Former goalkeeper Juan Carlos Unzué once coached Marc-André ter Stegen at FC Barcelona. He talks about risk and stress in the game of the current German number one, about small adjustments with a big impact – and the duel in the DFB goal.
Last season, FC Barcelona celebrated a championship that many experts attributed to the German national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, 31 – no goalkeeper in the Spanish league conceded fewer goals (20 in 38 games). Compared to that, Germany’s current number one has had an almost inflationary performance this season (ten goals conceded in nine games), but that still puts him among the five best goalkeepers in the league. And: He is on the way to achieving cult status in Barcelona.
