Gundogan throws an arrow at Xavi and his season in Barcelona: “It was chaotic.”

barcelona club player, Ilkay Gundogan, It is focused on Germany with the host team celebrating Euro 2024. The Germans are doing a good job with their country. They had a good group stage, opening the competition with a 5-1 win over Scotland, then beating Hungary 2-0 and getting a draw with Switzerland. The hosts They have already reached the quarter-finals After beating Denmark 2-0 last Saturday in the round of 16.

The German has been known to mince his words when making his statements. This happened to his teammate Araujo after the decisive sending off in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain, the same match that eliminated them from the competition. Previously, he had been in a similar situation when he gave his opinion on Vinicius’s whistles before the Clasico. And on this occasion, he was no less so. Ahead of the round of 16 match, Gundogan gave an interview with The athlete (The Times) evaluated his team’s performance, but it also revealed How did he feel during this season at FC Barcelona?

“With Barcelona I played everywhere they needed me, So it was a bit messy, The player explained that, apart from the seven years he spent at City under Guardiola or the fame he enjoys in the national team, his situation at Barcelona was completely different, with many changes in position.

“I had to constantly adapt. Sometimes, playing well also means knowing what position you are playing in and who is playing around you and being comfortable with that. “In the national team, I feel very comfortable on the field He added in a comparison between his playing style in one team and another.

October 2023. The Clásico is just around the corner in Barcelona. The first meeting between Barcelona and Real Madrid this season, in a hostile atmosphere due to the “Negreira affair”, Mikel Camps’ comment on Vinicius and Florentino Pérez’s refusal to attend the Clásico. To make matters worse, all the controversy surrounding Vinicius’s personality, his whistles and racist insults, was the reason for the speech in the preview of a player of Turkish origin. Although the Brazilian’s actions were not provocations for him, he “already knows that if he does those things he will be whistled, but Maybe he likes to be whistled at…

April 2024. FC Barcelona practically did their homework after the great performance they put on at the Parque de los Princes. The 1-2 score relaxed PSG, who after a penalty kick that Mbappé did not miss gave the Parisian club the win and left Barça without the Champions League. Araujo’s sending off was decisive in the development of the match, which Gundogan did not hesitate to criticize in the mixed zone, which created tension in the dressing room: “It’s difficult to say… but in these decisive moments”. You have to be sure if you go for the ball. I don’t know if he touched the ball or not… I would rather concede a goal or even allow an individual shot. “I don’t know if it reached the ball or not, but give the goalkeeper the opportunity to stop it, or even give him the goal.”