Barcelona suffered a really massive blow earlier within the season when Marc-Andre Ter Stegen was dominated out with a severe knee harm, sustained in the course of the 5-1 victory at Villarreal in September. It meant that Hansi Flick could be with out his beginning goalkeeper and captain for an prolonged time period, with many believing that the German worldwide wouldn’t play once more within the present marketing campaign.
Ter Stegen’s absence meant that Wojciech Szczesny was introduced in as a alternative, and regardless of having began behind Inaki Pena within the pecking order, he has taken over as primary goalkeeper in the previous few weeks. Nonetheless, the Polish veteran might additionally lose the gloves later this season.
That’s as a result of Ter Stegen is aiming to return for Barcelona’s last few matches of the season, as reported by Sport. The 32-year-old’s restoration goes significantly better than anticipated, with the newest medical checks confirming that he’s forward of schedule.
Earlier this weekend, Flick supplied an replace on Ter Stegen’s restoration, and the goalkeeper has reported notified the teaching employees that he believes that he will likely be again in competition to play in Could. This may be an important time for Barcelona, who’re hoping to nonetheless be within the hunt for the La Liga and Champions League titles at that stage.
Barcelona have struggled within the objectives conceded division this season, though that’s maybe all the way down to the aggressive fashion of play that Flick has his aspect taking part in. Szczesny has had quite a lot of high-profile errors in current weeks, so if Ter Stegen is again earlier than the top of the season, there will surely be possibilities of him to regain the gloves instantly.
Nonetheless, it’s more likely that he doesn’t function for Barcelona once more this season, even when he’s again match. It will be an enormous danger to play somebody that has not featured for eight months on the essential interval of the season, and Flick will pay attention to this.