«I am disappointed, very disappointed. He was in our hands and we have given him to PSG. We have given it to them in the easiest way. Ilkay Gündogan did not bite his tongue on Tuesday night after Barça’s debacle in Montjuic. PSG beat the Catalans and knocked them out of the Champions League in the quarterfinals. The German’s anger is understandable considering that his team took the lead on the scoreboard and already had an advantage due to their victory (2-3) in Paris. But Europe is Europe, and the Champions League is the Champions League. A childish mistake by Araujo ended with the Uruguayan sent off in the 30th minute and the course of the tie changed. Barça collapsed and PSG were unstoppable.
Gündogan did not hesitate to point out his teammate Araujo. The Uruguayan was sent off for stopping an obvious scoring opportunity by knocking down Barcala in the race. He reproached him for making the foul, given the score, knowing that it was an expulsion by regulation. “I prefer to concede a goal or even allow a one-on-one,” he assured the CBS Sports microphones as soon as the match concluded.
The midfielder, who arrived in Barcelona in the summer after winning a treble at Manchester City, insisted on his arguments: “It’s hard to say… But in these crucial moments you have to be sure if you’re going for the ball. I don’t know if he touches the ball or not… I don’t know if Cubarsí arrived or not, but you have to give the goalkeeper the opportunity to stop it, or even give them the goal.
For Gündogan “being one less so soon kills you in the game.” And what happened on Tuesday proved him right. Barça suffered but seemed to have the match under control. But with ten, PSG were unstoppable. The goals fell like hotcakes. One after the other, until Mbappé scored the fourth and final goal just before the end.
The German also claimed a possible penalty that was given to him in the second half. The referee and the VAR did not see anything punishable because they understood that the player tripped over his own supporting leg.
Gündogan’s cracks at Can Barça are beginning to be a constant. When Real Madrid won in Montjuic in the league classic in October, the German put the focus of attention on the attitude of his teammates: «I would like to see more anger and disappointment. And this is part of the problem.
2024-04-17 12:28:12
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