Koeman was not not among their top-10 worries! Yet, they are one of the best teams in the world still, and Koeman's departure cleared the air a lot. There is an interim manager from Barca B for this, Xavi is on his way, and there is a reason for optimism again.

What mostly amazes me in Koeman is that how on Earth did he decide to sign Luuk de Jong and give him playing time?

How have Barcelona performed then this season, a quick look at their latest la Liga results:

The loss at Vallecas was an undeserved one, they could had won over Real Madrid if Dest had not missed a sitter at 0-0, they fully dominated Valencia and Levante at home, and both of those teams are better than Alaves.

There are the long-term injuries, a few fresh ones as Frenkie De Jong is out too, but now that Gavi and Nico have prooved themselves to be well Barcelona - class they do not mean that much, in fact Frenkie has been only a shadow of himself lately.

Alaves then?

Two wins in a row, but against relegation candidates, and more worryingly their defense was all over the place away at Cadiz, despite winning. Attacking-wise very little has changed at Alaves, the only threat - albeit a big one - is the big man Joselu upfront who has scored 3 of their 5 goals. As a matter of fact only one of Alaves goals has come from open play, after 10 rounds! They have conceded 13 goals, the xG-data suggests there should be even more.

Alaves have only one injury worry as keeper Pacheco is a doubt.

I am expecting a boost here for Barcelona even if Koeman was rather liked among the fans, there is hope for the best and there will be big support this time for the team.

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是的，教练科曼在从马德里回来的航班上被解雇了，因为他们以0-1输给了升级的巴列卡诺队。

这是否意味着他们的问题都解决了?绝对不是，正如一位分析师所说，科曼并非他们十大担忧之一!然而，他们仍然是世界上最好的球队之一，科曼的离开消除了很多疑虑。巴萨B已经有了一个临时教练，哈维也在路上了，我们有理由再次乐观起来。

最让我惊讶的是科曼到底是怎么决定签下德容并给他上场时间的?

巴塞罗那本赛季表现如何，看看他们最新的西甲成绩:

在巴列卡斯的失利是不应该的，如果Dest没有在0-0的比赛中错过一场，他们可以战胜皇家马德里，他们在主场完全控制了瓦伦西亚和莱万特，这两支球队都比阿拉维斯强。

他们有长期的伤病，还有一些新的伤病，比如德容，但是现在Gavi和Nico已经证明了他们是巴塞罗那级的，他们并没有那么重要，事实上Frenkie最近只是一个影子。

年轻呢?

两连胜，但对手是降级的候选人，更令人担忧的是，尽管他们赢了，他们的防守却在加的斯到处都是。在阿拉维斯，进攻方面几乎没有什么变化，唯一的威胁——尽管是一个很大的威胁——是前锋何塞卢，他为球队进了5个球中的3个。事实上，Alaves只有一个进球来自公开比赛，在10轮之后!他们已经丢了13个球，xg的数据表明他们还应该丢更多。

阿拉维斯只有一个伤病问题，门将帕切科还是个未知数。

尽管科曼在球迷中很受欢迎，但我希望巴塞罗那能在这里取得进步，这一次球队会得到很大的支持。

预测比分4:0。