FC Barcelona and Germany Goalkeeper Mar-Andre ter Stegen becomes the first Barcelona Goalkeeper to provide an assist in Laliga this Century as FC Barcelona beat Getafe 2-0.
With the game 0-0, The German Stopper was in a hurry to clear as he raced off his line and outside the penalty area to intercept the ball against Getafe. He looked up, noticed forward Luis Suarez was beginning to sprint into the Getafe half and launched the ball long. Suarez did the rest by scoring the first goal for the Catalans.
FC Barcelona’s tiki-taka playing style meant goalkeepers means goalkeepers have not been typically encouraged to kick long balls to the strikers. Their policy has been playing from the back and they have been successful with that.
‘’It was a bit strange for me to provide an assist because it doesn’t happen much in a goalkeepers career.’’ Ter Stegen said.
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