FC Barcelona: Xavi supports Gündoğan’s criticism of teammates

After the Clásico defeat

“Especially after such an important game and this result, I would have liked more frustration, more anger, more disappointment,” criticized İlkay Gündoğan after his first Clásico, which FC Barcelona lost 2-1 to Real Madrid late on. His coach

“We all agree with what he says, we talked about it in the dressing room and that’s it, we didn’t give it any further meaning,” the former world-class midfielder said of Gündoğan’s words at the matchday press conference. “We all think the same thing, we are at Barça and no one has to tell us what is required here. Demands, Excellence. There was no controversy in the locker room, he wanted to make it clear and that was it. There’s nothing more to say about that.”

Gündoğan had demanded more emotion from the team he joined immediately after winning the treble with Manchester City last summer. He didn’t come to Barcelona to lose games like that. Xavi compared the playmaker’s statement with Thomas Müller’s (34) words after Bayern’s cup defeat against third division team Saarbrücken: “He expressed his anger, that’s all. Everyone does it in their own way. This is a cultural matter. Recently, Müller, the Bayern captain, also expressed criticism. This is completely normal. We are all angry, I can assure you. There is no more debate, that’s it.”

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