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More than an elimination. On Wednesday evening, FC Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League during the quarter-final return against PSG at the end of a historic comeback by the French club. Never has a French team managed to recover the score in C1 after a home defeat in the first leg. In addition to the defeat, Ilkay Gündogan’s public criticism of Ronald Araujo after the match did not reach the locker room. For most players, dirty laundry is washed at home and not in the media.
“I prefer to keep what I think to myself. I have codes and values that must be respected”, reacted a few hours later the Uruguayan defender. The fire started and divided some members of the team. However, we must be able to move forward with peace of mind because the Clasico against Real Madrid begins on Sunday. Yesterday, Ilkay Gündogan spoke on ESPN to calm things down with another boss in the locker room. “There are sometimes situations where things need to be clarified. The intention of every person in this club is very sincere”admitted the German before concluding.
Gündogan and Araujo explained themselves
“We are looking to the future. I think that’s how the most successful teams develop and improve, by communicating, looking each other in the eye and speaking for everyone’s benefit.” In reality, almost the entire locker room has spoken out over the past two days, as if it was absolutely necessary to increase the number of firewalls. “Talking always solves the problem before it gets worse”for example, blurted out Marc-André ter Stegen, when Sergi Roberto completely closed the incident. “There will always be noise and more in a club like this, but Gündogan did not do it to criticize anyone”.
For his part, Jules Koundé still admitted that it was necessary to go through a small discussion between the two main protagonists to defuse the situation. “We talked about it among ourselves, which is always the most important thing and the matter is closedsays the Frenchman DAZN this Friday. Ilkay didn’t mean any harm and I think Ronald understood that after talking about it.”. Now the focus is on Real Madrid. “The matter is closed, we will all pull in the same direction, as we have always done this year, in defeats as well as in victories”.
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