Liaño, the guardian of a record that Ter Stegen threatens today: "That SuperDepor, like Barça, was not very defensive"

Nothing like it has been seen since January 15, 1994. In a world where

was about to shoot himself,

to win his first election and

to become the best film.

In soccer,

was about to be born,

to become the best player in the world and

to nudge

in the nose in the US, where

took

,

and

;

and the surprise news was that it did not lead to

.

On January 15, 1994, the Deportivo de la Coruña goalkeeper went down in history, and there he continues: six goals conceded in the entire first round.

An animal that

, if he left his clean sheet today, would be able to match.

Do you already know why I call you? Because of Ter Stegen, I suppose.

Paco Liaño (Muriedas, Cantabria, 1964) answers, and continues: «Before it was because of

, who came every year, but now Atlético is not there for that.

Well, it's good that they remember one.

Records are there to be broken."

Q.-

Well, to match them and thank you.

R.-

I'm not worried either.

Paco Liaño defending the goal of Deportivo de la Coruña.

The Spaniard ended the season conceding 18 goals.

A record that the athletic Oblak would tie in 2015-16, and that Ter Stegen, even conceding today, is in numbers to surpass.

On January 15, 1994, the German was

, while Liaño built the first

with Arsenio Iglesias : «The truth is that that team was not characterized by being especially defensive, like now the Barça, what happens is that we had players that we did very well when it came to stealing and keeping the ball.

In the end all the teams that win championships receive very few goals.

That of the forwards winning games and the defenses winning championships is like that ».

But that Deportivo did not win the League.

Like Xavi's Barça, he was the leader at this point.

He had been in that place since December 5 and did not lose it until the last minute due

.

Do you still dream of that moment?

No, and note that it was the only opportunity I had to win a League.

It doesn't make me sleepy anymore.

I consider that it was the germ of that Depor that later became champion and fought in the Champions League.

Well, it was like that and that's it.

No more. Did you see the penalty? No, you were looking at the public. Out of habit or just that penalty? No, no, just that penalty.

I wasn't able to look, but then I've seen it thousands of times. If I had been looking at the public for a long time, I might have thought that Bebeto was throwing it away. But the thing about Bebeto was ruled out.

The person in charge of taking the penalties was Donato, and if I remember correctly [he remembers correctly], because it's been a long time, Donato had just been changed.

In fact, a few days before we had missed a penalty in Pamplona that would have meant victory, and Donato missed it.

Let no one think that Bebeto cracked up,

Real Sociedad (1), Osasuna (1), Athletic Bilbao (3) and Valencia (1) were the only teams that managed to score against Liaño in that first round, with

, in that order, of scorers.

Four teams have also managed to beat Ter Stegen, and two coincide with the Cantabrian: Real Sociedad (1), Real Madrid (3), Osasuna (1) and Espanyol (1) with

of scorers.

The German goalkeeper of FC Barcelona, ​​Marc-André Ter Stegen.Alejandro GarcíaEFE

Liaño does not believe that he is anything like Ter Stegen: «Identifying a goalkeeper today with those of my time is difficult.

He is one of the positions that has evolved the most.

In my time the foot was to get out of the door.

Ter Stegen is advanced, and probably an example to imitate for children and not so children who aspire to be professional goalkeepers.

No other team in the major European leagues has at this point a balance of goals conceded that comes close to Ter Stegen.

, 11 goals in 20 games, is the best in the Premier,

with 16 in 18 the best in the Bundesliga,

with 15 in 20 games the best in Italy, and

with 14 in 20 in the French.

Xavi has managed to reverse historical figures for goals conceded by keeping a clean sheet in most matches.

Just a year ago, the average number of goals conceded by Barça in the first round was

, and you had to go back two decades to find such a negative record.

The good data of Ter Stegen is even more striking if we take into account the 12 goals in six games in the Champions League.

"If Barça has strengthened something, it is the defense, in the end the goalkeepers are the ones who suffer the most from the defensive problems of the teams, and when everything works ahead of you... Ter Stegen's numbers have to do with the fact that Barça he steals the ball high up and it is very difficult for opponents to reach his goal, and on top of that he is a great goalkeeper, who has recovered his form after a couple of seasons with physical problems", says Liaño.

Liaño was escorted by a Depor who defended with a free kick, two center backs and two wingers:

.

And Ter Stegen seems to have found peace of mind with a defense of four made up of

.

After the game a week ago against Getafe, Xavi said: "We are seeing the best Ter Stegen in a long time, today in one against one he is spectacular, he is a leader for the group, he is transcendental and it is important that the goalkeeper also save you points."

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