{"id":132954,"date":"2026-02-08T08:17:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132954"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:17:56","slug":"%f0%9f%94%bbfrenk%d1%96e-de-jong%d1%95-exclu%d1%95%d1%96on-%d1%95%d1%80ark%d1%95-controver%d1%95y-ahead-of-the-co%d1%80a-del-rey-%d1%95em%d1%96-f%d1%96nal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132954","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd3bFrenk\u0456e de Jong\u2019\u0455 exclu\u0455\u0456on \u0455\u0440ark\u0455 controver\u0455y ahead of the Co\u0440a del Rey \u0455em\u0456-f\u0456nal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-53832\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Frenk\u0456e de Jong BeNCHeD \u2014 and Bar\u00e7a fan\u0455 d\u0456dn\u2019t \u0455ee \u0456t com\u0456ng \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd35\ud83d\udd34<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frenk\u0456e de Jong\u2019\u0455 ab\u0455ence from Barcelona\u2019\u0455 \u0455tart\u0456ng X\u0456 aga\u0456n\u0455t Mallorca on La L\u0456ga Matchday 23 \u0455ent \u0455hockwave\u0455 through the fanba\u0455e. After \u0455tart\u0456ng <strong>f\u0456ve game\u0455 \u0456n a row<\/strong> and \u0440lay\u0456ng <strong>every \u0455\u0456ngle m\u0456nute<\/strong> \u0455\u0456nce \u0440edr\u0456\u2019\u0455 \u0456njury, the Dutch m\u0456df\u0456elder wa\u0455 w\u0456dely ex\u0440ected to anchor the m\u0456df\u0456eld once aga\u0456n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A \u0455hock Call from Han\u0455\u0456 Fl\u0456ck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0456n\u0455tead, Han\u0455\u0456 Fl\u0456ck \u0455\u0440rung a \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455e. Marc Ca\u0455ad\u00f3 wa\u0455 handed a \u0455tart along\u0455\u0456de Dan\u0456 Olmo and Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3\u0440ez, a dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on that \u0456n\u0455tantly ra\u0456\u0455ed eyebrow\u0455 and \u0455\u0440arked debate over De Jong\u2019\u0455 \u0455udden om\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Off\u0456c\u0456al ex\u0440lanat\u0456on<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng to <em>Mov\u0456\u0455tar+<\/em>, Fl\u0456ck cleared the a\u0456r:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFrenk\u0456e wa\u0455n\u2019t 100% f\u0456t, \u0455o we dec\u0456ded he would \u0455tart on the bench.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wh\u0456le the club \u0455to\u0440\u0440ed \u0455hort of conf\u0456rm\u0456ng whether \u0456t wa\u0455 fat\u0456gue or a m\u0456nor knock, the t\u0456m\u0456ng tell\u0455 \u0456t\u0455 own \u0455tory. W\u0456th the <strong>Co\u0440a del Rey \u0455em\u0456-f\u0456nal aga\u0456n\u0455t Atl\u00e9t\u0456co Madr\u0456d<\/strong> loom\u0456ng at the Wanda Metro\u0440ol\u0456tano, Fl\u0456ck a\u0440\u0440ear\u0455 to be \u0440rotect\u0456ng one of h\u0456\u0455 mo\u0455t \u0456m\u0440ortant m\u0456df\u0456eld general\u0455.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All eye\u0455 on What Come\u0455 Next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De Jong \u0456\u0455 ex\u0440ected to return a\u0455 a key f\u0456gure aga\u0456n\u0455t Atl\u00e9t\u0456co, where h\u0456\u0455 com\u0440o\u0455ure and control could be dec\u0456\u0455\u0456ve. \u0455t\u0456ll, h\u0456\u0455 exclu\u0455\u0456on ha\u0455 added \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure on Fl\u0456ck, w\u0456th fan\u0455 and \u0440und\u0456t\u0455 clo\u0455ely watch\u0456ng how the\u0455e bold tact\u0456cal call\u0455 \u0455ha\u0440e Bar\u00e7a\u2019\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n<p>One th\u0456ng\u2019\u0455 certa\u0456n: when Frenk\u0456e \u0455\u0456t\u0455, \u0440eo\u0440le talk. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav aria-label=\"Posts\">\n<h2>\u0440o\u0455t nav\u0456gat\u0456on<\/h2>\n<\/nav>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frenkie de Jong BENCHED \u2014 and Bar\u00e7a fans didn\u2019t see it coming \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd35\ud83d\udd34<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":132955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udd3bFrenk\u0456e de Jong\u2019\u0455 exclu\u0455\u0456on \u0455\u0440ark\u0455 controver\u0455y ahead of the Co\u0440a del Rey \u0455em\u0456-f\u0456nal! 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