Memphis Depay’s performance against Bayern Munich (3-0 loss) has not gone unnoticed. The Barcelona attacker, who failed to qualify with his team for the first time in 21 years due to the knockout phase of the Champions League on Wednesday evening, received considerable criticism from the club afterwards. DAZNreporter Sandro Wagner. The German notes that Depay “shows more on Instagram than on the football field”.
In the Spanish media, the damage was limited for Depay. Where teammates Frenkie de Jong and Marc-André ter Stegen were dragged through the mud, marca his condolences to the attacker. “He barely had balls. He was locked up alone. Powerless. Desperate.” Depay played the entire game, but was unable to convince. Barcelona started in a 4-3-3 formation, with Sergiño Dest, Depay and Ousmane Dembélé as attackers. Depay grabbed his hamstring in injury time, but was eventually able to continue the game.
Depay sent 44 passes against Bayern and only managed to win 27 percent of his duels against the German record champion. “That is far too little if you want to be the number one striker at Barca,” Wagner said critically. “A duel percentage of 27 percent is a monstrosity. Depay is currently stronger on Instagram than on the field.” The body language of the 27-year-old Dutchman is also not appealing to Wagner. “You can do something about that attitude, that negative, that waving and aiming like you’re really, really cool. I don’t like that about him.”
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Depay’s counter currently stands at 8 goals and two assists in 21 competitive games in the Barcelona shirt. He did not find the net in any of the six Champions League matches. On Monday, December 13, Barcelona will be told who will face it in the knockout phase of the Europa League, when the draw is made. “We want to build a strong team again and play at a level where we belong and that is not the Europa League, which we now have to play in. We want more. Winning the Europa League is now the goal,” he said. Xavi know after the breakdown against Bayern.