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German football is dressed in mourning for the tragic death of Jordi Bongard, a young promising sub-20 of Borussia Monchengladbach. The defender, aged 23 years old, lost his life on Wednesday night, in a traffic accident.
“Our most sincere condolences to the family and friends at this difficult time. Jordi will always be in our hearts and thoughts!”, published the Bundesliga team on their social networks, with a black and white photo of Bongard.
Borussia mourns the death of Jordi Bongard. Our player from the sub-23 has died tonight in a traffic accident. Our most sincere condolences to family and friends at this difficult time.
Jordi will always be in our hearts and thoughts! 💚 pic.twitter.com/AR8AVSnjai
– Borussia (@borussia_es) February 24 , 2022
Roland Virkus, sporting director of Mönchengladbach, stated on the club’s website: “We received this terrible news this morning (Thursday), and we are stunned. Our deepest condolences and our thoughts are with Jordi’s family”.
Real Madrid, for its part, expressed its condolences and affection to his family and loved ones, his club and his hobby. “Real Madrid, its president and its Board of Directors deeply regret the death of Jordi Bongard, a player from the Borussia Moenchengladbach academy,” the white team said.
Real Madrid CF, its president and its Board of Directors deeply regret the death of Jordi Bongard, a player from the @borussia youth academy.
Real Madrid would like to express its condolences and affection to his family and loved ones, his club and his fans. DEP
— Real Madrid CF (@realmadrid) February 24, 2022
Jordi Bongard was one of the maximum promises of Gladbach. He had been part of this institution since 2013, and had a professional contract since July 2021. In fact, he represented the German team in the European sub-17 of 2018, which was developed in the Netherlands.
To comply with the mourning, this Thursday the training of the professionals and the sub-20 of Borussia Moenchengladbach, as well as the press conference for the Bundesliga match against VfL Wolfsburg.
This team is ranked number 13 in the Bundesliga with 26 points, product of 7 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses; with 24 goals for and 46 against. Bayern Munich leads the championship with 55 units, followed by Borussia Dortmund (49) and Bayer Leverkusen (41).
