Wojciech Szczesny is beginning to establish himself as the 'talisman' of FC Barcelona. The Pole, the new owner of the blue and burgundy goal, had another good performance in the victory against Sevilla, making two outstanding saves against Isaac Romero and Dodi Lukebakio in the first 45 minutes to prevent the locals from taking the lead and allowing the Catalans to seal the win in the second half.
With this victory, 'Tek' maintains his unbeaten record as a starter under the three posts of the Barça. The Pole has played nine matches as a blue and burgundy player, with a record of 8 victories and just 1 draw, which translates to an effectiveness percentage of 88.8%, the highest for a goalkeeper in the five major leagues who has started the same number of matches as the '25' culé.
Szczesny proves Flick right
Flick made a controversial decision by relegating Iñaki Peña to the bench to give way to a Szczesny who, just over five months ago, was enjoying his retirement in Marbella. However, as is becoming customary, time has proven the German right.
Since his arrival in the Catalan city in October, the Barça has achieved 8 victories with the 34-year-old keeper in goal: Barbastro (0-4), Athletic Club (0-2), Real Madrid (2-5), Benfica (4-5), Valencia (7-1), Alavés (1-0), Valencia (0-5) and Sevilla (1-4), in addition to a draw against Atalanta (2-2).
In these matches, 'Tek' has conceded 10 goals and has kept his goal clean on four occasions. Likewise, he has made several crucial saves that have allowed the blaugranas to emerge victorious from these clashes, so it seems that he will continue to be the protector of the blaugrana goal until Ter Stegen returns, who is still working on recovering from his knee injury.