{"id":57049,"date":"2025-09-01T02:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/joan-garcia-first-great-match-5-saves-and-mvp-against-rayo_314545_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:40:47","slug":"joan-garcia-first-great-match-5-saves-and-mvp-against-rayo_314545_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/joan-garcia-first-great-match-5-saves-and-mvp-against-rayo_314545_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Joan Garc\u00eda’s first great match: recital of saves and MVP against Rayo"},"content":{"rendered":"
FC Barcelona rescued a point in their visit to Vallecas (1-1)<\/a>, in large part, thanks to the remarkable performance of Joan Garc\u00eda<\/strong>. The Catalan goalkeeper gave a remarkable display of his reflexes and speed in narrowing the angle to avoid greater evils against a Rayo that made 12 shots during the 90 minutes, 6 of them on goal.<\/p> In total, the ’13’ completed 5 saves<\/strong>, not including several others preceded by offsides from the ‘blanquirrojos’ players. The first intervention of the Sallent native came in the 12th minute, after a lapse by Jules Kound\u00e9 and a very dangerous shot by Andrei Ratiu. Then, in the 34th minute, the Sallent native blocked a header from Luiz Felipe after a corner from the Madrid team.<\/p> The Rayo’s equalizer would come via this route in the second half. Before that, Garc\u00eda had denied Isi Palaz\u00f3n a goal<\/strong> with a providential hand, although the action was invalidated by a previous offside. Five minutes after Fran P\u00e9rez’s equalizing goal, where the goalkeeper was shot after a marking error, his best save of the night would come.<\/p> In the 73rd minute, Joan narrowed the angle in time against Jorge De Frutos in a one-on-one where the local forward had the entire goal at his disposal to finish. However, the firm left hand of the ’13’ was enough to prevent Rayo’s second goal<\/strong>. A couple of minutes earlier, the Catalan also came out in time to steal the ball from Ratiu.<\/p> \u26d4\ufe0f PORTERAZO \u26d4\ufe0f#RayoBar\u00e7a<\/a> | #LaLigaHighlights<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/au38iXhy81<\/a><\/p> \u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) August 31, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote> <\/div> Bar\u00e7a had a very bad time in Vallecas, as both Jules Kound\u00e9 and Alejandro Balde were surpassed on several occasions<\/strong> with relative ease. If it weren’t for Garc\u00eda’s interventions, the ‘cul\u00e9s’ would have conceded at least a couple more goals.<\/p> In total, the Sallent native completed 22 of 27 passes (81%), with 6 successful outings as a libero<\/strong> and a couple of duels won. His long kick was not his best weapon (he failed 5 of 7 outings), but he performed well under the posts (8.7 out of 10 in specialized portals).<\/p> Joan Garc\u00eda ‘graduates’ as a goalkeeper for a big team<\/h2>
Hansi Flick and his praise for Joan Garc\u00eda: confidence is key<\/h2>