Unusual: Ter Stegen, with more successful passes than four outfield players

The FC Barcelona has achieved a valuable victory in the day 16 of LaLiga in front of the Athletic of Madrid in the Cívitas Metropolitan that ensures him be leader in solitary of the classification of face to the parties in front of Getafe and Girona that also will have to face without the presence of his main referent in attack, Robert Lewandowski, whose sanction after the incidents with Gil Manzano in the party in front of Osasuna has been ratified.

However, the triumph has not been exento of suffering for the Barcelona team, that again has accused some problems of collective operation, standing out especially the fact that Marc-André Ter Stegen have been able to finish the meeting with more passes completed that four mates of field. In total, the international with the German selection succeeded when happening the ball in 53 occasions.

In concrete, the guardametas Teutonic has surpassed in this statistics to players like Ousmane Dembélé, the one who registered 30 passes, Alejandro Balde (39) and Ansu Fati (21). Even it has finished with more passes completed that an effective in a sector so transitado like the centre of the field, Pablo Martín Páez Gavira 'Gavi' (39), a no lower data that has woken up the worry of Xavi Hernández of face to the next parties.

Likewise, Ter Stegen has been more precise in his passes that the players that ingresaron to the lawn of the Cívitas Metropolitan once initiated the actions, as Sergi Roberto, Marcos Alonso, Franck Kessié, Ferran Torres and Raphinha, that between all accumulated a total of 38 passes successfully. The germano only would see surpassed by Frenkie of Jong, the one who would close the meeting with 54 effective passes and Pedri, that registered 58.

Xavi warns that it is precise to do adjust

In his back statements to the crash, the míster has thrown of self-criticism in front of this situation: "The plan of party was to dominate it, have possession and have the maximum possible balloon. Perhaps it has been missing us depth although we have had command. Afterwards I have put people more dynamic in the pressure like Kessie and Ferran. I create also that have abused of the pass backwards to Marc and is difficult to go out of the pressure with the Athletic and the hand manually".