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German goalkeeper Marc André Ter Stegen was taken off the pitch on a stretcher, showing signs of pain after injuring his knee right in the last minutes of the first half at La Cerámica.
The German goalkeeper had to leave the pitch on a stretcher after his knee made a bad gesture when he landed from a jump while he was catching the ball with his hands, which forced him to lie on the grass for several minutes while his teammates They demanded that the coaching staff prepare a change.
Ter Stegen, who was replaced by Iñaki Peña, left the field of play just a couple of minutes after having deflected a clear shot One on one with right winger Nicolas Pépé who kept Barça 1-2.
The goalkeeper already had problems with the same knee three years ago, when he had to undergo surgery on two occasions due to an injury to the patellar tendon.
How did Villarreal vs Barcelona end?
Hansi Flick’s Barça showed their best side once again and beat Villarreal 1-5 who lived on the edge of being offside and suffered goals twice from Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha, and a goal from Pablo Torre.
However, The worst news for Barça was Marc-André Ter Stegen’s injury, He was taken off on a stretcher just before half-time, in a match in which the Catalans dominated Villarreal with possession in the first half and took advantage of the physical and mental exhaustion of the Castellón team in the second half, having three goals disallowed for offside, to finish off the match that leaves them four points ahead of Madrid.
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