Joan García conceded his first official goals with Barça: difficult night in Valencia

Joan García's unbeaten streak with FC Barcelona ended on the second matchday of LaLiga EA Sports 2025/26 in the 2-3 victory against Levante UD. The goalkeeper, native of Sallent, managed to impose his presence against RCD Mallorca, but clearly did not have the opportunity to do the same against the 'granota' team.

The plan of the 'levantinista' team was clear from the beginning. They tried to withstand the constant attacks of the azulgrana team and take advantage of the space behind the advanced defense, something they evidently ended up achieving.

Thus, Lamine Yamal lost the ball in a compromised area in the 16th minute and the 'granotas' took advantage of the numerical superiority to launch the counterattack.

Manu Sánchez recovered intelligently and sent a pass to the area, Jeremy Toljan discharged with precision and Iván Romero got rid of Cubarsí before finishing coldly against Joan García. The second goal came in the 45+7 minute thanks to a controversial penalty turned into a goal by José Luis Morales.

Joan García, confident against Levante's long balls

Despite the goals conceded, Joan García left good feelings in his second official match as goalkeeper of the azulgrana team, especially for his ability to anticipate and come out decisively against long balls.

It should be remembered that the new guardian of the blaugrana goal, when he was at Espanyol, used to play with a more withdrawn defense; the challenge at Barça is different.

In the blaugrana team, he has an advanced line and spaces behind, so he must react quickly to avoid dangerous one-on-ones. A tactical requirement of coach Hansi Flick that in the past complicated goalkeepers like Wojciech Szczęsny and Iñaki Peña.

Although the goalkeeper finished the match with two goals conceded, he managed to obtain a score of 7.8, in addition to saving three other balls. Although the only two shots on goal in the first half touched the back of the net.

Joan García, a reliable goalkeeper for Barça

Although the 24-year-old goalkeeper has already lost his unbeaten record under the azulgrana goal, he is a goalkeeper who transmits confidence. He already demonstrated this in the league debut against Mallorca.

In his visit to Son Moix, Joan García signed a sober and effective performance that reinforces his figure as a starter at Barça. The goalkeeper was the only player on the team with 100% passing accuracy (16 out of 16), showing great confidence in the ball output.

Beyond this, García also responded under the three posts, managing to keep his goal to zero with two key interventions, recovered four balls and won two aerial duels.