It came when Víctror Valdés left, the number 1 on the list, and had a fierce competition with Claudio Bravo
Since the departure of the Chilean, the one from Mönchengldbach has been indisputable; his average is below (0.99) the goal conceded per game
By Barça’s goal great goalkeepers have passed throughout the 123 years of the club’s existence. And like who doesn’t want the thing, Marc-André Ter Stegen has made a gap between them. The German added Salvador Sadurní to the Champions League this Wednesday and already has 332 games defending the clubs of the team he joined nine seasons ago after the departure of Víctor Valdés, number 1 on the list. The one from Mönchengladbach is already the fourth with the most matches. Path of history with a firm step.
The record also comes at one of his best sports moments, after two irregular seasons in which a series of circumstances came together that prevented him from performing at the highest level. The problems in the patellar tendon of the right knee, which forced him to go through the operating room twiceand the fact of chaining summer after summer without resting were turning off his light, but after a restorative vacation -he made the right decision not to play the UEFA Nations League with the German team- he shines again with his own light.
SAVIOR
This campaign has recovered the angel. Two goals conceded in five games -only Aleksander Isak has scored him with Real Sociedad and the Czech from Viktoria Plzen, Sykora-, three games unbeaten -Rayo, Valladolid and Seville-, and above all, 12 saves, some of them very meritorious and that have allowed the team to stay alive. Without going any further, his former teammate Ivan Rakitic and En-Nesyri at the Sánchez Pizjuán. With better campaigns and others worse, but the truth is that Ter Stegen maintains a lower average of the goal conceded per game. He has played 332 with Barça and has received 331, so he is at 0.99. Most importantly, you have regained the sense of security and reliability that you had lost.
At 30 years old, He is an experienced goalkeeper but with a future ahead of him. He has a contract until 2025, so if he maintains this progression, he could surpass the third on the all-time list, the mythical Antoni Ramallets., who defended the posts in 387 games between 1947 and 1962. He could also reach (he is 78 games away, approximately two seasons) Andoni Zubizarreta, precisely who signed him when he was technical director of the club. He came along with Claudio Bravo to replace Víctor Valdés -a priori unattainable with 535 matches- and with the Chilean he maintained a fierce competition from which he came out the winner. Only one could stay and this was the German