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Ronald Araujo offered a disgruntled response to Ilkay Gundogan\u2019s decision to call him out for his red card in Barcelona\u2019s 4-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Barcelona had a two-goal lead on aggregate when Araujo earned himself an early red card, after which PSG quickly ran away with proceedings. Gundogan did not mince his words after the game as he\u00a0publicly questioned Araujo\u2019s thinking\u00a0\u2013 accusing the Uruguay international of \u201ckilling\u201d the tie for the Catalan giants.<\/p>\n
Gundogan\u2019s brutal words caught many by surprise and Araujo appeared frustrated when given the chance to respond on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI prefer to keep what I think to myself,\u201d Araujo told the media. \u201cI have codes and values \u200b\u200bthat must be respected.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked whether he felt Gundogan had gone against his codes and values, Araujo bluntly added: \u201cI have already answered that question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t feel responsible,\u201d Araujo said of\u00a0Barcelona\u2019s defeat. \u201cIt conditions the game, especially when your team is left with ten. But there are many things in the context of the game besides that expulsion.<\/p>\n
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Gundogan issued a brutal message to Araujo \/ Pedro Salado\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am really grateful to the fans who shouted my name when they sent me off. The fans has always really supported me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before Araujo was given the chance to respond, Barcelona teammates Jules Kounde and Sergi Roberto issued messages which have been interpreted as criticism of Gundogan\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe win as a team and we also lose as a team, always,\u201d Kounde wrote, before Roberto added: \u201cNow more united than ever, here we all win and lose together.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is not the first time this season that Gundogan has found himself in hot water over his interviews. After losing to rivals Real Madrid in El Clasico earlier this season, the veteran midfielder\u00a0called out the dressing room\u2019s response\u00a0to losing such a big game, leading to reports of a frosty atmosphere behind the scenes.<\/p>\n
Ronald Araujo offered a disgruntled response to Ilkay Gundogan\u2019s decision to call him out for his red card in Barcelona\u2019s 4-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. Barcelona had a two-goal lead on aggregate when Araujo earned himself an early red card, after which PSG quickly ran away with proceedings. Gundogan did not mince his words after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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