After the European Championship, Manuel Neuer decided to end his career with the national team, after having defended the goalposts for over a decade. It seemed that the time had finally come for another great goalkeeper, Marc André ter Stegen, who however in his last match with Barcelona, against Villarreal at the Estadio de la Ceramica, suffered a very serious injury (complete rupture of the patellar tendon) that will keep him out of action for the entire season. And so, obviously, a case has also opened up in Germany: who will be the number one in the next matches?
According to what was reported by the PictureJulian Nagelsmann seems to have made up his mind: the starting goalkeeper will be Alexander Nubel. Initially, a return to the national team for Neuer was hypothesized, but the German newspaper writes that there is very little room for improvement and that the Mannschaft’s technical staff is ready to launch Nubel, who has returned to the top since wearing the Stuttgart jersey.
This is the statement from Barcelona on ter Stegen’s serious injury: “The tests carried out on first-team player Marc ter Stegen confirm that he has suffered a complete rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee. He will undergo surgery on Monday afternoon. The Barça goalkeeper had to leave the pitch at the Estadio de la Cerámica at the end of the first half: the German international was visibly in pain and was quickly replaced by Iñaki Peña.
The Barça captain has been on the pitch every time this season. His appearance against Villarreal was his 289th for the Blaugrana and has taken him past legendary goalkeeper Antoni Ramallets into third place in the all-time list of goalkeepers with the most appearances for Barcelona.”