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Barcelona’s Getafe win is down to Ter Stegen’s excellence

With Bayern Munich throwing their toys out of the pram, it looks highly unlikely that Marc-Andre ter Stegen will get a game for the German national team anytime soon.

After his showing at Getafe, however, maybe he’ll get on as a striker!

His assist was the complete opposite of what players at Barca are taught, but given that it helped break the deadlock in what was a reasonably tight affair, let’s not be too hard on the custodian.

After all, he’d already saved Barca’s bacon once, and did so on at least two other occasions later in the game.