Okay, yes, it wasn’t February 2007, far from it, but the words of criticism from Gündogan towards his companions, few or many (some have gone so far as to say that they were even against the self-complacency of Xavi Hernandez), have caused, immediately, the locker room machinery, especially, without a doubt, the calls to journalists to make light of the matter, have ended up having an effect, although that does not mean that, within the Joan Gamper’s catacombspeace be total.
I’m talking about February 2007 because that was when Let’s go accused his coach, Frank Rijkaard, from being “a bad person” to Rijkaard! for having publicly announced his refusal to play, criticized his teammate Ronaldinhowho had advised him to think more about the group than his own benefit and even said that in the club “There is a war between sides, either you are with Joan Laporta or you are with Sandro Rosell”.
Lack of attitude? never!
Let’s not be naive and, above all, let’s not be taken for fools. What Gündogan said was very harsh. And, above all, it was a consequence of something he doesn’t like. Nobody knows what the German saw and heard when he got out of the shower after losing to Real Madrid in the classic. But, perhaps, he had already seen for some time that what when he saw his teammates too happy after pyrrhically winning some of the games that Barça had won by fluke.
It is possible that there was also a certain tiredness in Gündogan’s words, given the enormous responsibility he has for the many injuries that the team has suffered. And even, who knows, he may have seen that there were delays when it came to returning to contribute to improving the difficult situation that the locker room is going through. It does not seem, no, that the German wanted to point out the young people, who are, in reality, the ones who are giving their all without having to be the ones to take the ship forward.
“Gündogan expressed the anger he had inside. It is a cultural issue. We were all angry. The issue was settled. There is no debate”
Coach of FCBarcelona
But let’s not fool ourselves, what Gündogan said did not come close to Etoo’s crack, which did not leave a headless puppet, but it did call into question the behavior of the locker room in a situation of excessive complacency and, the truth is, it does not seem to me that, As Xavi has tried to convince us, it is “a cultural issue.” Gündogan, the captain of Manchester City’s treble, a true leader of the German team Germany! and a player with hundreds of matches behind him does not just talk.
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Another thing is that the mission of those who inhabit and direct the locker room is to immediately downplay the issue, to say that the German has already explained himself, that everything is clarified and, as Xavi has commented, that we all agree with Gündogan. Be careful, because if everyone agrees with what Gündogan said, then Xavi, the technical staff and the squad have a problem. And serious.
Hence the bluntness and certain anger with which Xavi closed today’s press conference, when asked by my friend Ricardo Rosety, show that Gündogan hit the right button, the red button that Xavi doesn’t want to press, just in case. “We were all angry. Issue settled. There is no debate”, was the sentence of the operation ‘save soldier Gündogan’.
2023-11-03 12:06:12
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