Ilkay Gündogan debuted yesterday in a classic. He did it with a great goal that allowed Barça to dream of victory. But Real Madrid's comeback in the second half thanks to Bellingham's goals ruined the German's hopes of toasting victory. After the game, still frustrated, he was dissatisfied with the attitude of his teammates in the locker room, who he said “have to express more emotions when you lose or when you know you can play better.”
The German wanted to be "honest but without going overboard" to questions from a television with international rights at the conclusion of the match, "because I don't want to say the wrong thing," but he came out with a very harsh speech that has rarely been heard in the club's locker room. Barça.
"I come from the locker room and obviously people are disappointed after such a big, important game and such an unthinkable result." But the reaction from the locker room did not seem enough. "I would like to see more anger, more disappointment," she said, adding that "this is part of the problem." And he explained: "They have to express more emotions when you lose and when you know you can play better." He maintains that "we have to do better in certain situations and we don't react."
That disappointment "then transfers to the field. You have to take a step forward in this aspect because if not Real Madrid and Girona are even going to escape." And he adds without hesitation: "I didn't come here to lose these types of games or allow these gaps to open. I also have a responsibility as a veteran player to not allow these things to happen to the team. We need to endure more."
