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Wojciech Szczesny is the discuss of the city in Barcelona proper now, following a memorable efficiency in between the sticks in opposition to SL Benfica final evening.
The Polish goalkeeper single-handedly saved Benfica from scoring in opposition to a ten-men Barcelona setup by pulling out one save after one other.
Though the Man of the Match award eluded him, Szczesny admitted that he was very happy along with his efficiency and the clear sheet.
An evening of many data damaged
Szczesny’s efficiency in opposition to Benfica not solely helped Barcelona safe a precious lead, but in addition noticed him break a number of membership data final evening.
For one, Szczesny made an astonishing eight saves all through the sport, a feat not seen at Barcelona in over 5 years.
The final time a Barcelona goalkeeper reached this milestone was within the 2019/20 Champions League marketing campaign, when Marc-Andre ter Stegen made eight saves in opposition to Slavia Prague.
A efficiency for the historical past books (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Photographs)
Nonetheless, Szczesny’s heroics carried even higher significance, as he achieved this whereas his group performed with ten males for greater than 69 minutes.
The final time a Barcelona goalkeeper managed greater than eight saves in a single sport was in the course of the 2015/16 Champions League, when Ter Stegen made 9 stops in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen in a 1-1 draw.
The German made 12 saves on the Santiago Bernabeu within the 2016/17 La Liga Clasico as nicely.
Nonetheless, past his particular person data, Szczesny additionally performed a key position in a historic group achievement.
With their win over Benfica, Barcelona grew to become the primary group in Champions League historical past to win an away match whereas taking part in with ten males for over 69 minutes.
This report had beforehand been held by Juventus, who, coincidentally with Szczesny in purpose, managed an identical feat in 2018 in opposition to Valencia whereas taking part in a person down for 62 minutes.
To not point out, Barcelona are but to lose since Hansi Flick took the gamble with Szczesny and made him the membership’s primary goalkeeper, within the absence of ter Stegen.
