Marc-André ter Stegen has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. After conceding a goal from the half line during the Super Cup against Athletic Bilbao, he was the victim of Florenzi’s long range goal from around 60 metres. So what is actually going wrong? Is it his fault or the result of the team tactics?
During the course of the 2013-14 season, a young German keeper from Borussia Mönchengladbach was being constantly linked to Barca. Ter Stegen was being hailed as the successor to the legendary Victor Valdes. It was reported that he had started taking Spanish lessons and a transfer was imminent. However Valdes renewed his contract for another year and the talks broke down.
Ter Stegen is very much the modern day goalie. Playing as a sweeper keeper, he initiates attacks from the back and is not afraid to charge down the pitch to intercept any danger and nip it in the bud. Who can forget the double save against Bayern in the semi finals or the penalty he saved against Aguero? He was as much important for Barcelona as any other player and its natural for people to have high hopes for the young German going into this campaign.
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Whatever be the reasons for those goals, it is expected Luis Enrique and his team will study and sort it out. Still, ter Stegen has to be more commanding at the back and keep up his exceptional ball distribution.
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