THE DUTCH MADE IT 3-0 AGAINST GETAFE CF
Historical! Frenkie de Jong left the controversy behind to score Barça's 11,000th goal
Published:24/02/2024 - 19:16h
Updated:24/02/2024 - 19:22h
Frenkie de Jong has left his mark in the history books of FC Barcelona. The reason? The Dutchman has scored goal number 11,000 in the club's history in a very special context: Barça's overwhelming 4-0 victory over Getafe CF at home
The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Montjuïc has turned into the stage of a historical event for the FC Barcelona. The picture culé lived an afternoon plácida in front of the Getafe CF, imposing in front of the 'azulones' by a conclusive 4-0 and deploying one of his best offensive proposals in what it goes of the season. Besides, it prolonged his series invicta like venue in front of the 'Geta'.
Nevertheless, the Barça and, in concrete, Frenkie of Jong, made history in the feudo Barcelona by another reason. The Dutch, one of the most signalled names in this campaign, no by his sportive level contrasted, but by the rumours that situate it out of the Catalan cast and the criticisms on the impact of his wage in the scale salarial of the club, as well as the 'hermetismo' that has showed around his possible renewal with the Barcelona square.
However, the destination wanted to reward it like the scorer of the goal number 11,000 in the laureada history of the FC Barcelona. The native of Arkel will remain inmortalizado in the books of history of the Catalan picture after converting the 3-0, after making a remarkable incursion to the rival area. It attained to connect with İlkay Gündoğan, the one who to his time sent the balloon to Raphinha. This last, when seeing the exit of the archer David Soria, did a long control in the area and, after surpassing to the goalkeeper, yielded him generously the possession of the balloon to Of Jong, the one who arrived from backwards and finished with the right to convert the iconic annotation.
The goal 11.000 to the història of the Barça, work of Frenkie of Jong 😍 pic.twitter.com/oa0xhhhkiu
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_cat) February 24, 2024
The 'masterclass' of Frenkie of Jong in front of the Getafe Cf
This goal sealed a flawless party of Frenkie of Jong, the one who contested the 90 minutes of the meeting, showing a big deployment and participating actively so much in defence as in attack. It received the ball in 95 occasions and had a percentage of tarpaulin in his passes of 92% (68/74), in addition to making two key passes and an effective dribbling.
FRENKIE PUT TERCERO! Of Jong took advantage of the abysmal exit of the archer and with the arch to his favour, defined for the 3-0 of Barcelona in #LaLigaxESPN.
— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) February 24, 2024
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In spite of having Andreas Christensen like his clear escudero, the exjugador of the Ajax also stood out by his remarkable defensive work, making five clear, an intercepción and four successful entrances. Equally, it won 8 of the 11 terrestrial duels contested and 2 of the 2 aerial duels to which confronted . These registers topped a stellar party of the Dutch, the one who showed once again his wide fan of skills.
In spite of the opinion generalised that it has generated around him, seems to be totally engaged with the cause culé and increasingly near to prolong his stay in the club. As Barcelona, up to now, the midfield player has contested 208 meetings, in which it has converted a total of 16 targets and contributed 21 passes to goal from his arrival to the club in 2019, where still has agreement in force until the year 2026.