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Marc-André ter Stegen is not a starter in the German national team of Joachim Löw, still chained to the memory of Manuel Neuer . Individual recognitions, more than justified in a position in which loneliness is norm and condemnation, are also elusive for now. The Brazilian Alisson Becker won the last The Best and is the big favorite to take this Monday the so-called Lev Yashin award from France Football magazine for the best goalkeeper of the year. Account as a great claim with the last Champions conquered with Liverpool. The Catalan goal has not been able to raise the maximum continental title since that Berlin night of 2015. It was his first season in Barcelona and he could only play in Europe (the League was owned by his teammate and rival, Claudio Bravo). Nothing disturbed Ter Stegen then, nothing disturbs Ter Stegen now, great legacy of Andoni Zubizarreta before being fired by Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Ter Stegen, at 27, continues his own. In the Metropolitan, home of Jan Oblak, the German goalkeeper completed a memorable performance. He chose the goal of Barcelona his black uniform. As if he intended to honor the memory of Yashin , that Russian spider who left the goal of his ice hockey team at the tool factory where he worked to catch the only Golden Ball in history won by a goalkeeper (1963). The flowers, always fresh, that adorn the tomb of the Black Spider in the Vagánkovo cemetery in Moscow guard the hero.
In the most dangerous moments of Barcelona in the Metropolitan, the Barcelona goalkeeper raised a wall to alleviate the anguish of his teammates. After Junior Firpo, a sack of nerves, put him in a bind with a bad rejection that ended in the stick , Ter Stegen asked for a turn on Mount Olympus. Joao Felix opened the skies to Mario Hermoso, which cost him nothing to win Rakitic's back. The Atlético center finished off a goal, and the Barca goalkeeper found the solution on his left foot.
Clamorosa was also the occasion that Morata had at the exit of a corner in the twilight of the first act. The battering ran an academic header. The violence with which the leather shot off also did not immute Ter Stegen, with his right hand, of iron, as an insurmountable obstacle on the way to the goal .
Without recreating the praise
"I try to do my job and always be there when I need it." The Barca goal, despite his performance, did not understand that he should recreate his navel. Nor did Valverde take great pains in praise - "it's what the goalkeepers are asked for" - who took advantage of his appearance to deny that his team had come close to kickbacks and thanked another good result: "I liked everything about me team, you don't have to look bad when we won. "
Until Messi entered the scene , willing to regain the lead and run Atlético, one of his favorite enemies (30 goals in 39 games ). The Argentine took advantage of Griezmann's rinse, sought the alliance with Luis Suarez on the balcony, and had only to undo the dreamed shot. "The good players are the ones who better backlash. In those situations, Leo is infallible," Valverde congratulated himself on a night in which Rakitic also finally showed a smile from ear to ear after threading his second consecutive title: "I have returned to enjoy training, travel, being in the field. There is no better place than Barcelona if I can play . "
Ter Stegen and Messi, in any case, act as alpha and omega in a squad that has found some pleasure in the art of suffering. It does not seem small.
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