Historical record within reach
Ter Stegen is expanding his gigantic series
05/03/2023 00:02
In the Primera Division, FC Barcelona continues to steer towards the championship title. One of the guarantees: Germany’s current number one Marc-André ter Stegen. The goalkeeper continues his remarkable streak. Meanwhile, the first relegated is certain.
Leader FC Barcelona is in the Spanish football league close to the championship title. The team of German national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen beat CA Osasuna 1-0 (0-0) in the evening and extended their lead over Real Madrid at the top of the table to 14 points. The defending champion later lost 0-2 (0-0) at Real Sociedad San Sebastian. The 27th championship in the club’s history can only be taken away from Barcelona five games before the end of the season.
Against the ninth in the table, Jordi Alba (85th) scored late for the Catalans, who struggled against the stable Osasuna defense for a long time. With the guests, central defender Jorge Herrando saw red after 27 minutes because of an emergency brake. Barça goalkeeper Ter Stegen extended his club record by keeping 25 clean sheets of the season and another clean sheet could equal the La Liga record. In the 1993/94 season, Spain keeper Francisco Liano made 26 saves from Deportivo La Coruna.
Champions League winner Real around ex-world champion Toni Kroos made a mistake at San Sebastian. Takefusa Kubo (47′) after a mistake by Eder Militao and Ander Barrenetxea (85′) fired the courageous fourth-placed in the table to victory, while Real full-back Daniel Carvajal saw a yellow card (61′). The Royals could lose their second place (68 points) to city rivals Atletico on Wednesday. FC Elche is the first to be relegated. The bottom of the table, who have already had six different coaches on their bench this season, lost 1-2 (0-1) to promoted UD Almeria. The bottom team has only got 16 points from 33 games.