Frenkie de Jong, not so long ago, was little less than the antichrist in the offices of Barcelona. For charging a lot, although the contract was signed with great pleasure by former president Bartomeu in full monetary delirium. For not wanting to go to Manchester United, without it seeming to matter too much losing a footballer of his quality. «If there is Ten Hag, then let him go with him. Let’s see if he wakes up »said a blaugrana executive without shame. But De Jong, whom many have dared to judge for wearing a candid smile and for being in love with Barcelona and Barcelona, is the one who really rules the team’s midfield. As he likes to say, he doesn’t need to yell. He but play. And show that, right now, there is no one like him. Nor in Europe.
Football is understood much better when one revels in the apparently innocuous episodes. It was the fifth minute of addition of the ten decreed by the referee, when the grotesque mixes with the unbearable. Barcelona, which tried to defend the 1-2 with the suffering of those who find themselves unable to loosen the rope, did not stop throwing balls. Xavi was in such a hurry that he had already made use of both Cancelo – that he will play inside in attack, just as Guardiola devised – and João Félix despite having only trained on his legs. In these, Frenkie de Jong began to wave his hands. Highly strung. Sick of his teammates not wanting to understand that there would be no other way than the balldespised for long stretches in El Sadar.
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But De Jong had already done the job. In the first half, he brought order to chaos. And in the second, when Osasuna made more holes in Barça’s pressure and after Chimy Ávila broke Ter Stegen’s opposition, the Dutchman enabled Lewandowski to take the winning penalty out of nowhere.
A few days ago, De Jong spoke with this journalist about his future paternity while He was excited about a full life at Barça. She was at peace. But her eyes also wore that sparkle of someone who, now, has intuited what happiness consists of. There is nothing more to see.
2023-09-03 21:40:14
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