Barcelona lost the ‘Clásico’ against Real Madrid (1-2) in an unusual way, after a comeback where Jude Bellingham was the protagonist with a goal in the final stretch of the game. This situation has not gone down well at all in the Barça store and Ilkay Gundogan He is the first player to come forward to acknowledge that it was not one of his best games and, in addition, he condemned the reaction of the locker room, who were not as upset as the German, who did not react in the best way.
“I want to be honest, but without going overboard. I don’t want to say the wrong thing, to be honest, but I was in the locker room and obviously people are upset, but after such an important game and such an unfair result I would like to see more frustration, anger and disappointment. And this is part of the problem.”stated Gündogan forcefully.
“I didn’t come here to lose these types of games or allow these gaps to open. I also have a responsibility as a veteran player to not allow the team to let these things happen. “We need resistance”added the German National Team footballer.
For Gündogan there is no easy game and this is evident in his opinion about what could happen in the next classics of the season. With obvious disagreement, the midfielder criticized his teammates for his reaction after losing a key match.
“More emotions have to come out when you lose, when you know you can play better and do better in certain situations, and you don’t react. This is then transferred to the field. We have to take a very big step in that aspect because if not, Real Madrid and even Girona are going to escape.”he mentioned.
What’s coming for Barcelona?
Barcelona will play again next week when it visits Real Sociedad for the twelfth matchday of LaLiga 2023-24. This match is scheduled for Saturday, November 4 from 3:00 pm, it will be played at the Reale Arena and will be broadcast throughout Latin America on the DSports and DGO signals.
Because the ‘azulgranas’ are in the fight for the lead in the Spanish football standings, they are forced to add three at a time to not lose ground at this stage of the season. Let us remember that the last time both teams met was on matchday 35 of last season, with the Basques winning 1-2 with goals from Mikel Merino and Alexander Sørloth; Robert Lewandowski scored the discount for the culés.
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