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Big buck! Ter Stegen embarrasses himself
Marc-André ter Stegen made a huge mistake in the league. The German international failed with a lob and then conceded the goal.
Barca keeper Marc-André ter Stegen did a huge job in the 4-2 league win against FC Valencia. With the score 1-0 for the Catalans, the national goalkeeper came out of the goal to intercept a ball outside the penalty area.
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He then tried to casually flick the ball past opponent Hugo Duro, but it got stuck on his chest. The striker ran towards the empty goal and effortlessly pushed in to equalize (27′).
As a result, things got even crazier: Valencia took a 2-1 lead with a penalty from Pepelu (38th). Ronald Araújo had previously cleared Peter Federico in the penalty area.
Valencia keeper imitates Ter Stegen
To cap off the first half, Valencia keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili also made a run a huge mistake when the Georgian missed a back pass and could only defend the ball with his arm – outside the penalty area, mind you.
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At first the game continued until referee Ricardo de Burgos was called to the screen. The 38-year-old didn’t think twice, Mamardashvili showed the red card (45th + 4). Fermín López had originally given Barca the lead (22′).
After the break, the Catalans went on the attack, taking advantage of the guests’ numerical inferiority. Robert Lewandowski in particular stood out: The Polish striker turned the game around with a flawless hat trick in Barcelona’s favor (49th/82nd/90th+3), which took second place again behind Real Madrid.
In addition to his mistake, Ter Stegen became the foreign player with the second most appearances for FC Barcelona on Monday. The former Mönchengladbach player stood between the posts for the 408th time for the prestigious Spanish club on Monday evening in the league home game against FC Valencia. This meant he caught up with the Brazilian Dani Alves one day before his 32nd birthday.
Messi at the top
Only Argentinian world champion Lionel Messi played more games as a foreigner for Barca, and with 778 appearances he is probably uncatchable.
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If you also include Spaniards, Ter Stegen is already in 13th place in the list of Barca record players. However, there are still 41 matches missing to make it into the top ten, and this ranking is also led by Messi.
Ter Stegen moved from Borussia to Barcelona in 2014.
With SID (Sports Information Service)