Courtois-Ter Stegen, two 'parapenaltis' superheroes matched in the classics in search of the Super Cup

The champion of the Spanish Super Cup will leave a Clásico tonight where the main bulwark of

and

is in their goals.

and

have not only led their teams to the final starring in two brilliant penalty shoot-outs against Valencia and Betis, but they have sustained them in many moments of the semifinals in which they capsized.

They were two superheroes just when their teams were not going through the best moment.

Real

needs one more gear to catch up to cruising speed and

suffers disconnections that muddy their matches, but they live clinging to the two best goalkeepers in LaLiga who, moreover, have lived their particular duel for years.

Although their global numbers do not go too far, the sensations have done so in the first months of the season.

Courtois and Ter Stegen have conceded

since both have been under the sticks: 17 goals, although the Belgian has kept his goal to zero three times for the German's two.

As for his ability to save penalties, decisive in this competition in which the semifinals have reached the shootout, both have the same

, 20%: 39 have been shot at Ter Stegen as a blaugrana, of which he saved eight, and 30 to Courtois, who saved six.

In the Rey Fahd stadium that equality was clear because both made two decisive saves in the shots of Valencia and Betis from 11 meters.

Nor do they move away in the global of the season.

The Real Madrid goalkeeper, who missed four games due to injury, has played 18 games in all competitions in which he has conceded 19 goals and has left clean sheets four times.

Ter Stegen, on the other hand, has played 22 games, 12 of them unbeaten for the 18 conceded in the rest.

The

is a burden for the German , in which they scored ten goals.

In the League, however, his takeoff has been unstoppable.

Barça arrived in 2014 and was vital for his team in the 2015 Champions League, but he has never managed to win Zamora.

This season he has only six goals and has kept a clean sheet in ten consecutive games, beating

' record .

The German has made 31 saves (1.94 per game) and manages to clear 74.6% of the shots he receives, according to data from BeSoccerPro, especially those from long passes that surprise his defence.

In the semifinal against Betis, despite the fact that he conceded two goals, he saved five shots from the Andalusians.

Ter Stegen, during the preparation of the final.EFE

Ter Stegen's prominence increased due to the confidence that, as he himself confessed, gave Jaume Costa a point-blank save in Mallorca.

Since then, and with the lapse of the poor World Cup in Germany in which he didn't even play, he is a bulwark that supports Barça in its worst moments.

The same goes for Courtois.

His importance at Real Madrid was demonstrated in the past, when he closed his numbers with 46 goals against and 22 clean sheets.

In the Champions League, his importance was unquestionable, but in the League, with 29 goals in 36 games, only Sevilla player

conceded less.

Punches clearances and exits

This season his start has been more complicated.

The Belgian, with sciatica problems in some days, has 14 goals against in 12 league games (1.7 per game), but he continues to be decisive for his team because he

he receives and shows himself especially skillful in punching clearances and high exits.

What he seems to have overcome is the unexpected failure of Belgium in Qatar, where he showed some unusual weakness in the white goalkeeper.

Courtois and Ter Stegen are the last wall that supports their teams and in the King Fahd stadium, in the Arabian desert, they can once again become the heroes of a title that Real Madrid and Barça long for.

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