Marc-André Ter Stegen, FC Barcelona goalkeeper, broke his best unbeaten record with the Barça team, after again keeping a clean sheet in the win (0-1) this Saturday against Mallorca, in the Visit Mallorca Estadi, setting his new record in LaLiga in 539 minutes, 39 more than his previous mark.
Ter Stegen, who was providential to close the victory of those from Xavi Hernández, especially with the save he made a minute later 27 to Jaume Costa’s shot, has not conceded a goal in the Santander League since matchday two, when Alexander Isak scored in the 6th minute, in the 1-4 win against Real Sociedad.
Until this Saturday, the best streak of the German goalkeeper went back to the course 2019/2020, when he added between the days 27 and 31 five consecutive games without receiving a So much the same as now.
“Marc is in an exceptional moment, a stellar moment. Marking differences. And also Robert (Lewandowski) has made a difference”, considered Xavi at a press conference after the victory in Mallorca. The Polish striker was the author of the only goal of the match, with a great individual action and already has eight goals in the first seven days.
The Ter Stegen’s record
The improvement in Ter Stegen’s performance, compared to recent courses, is evident. It has been accompanied by an increase in the solidity of the Barça defense with the signings of Jules Koundé (injured in the national team break) and Andreas Christensen for the central positions.
Barça has managed to finish without conceding a goal in six of the first seven games of the domestic competition. Rayo Vallecano, Valladolid, Seville, Cádiz, Elche and Mallorca were not able to overcome the wall of Xavi Hernández’s team.
Thus, at this point, he has already managed to keep a clean sheet in more than half the number of games that he achieved in the entire last League, when he only finished without conceding in 11 of the 38 sessions. But Isak’s goal does not allow Ter Stegen to match the best streak without conceding goals from a goalkeeper at the start of the League in Spanish professional football.
Precisely, another Barça goalkeeper has it, the Chilean Claudio Bravo, who did not receive any goal in the first eight days of the competition in the season 2014/2019. Curiously, this Saturday José Antonio Caro, the goalkeeper of Burgos, from the Second Division, matched it. major European leagues in the current season. Clean sheets in other leagues
In the Premier League, Manchester City Pep Guardiola has conceded six goals in seven games; in Serie A, Atalanta have received three in seven; in the Bundesliga, Union Berlin, Freiburg and Bayern Munich have collected the ball from their goal six times, each, in eight games; and in Ligue 1, Paris Saint-German and Olympique de Marseille have done so five times in nine games.
Instead, Ter Stegen has conceded three goals in the first two games of the Champions League group stage, two against Bayern Munich (2-0) and one against Viktoria Pilsen (5-1). Finding defensive solidity also in Europe will be essential for Barça if it wants to take a vital win from Giusseppe Meazza this Tuesday, against Inter Milan.
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