The Barça captain was “hurt” after losing on penalties against Magdeburg in the Champions League semifinals
The Barça follows ruminating the painful defeat that he suffered this Saturday on penalties against his ‘black beast’ Magdeburg (38-38 at the end of extra time) in the Final Four in Cologne that has left in limbo the dream of winning the Champions League for the third consecutive season and eleventh overall in a tournament whose record dominates with great authority.
Captain Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas was hurt by a KO that was forged in the four missed penalties in the shootout, but at the same time proud of the team and his teammates. “In the first part we played a very serious game, but in the second they gave us a 5-1 run (it was 6-1) and Lanxess was activated. We had the opportunity to close the game in the last defence, but they marked us. Later, to row and it could not be. Last year the penalties went well for us and not this time. That’s life and that’s sports”, commented the Toledo.
The goalkeeper assumes that they have already lost three titles against Magdeburgo and explained his impressions of this circumstance. “The rejections after the goal saves that have caught us have been important, because also some have ended in goal. Several of us were caught in the first half and then again in extra time. They are dynamic, ways of playing and players who are in good shape. It is a team that plays very well and that costs us a lot,” he said.
The Magdeburgo returned to take the cat to the water
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“We are disappointed by the elimination and by the manner, of course. It cannot be otherwise. It’s just that everything can’t be rosy. At least I remain calm, because we have given everything from the first minute”, highlighted the youth player with a contract until 2025 despite the fact that Kiel insists on recruiting him to fill the enormous void that the Danish Niklas Landin will leave with his move to Aalborg already for the next season.
“It’s obvious that it hurts, but it hurts me less than if we hadn’t competed to the maximum or if Magdeburgo had been much superior, as happened in the first Super Globe final that they beat us. We have fought and we have given everything we had, but it has not been enough.. This is the sport, I repeat”, concluded a Gonzalo who showed his face and acted as captain as always.