Barcelona is at the top of the list of the strongest defense teams in the five major leagues, which has helped it to top the La Liga table so far in the 2022-2023 season.

The Spanish newspaper “As” reviewed the clubs that have the strongest lines of defense in the European continent, specifically the championships of Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France.

The "Catalan" team conceded only 6 times in 16 matches in the "La Liga" championship, which indicates that Barcelona formed a solid wall that cannot be easily penetrated, which requires the opponent to sweat in order to score a goal against Barcelona, ​​​​according to what "AS" said.

📌 Teams with the fewest goals conceded this season in the 🔝 5 European leagues 📉

FC Barcelona: 6


Juventus: 7


Newcastle: 11


Lens: 11


Bayern Munich: 13

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The newspaper said that the defensive superiority is due to the work done by Xavi Hernandez, the "Blaugrana" coach, who succeeded in applying a method in which he balances defense and attack, which leaves Barcelona defensively stable.

Barcelona succeeded in getting clean sheets from difficult stadiums, such as “Sanchez Pizjuan”, the stronghold of Seville (won 3-0), “Sivas Metropolitano”, the Atletico Madrid stadium, and “Mestalla”, the home of Valencia (won them 1-0).

While the “Blaugrana” goal conceded a single goal at “Anoeta” stadium against Real Sociedad (4-1) and the same in “Al Sadar” from Osasuna (2-1).

But Barcelona, ​​​​and its German goalkeeper, Marc-Andre Terchtgen, collapsed in the "Santiago Bernabeu" in front of rivals Real Madrid, and the ball entered the net 3 times, which is half of what the team received throughout the current season.

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The ball also entered the goal of coach Xavi's sons once in "Spotify Camp Nou", and that was in the Catalan derby against Espanyol, in the match that ended in a 1-1 draw.

The improvement in Barcelona's defensive performance, and conceding fewer goals than others in the five major leagues, came thanks to German Ter Stegen, 30, restoring his best level, who is steadily going to win the Zamora Award (awarded to the best goalkeeper in La Liga) for the first time in his career.

Juventus runner-up Barcelona

After Barcelona, ​​Juventus comes in second place, which conceded 7 goals, then Newcastle (11) and Villarreal, Spain, fourth, with 12 goals.

The French clubs Saint-Germain and Lens, the Italian Napoli, the Spanish Real Betis, and the German Bayern Munich, share fifth place, and each of them scored 13 goals.

Arsenal - leaders of the English Premier League - ranked tenth in the list of the strongest defense in the five major leagues, conceding 14 goals.

The following is a list of the 10 strongest defensive clubs in European leagues this season:

1- Barcelona conceded 6 goals in 16 games

2- Juventus conceded 7 goals in 17 matches

3- Newcastle conceded 11 goals in 18 matches

4- Lens conceded 11 goals in 17 matches

5- Villarreal conceded 12 goals in 16 matches

6- Napoli conceded 13 goals in 17 matches

7- Saint-Germain conceded 13 goals in 17 matches

8- Real Betis conceded 13 goals in 16 matches

9- Bayern Munich conceded 13 goals in 15 matches

10- Arsenal conceded 14 goals in 17 matches