Good evening, everyone, culers! Today's brings you a season review of the guardian saint of Spotify Camp Nou Stadium Ter Stegen. The Red and Blue goalkeeper has played a key role this season, so let's take a look!
Barça can win La Liga this season, in addition to the firepower output on the front line, the play of the back line is also crucial.
This season, the Red and Blue have scored 70 goals while keeping their number conceded to 20. The record is 13 fewer than Atletico Madrid, who have conceded the second fewest goals in La Liga this season.
There's no doubt about Ter Stegen's role in the backline, with 24 saves coming at a crucial 0-0 scoreline, a testament to his defensive ability as a goalkeeper and having a big heart!
Of course, as a goalkeeper of Barca, you need not only to defend, but also to participate in the team's organizational attack, and the accuracy of passing is very high.
Ter Stegen has only failed to reach his teammates on nine of his 749 passes.
When the ball comes to his feet, Ter Stegen uses his game-reading skills to examine the situation on the pitch.
In the ball stage, ter Stegen generally takes two approaches to different situations: mid-range and long-range.
Mid-range shots are suitable when the opponent's front line comes to pressure Barca's defence high.
In this case, ter Stegen will judge the opposing opposition's oppression and accurately find the players who are not pressed in the back line and play the ball, keeping the ball firmly at Barca's feet.
And when the opponent wants to block all of Barca's backcourt points, Barca's backfield will pile up more opposing players, which also means that the opponent will arrange fewer people in their own backfield.
At this point, Ter Stegen directly found Barca's strikers through his precise long-range long pass, which can quickly form a situation of playing more and playing less.
"If it weren't for my foot technique, I wouldn't be at Barca." Ter Stegen told reporters in an interview in 2019.
Compared to other teams' traditional goalkeepers, excellent goalline skills and calm defensive command are enough to keep them in position, but this is only the basis for becoming a Barça goalkeeper.
Ter Stegen not only has excellent defensive ability and clear defensive command, but also has the ability to play at the feet of a midfielder.
There is no doubt that ter Stegen is the perfect goalkeeper for Barca. In this championship-winning season, he played no less role than anyone on the team.
It can even be said that ter Stegen is the biggest contributor to Barça's victory! Thank you for everything you do for the team!