2023-10-29 11:42:29
Gundogan was the author of Barcelona’s goal (Archyde.com)
This Saturday Barcelona fell to Real Madrid 2-1 in the Spanish League and lost ground in the standings. Despite having started ahead on the scoreboard, the Catalan team might not maintain the advantage and in added time saw the white team take the victory thanks to an infallible Jude Bellingham. Once the meeting was over, in dialogue with the press, İlkay Gündogan took advantage of the microphones to give a strong message to his teammates.
The German midfielder, scorer of the Blaugrana team’s goal, was very upset with the attitude of several of his teammates following the defeat. According to what he said, when he arrived at the locker room he did not see the level of discomfort that, in his opinion, there should be in a team that loses a classic at the end of the game. “I have to be honest, not as much as I would like. I don’t want to say anything wrong to be honest, but I was in the locker room and people were obviously disappointed, but following such an important game and such an unfair result I expected more frustration, more anger and more disappointment in the locker room. And that is the problem,” he shot.
Accustomed to winning titles at Manchester City, Gündogan exposed with his opinion the mentality problem that seems to lie in Xavi Hernández’s team: “There should simply be more emotions when you lose, when you can perform better, do better in certain situations and you don’t react. That transfers to the field at the end of the day. We need to take a big step forward or else Real Madrid or even Girona are going to escape in the table.”
In this sense, he was very sincere when analyzing his objectives at Barcelona: “I didn’t come here to lose these types of games or to let the distance grow. “There is some responsibility on my own part, being an experienced player, to not allow the squad to let things go.”
For his part, the team’s coach, Xavi Hernández, also spoke at a press conference: “It’s a shame, because we have started well. The key to the game is effectiveness. It is an unfortunate match for us. I think Madrid’s victory today is unfair. They are much more effective than us, that is the big difference. We have played well but it is football, when you are not effective. Effectiveness is what makes the difference.” And he insisted: “I think we deserved much more. It is obviously not a satisfaction, but we have to continue. “We have taken a step forward in the game.”
The Catalan team, champion of the last League, is third in the table with 24 points, four below Girona and Real Madrid, with the risk of being surpassed by Atlético de Madrid, which has 22 points and two games less. The test once morest the merengue team was undoubtedly vital to show that they might put up a fight, but the fall seems to have exposed all the shortcomings of a team that will have to recover on Saturday away from home once morest Real Sociedad.
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