According to Varzesh3, 223 days after a serious injury and a torn cruciate ligament that led to a long absence of Marc-André ter Stegen from Barcelona’s lineup in the last seven months, the beloved captain of Barcelona fans got the chance to return to the Blaugrana lineup tonight after recovering from his injury and stood in the goal against the bottom-of-the-table team Valladolid in the 34th week.

A return that was not very auspicious for Ter Stegen, as he saw his goal open just six minutes after the start of the match, allowing Valladolid to take an early lead over Barcelona.

Where the movement of Valladolid players from the right side of Barcelona’s field gave the ball to the experienced Iván Sánchez near the penalty area of Barça. He, who had a tough task ahead to penetrate Barça’s penalty area, decided to shoot the ball directly at Ter Stegen’s goal.

A shot that could have been easily saved by Barcelona’s experienced goalkeeper under normal circumstances, but with all the luck of Sánchez, his shot changed direction strangely after hitting the defender’s foot in front of him and went to the opposite side of Barcelona’s goal, allowing the first goal of the match to be scored by Sánchez in the most bizarre way possible, and Ter Stegen’s clean sheet on the night of his return to the goal was lost very quickly.

It is worth mentioning that Ter Stegen suffered a torn cruciate ligament at the end of September during the sixth week of La Liga matches after a severe collision with Villarreal’s defender and while landing on the ground. After several successful surgeries, he managed to return to Barcelona’s final matches.