Everything is prepared in Jeddah for the first semi-final of the Spanish Super Cupwhich faces defending champion Barcelona on Wednesday, January 7 (8:00 p.m., Movistar+) against Athletic Club. The coaches of both teams spoke, as well as two players, the Barcelona player Joan García and the red and white Iñaki Williams. Both teams trained on the stage of the final… But not everyone finished the session.
“Ter Stegen leaves the Barça team’s concentration in Jeddah to return to Barcelona and undergo medical tests. Diego Kochen, goalkeeper of the reserve team, will join the expedition tomorrow, Wednesday,” Barcelona reports in a statement.
Ter Stegen, one of Barça’s captains, is not going through a good time, injured much of last season and at the beginning of the current one, in which, furthermore, the undisputed owner is Joan García. Taking into account that there is a World Cup next summer, the German goalkeeper could even go out on loan in the winter market to add the minutes that he will not have at the Camp Nou, but this injury is a new setback.
Only minutes in the Cup
Ter Stegen was called up again on December 9, for the match against Eintracht in the Champions Leaguebut he stayed on the bench, the same as in the League against Osasuna, Villarreal and Espanyol. He did play in the round of 32 tie of the Copa del Rey, against Guadalajara, in a match in which he did not have much work in general, but he did have to make a great save when the score was only 0-1. The match ended 0-2.
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