“Who will be the starter in goal? I haven’t talked about it with anyone. We’ll sleep peacefully and decide tomorrow.” As Hansi FlickBarcelona coach, spoke yesterday at a press conference ahead of the away match against Getafe in the championship. A decidedly different position from just a few months ago, when, to protect the initial hierarchy and Iñaki Peña after Ter Stegen’s injury, the German coach took up the topic of Szczesny’s arrival head-on.
Szczesny goes up, Peña goes down
94 days after his decision to put on the gloves again and sign with Barcelona, the former Juventus goalkeeper finally managed to take the starting pitch in the shirt blaugrana and with the passing. some time an opportunity presented itself. “A lot of things changed for me in the Super Cup,” Flick said after the Cup match against Betis regarding the preference between Szczesny and Peña. On the other hand, the latter was directly targeted by his coach for the delays committed and poorly digested by the technical guide himself.
Now a close fight
In the last outing Peña was forced to take the field from the first minute to replace the Pole who was suspended after his sending off against Real Madrid, but against Getafe we’ll see. Compared to Szczesny’s first moments at Barcelona, now the duel on goal is wide open and nothing is taken for granted, but according to rumors from AS Iñaki Peña should be confirmed as the starter. Although the competition between the two will continue because Flick does not intend to give away the permanent position to anyone.