The injury of great goalkeeper Ter Stegen will have a worse impact for Barcelona. Coach Hensi needs to update his strategy and squad in the next match. This is also a chance for new young players such as Ander Astralaga (20 years old) is a former Spanish U19 player, and Áron Yaakobishvili (18 years old) is from Hungary to impress Barca’s fans by their skills. 

Barcelona will face a big loss when there is no Ter Stegen due to his injury, Ter needs to take a rest for a long term to recover from his injury, and his fans are worried for Barcelona in the next match. Let’s follow Bongdalu to have more updates in Barcelona.

A legendary goalkeeper Ter Stegen 

Marc-André ter Stegen is a German professional football player who played as goalkeeper for Club Barcelona. He is a captain, and belongs to the Germany national team. He is well-known for his reflexes, passing, and ball playing ability. He is known as the best goalkeeper around the world.

Ter Stegen represented himself at several youth levels at Germany team, and made his senior professional football player in 2012. Belonging to Germany squads that reached the semi final at UEFA Euro 2016 and won the Fifa confederations cup 2017.

Currently, he is playing in the Barcelona club with Chilean goalkeeper claudio bravo. On 22 may 2014, he signed a contract for about 5 years under Barcelona.

In December 2022, Ter was named Barcelna’s fourth captain. Ter Stegen won his fifth La Liga. in 2024-2025 season, he was assigned as Barca’s new captain.

Style of catching the ball

As a tall man and a consistent goalkeeper, quick flexes, and good decision making abilities between the posts. He is also strong, fast, and flexible. His ability to make a good decision when he needs to face one on one situations. Although he is a goalkeeper, he has effective communication courtesy of his strong personality. He is able to read the match, and able to speed up when needed, he is able to anticipate the opponent outside the area. He is known for his control and accurate distribution of the ball.

Goalkeeper Ter Stegen needs to take a rest after injury

Goalkeeper Ter Stegen had an unforgettable week. After the mistakes caused redcard of his teammates Eric Garcia lost Monacon 1-2 in the Champions League. Ter was carried out of the field after hurting his knee in the first half. He jumped to catch a Villarreal corner kick, when he landed on the ground the moment he got injured at the knee. 

Ter Stegen was brought to hospital, the diagnostic results that he needs to sit back for a long time. The Coach Hansi Flick does not know when Ter can come back, but according to the sports news report, he may need 8 months to recover from injury. 

Ter Stegen joined the list of long term injuries at Barcelona, including Ronald Araujo, And reas Christensen, Marc, Frenkie,.... Coach Hansi needs to believe in the young players such as Serif, Pablo, and Gerald to make an exchange to injured players. Although Barcelona has problems with their squad, they are still in the top 6 in the tournament. 

Inaki Pena will change position of Ter Stegen, however the quality of players makes Barca’s fans feeling unwell. This club still has three young player U20 to join such as Diego Kochen (18 years old) is from the US, Ander Astralaga (20 years old) is a former Spanish U19 player, and Áron Yaakobishvili (18 years old) is from Hungary.

The coach Barchelona needs to have a plan for the next coming match, and losing 1 of great goalkeeper captain Ter Stegen may cause affection for the team. Bongdalu will follow Barcelona to have a new update, join our channel to have new information about Barcelona