😅 Watched too much TikTok?! Bundesliga captain haunted by own words | OneFootball

Only last week, Gladbach captain Tim Kleindienst had caused plenty of headlines when, after the defeat to promoted side Elversberg, he launched a broadside — against his own teammates. He especially addressed the younger generation when he criticized their lack of focus and added that he had no idea what the reason was: “Watch less TikTok or whatever, I don’t know.”

Those words will come back to haunt him at the latest after his performance today against Freiburg. And one or two sharp tongues will surely ask whether the Foals’ captain maybe also spends too much time on social media — or what else could explain why the Gladbach player seemed to grow more and more frustrated during the match.

That ultimately led to his outing in Breisgau coming to an involuntary end just seven minutes after the break, leaving his team to play 38 minutes plus stoppage time a man down.

Kleindienst was shown a second yellow. And it looks even worse when you remember the first booking: the striker was cautioned for pulling Ginter’s shirt during a scuffle while he was lying on the ground.

In the 52nd minute, he stepped on Lienhart’s foot, received his second yellow card and had to head for an early shower with the Foals trailing 0–2.

After that, his team completely collapsed and in Freiburg conceded not only goals three and four, but number five as well.

That naturally does not go down well — especially not when just a few days earlier you had called out your own teammates and their performances.

First of all, shouldn’t your own performance be right, or what do you think? Did Kleindienst score an own goal with those comparatively harsh words, one that will continue to follow him?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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