After weeks of uncertainty over who will proceed as Barcelona’s first-choice goalkeeper this season, Hansi Flick made it clear that he trusts the expertise of Wojciech Szczesny as his starter.
The Polish goalkeeper walked into the beginning lineup at the price of Inaki Pena, who had seemingly not accomplished something drastically fallacious and took over his place utterly in each La Liga and the UEFA Champions League.
It’s now clear that Szczesny will proceed because the primary alternative in each competitions. With the Copa del Rey quarterfinal developing, nonetheless, Flick has a call to make.
Trusting Pena as soon as extra?
It was undoubtedly laborious for Pena to lose his beginning spot nearly anti-climactically, particularly on condition that it began with him arriving barely late for coaching earlier than the Spanish Tremendous Cup.
As relayed by AS, Pena is now aiming to return to the beginning lineup for Barcelona a minimum of within the Copa del Rey, particularly after he has misplaced his beginning place in different occasions.
Aiming for a begin. (Photograph by Angel Martinez/Getty Photos)
It was a long-standing custom for Barcelona to area the second-choice goalkeeper within the Spanish Cup and it could thus seem extremely possible that Flick trusts the academy star.
Nonetheless, there’s all the time the possibility that he’ll follow Szczesny even for the Copa del Reysimply as Marc-Andre Ter Stegen has began for Barcelona no matter the competitors lately.
Thus far this season, Pena has performed 15 video games for Barcelona in La Liga and averaged 2.3 saves per recreation, conceding a mean of 1.2 objectives each 90 minutes.
With the conflict in opposition to Valencia being a direct knockout recreation, Pena’s beginning will rely totally on the arrogance Flick has within the homegrown expertise.