THE GERMAN 'SPOKE' THROUGH HIS SOCIAL NETWORKS
Ilkay Gündogan, proud of Barça's attitude in the victory against Naples
Published:13/03/2024 - 14:37h
Updated:13/03/2024 - 14:38h
The always critical İlkay Gündoğan on this occasion raised his voice to demonstrate his pride in the performance that FC Barcelona had against Naples, where finally the culé team took a necessary step forward that was requested of them against an important rival
İlkay Gündoğan Went back to be important in a party for the FC Barcelona. The one of Gelsenkirchen, in spite of appearing in the image of the first and only annotation of the Naples, since it arrived late to the coverage on Amir Rrahmani, had a quite good party in front of the 'Partenopeos', especially when Xavi Hernández, with the entry of Sergi Roberto and Oriol Romeu, gave him loose rein to arrive with greater freedom to offensive positions. This allowed him, between other things, give the key pass in the 3-1 annotated by Robert Lewandowski, which finished for giving tranquility to the picture culé.
After the clash between Catalans and napolitanos, the German took advantage of his social networks (@ilkayguendogan) to show his joy by the victory obtained and the pass to the quarter-finals that keeps them in the fight for heaving the 'Orejona'. In his message, expressed: "Proud of the boys. Well deserved over 180 minutes" ("Proud of the boys. Deserved after 180 minutes"). Besides, it added: "UCL quarter finals here we go" ("Quarter-finals of the Champions here go").
Proud of the boys 💪🏼💙❤️ Well deserved over 180 minutes - UCL quarter finals here we go 🔥 #ViscaBarça pic.twitter.com/mflcenqjex
— Ilkay Gündogan (@IlkayGuendogan) March 12, 2024
Gündogan, of the constructive criticism to the motivating message
This message, totally motivating, reflects the paper of Gündoğan like one of the veteran voices in the changing room and stands out the change of dynamics that can be occurring in an appearance in which the German player always has been emphatic: the mental. It is worthwhile to remember that the exjugador of the Borussia Dortmund came to play in the Manchester City, a combined avasallador with which won the 'Triplete', exerting a paper. Therefore, in a lot of occasions in which the FC Barcelona could not take a step forward, the '22' was quite critical with the situation.
In fact, in the crossing happened against the Athletic Club (0-0), that up to now appeared like the last crucial clash against a rival of high level and the Barcelona cast could not take advantage of the opportunity to shorten distances with his competitors, Gündoğan did not hide his frustration: "it would like Me that we could show more personality in this type of parties. That it saw that we are prepared. Because this felt like a big party and is quite disappointing to leave escape two points". This adds to, for example, the desazón that also expressed in his moment by the defeat in the Classical against the Real Madrid (1-2).
Precisely, İlkay Gündoğan joined to the club of the City Condal to star victories in this type of parties, where requires appeal to the hierarchy and obtain good results to keep in the fight in the big competitions. The FC Barcelona showed in front of the Naples a remarkable dose of character, managing the party of excellent way, showing forcefulness in the attack and handling the advantage with a maximum defensive concentration. These are key elements so that today the Barça can say that it will go back to contest some quarter-finals of the Champions after four years without reaching this stage in this prestigious contest.
