Gumbau: “You don’t know what it’s like to play against Gavi… it’s very frustrating, it excites you”

Granada midfielder Gumbau said on Monday that playing against Gavi “is very frustrating.” The former Barcelona player spoke poignantly about the match against the Catalans that ended 2-2 in Nuevo Los Cármenes.

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In statements to “Jijantes”, Gumbau referred to the fact that he was facing the young Spain international. “You don’t know what it’s like to play against Gavi. It’s very frustrating. He is a hyperactive player, he has the competitive gene and the spirit that warms you up when you spin a thousand revolutions,” he said.

Regarding the goal that Joao Félix disallowed at the end of the match, Gumbau was pleased that he did not get on the scoreboard: “Joao Félix’s goal was rightly disallowed for me. Ferran has the least influence, but he does have influence. I would be very angry if that goal was annulled, I think so, but for me it is well nullified. The referees told us at the start of the season that if there was any interference and action was taken to contest the ball, no matter how much doubt there was, they would blow the whistle.”

Speaking about the match, Gumbau said: “Barça gave me the feeling yesterday that they were not comfortable behind the scoreboard and that we were behind.”

“You have to be very precise and maybe they were a bit tired from the Champions League match recently. When you face teams like Barça you have to consider stopping the game as much as possible, crashing it and making sure they don’t doing.” feel comfortable… Playing a game with high pressure and getting it going well in the 17th second is satisfying,” he added.

“The game plan was the same if we had started behind on the scoreboard. A 0-1 didn’t seem bad at all to us because they can relax and in the end you can draw in a game moment or in an isolated game,” he concluded.