National team captain Ilkay Gündogan raved about his team’s “incredible comeback” after FC Barcelona’s crazy comeback in the Spanish league.
“But there are still many things that we have to improve,” warned the 32-year-old after the 3:2 (0:1) against Celta Vigo. Barça was 2-0 down until the 81st minute, when former Bayern pros Robert Lewandowksi (81st/85th minute) and João Cancelo (89th) turned the game around with their goals.
“It wasn’t a good game,” admitted coach Xavi Hernández. “These are the kind of games you usually lose. We had to do something epic, show our will to win and show courage.”
Barcelona took over the top of the table in Spain’s top football league, at least until Sunday. The team is one point ahead of Real Madrid, which can take back first place on Sunday.
Barcelona is worried about the injury to midfielder Frenkie de Jong. The 26-year-old Dutchman had to be substituted with an injury in the first half. Investigations subsequently revealed a syndesmosis injury in the right ankle.
The Catalans will miss De Jong for the time being; Barça did not give an exact downtime.