Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, the starting goalkeeper for Barcelona Football Club, has set an incredible league record that will eternally inscribe his name in La Liga’s annals.
The shot-blocker established a new record for the league by becoming the first goalie to begin the year with nine shutouts. The German achieved this feat on Sunday, October 23, 2022, during the league game against Bilbao.
Ousmane Dembele, who scored one goal and assisted on three others, was the game’s star performer. With 25 points, Barcelona is now in second place in the league standings, three points behind Real Madrid, who are in first.
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Recall that the FC Barcelona team, which was captained by Xavi Hernandez, was in action yesterday in their ninth league game of the new La Liga Santander season in Spain. This game doubled as the away leg of the El-Clasico against longtime rival and defending champion Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
Barcelona failed to impress throughout the game, losing disappointingly after a dreadful effort that caused them to fall to second place on the table despite being in first place prior to the game.
At the end of regulation, the Catalan giant was defeated by a score of three goals to one thanks to goals from Karim Benzema, Federico Valverde, and Rodrygo Goes for the home team and Ferran Torres scoring the lone goal for the visiting.