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OFFICIAL: Marc-Andre ter Stegen named as 22/23 La Liga Player of the Season

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He has been named as the best player of the campaign after his heroics, which saw him keep 26 clean sheets and only concede 18 goals in 38 games.

Ter Stegen managed to beat out competition from the likes of Antoine Griezmann and 

The German goalkeeper, however, missed out on the record for most clean sheets in a single 

He is, although, the first goalkeeper since 

Ter Stegen matches one La Liga feat after keeping another clean sheet; can set new record vs Celta

 kept their 26th clean sheet of the 2022/23 

 added to his tally in what has been a spectacular individual campaign for him.

Ter Stegen has kept 26 clean sheets, which is the joint-most for a team in a single La Liga season in the league’s history.

The last time this feat was matched was back in the 1993/94 season by 

Ter Segen has a huge chance to set a new clean sheet record in La Liga if able to pick up another one in the final game of the season against 

What's so special about Ter Stegen's goal-kick routine? More & more team will do it — explained

There was a time goal kick was just a chance to lump the ball forward as a rugby-adjacent ‘playing for territory’ tactic. Goalkeepers simply kicked the ball to the opposition end for both sides to wrestle over.

However, these days, this set piece has become an opportunity for teams to build an attacking play from the back. Goalkeepers are crucial. They act as the 11th outfield player and usually begin the process by passing the ball to the closest defender.

 have a unique way of doing theirs this season -- a defender takes the kick to the goalkeeper who in turn finds another defender.

 takes a short goal-kick by passing it to 

 who then passes the ball to one of the full-backs or centre-backs. By doing this, Barca maintain unpredictability and gain numerical superiority.

Take the conventional goal-kick routine: a goalkeeper passes it, say, to the left centre-back. A high-pressing opposition then immediately commits to that side of the pitch.

But at Barca, after Araujo has played the ball to Ter Stegen, the opposition has no way of knowing whether the German will pass it to the left (

) or centre (one of the defenders or midfielders).

If you've ever played FIFA or PES you've probably done this routine, too: passing it back to the keeper after a goal-kick. It turns out it's not just a silly thing (unless you dribbled past the opposition team with your keeper) but a real strategy that gives you a slight advantage in build-up.

There's also a bit of risk here, one that 

 is willing to take: Ter Stegen sometimes is faulty in his ball distribution but the coach trusts him to make this second pass which is more like the first pass.

Of course, Ter Stegen booted the ball forward instead of playing it from the back but even in this case we gained an advantage -- by playing it short at first, we attracted more players to our area meaning that there were fewer 

 players in the middle to fight for the ball.

Since more and more teams are looking for effective ways to get out of the press, we should expect other teams to involve their goalkeepers and start their build-up like this.

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Wow i thought Antoine Griezmann will beat him to it. Thank you Laliga for being fair to Barcelona. Ter Stegen well deserved💯 Fifa world XI coming next for you. ForcaBarca💙❤️💙❤️

Eddie Felix 🔵🔴

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Well done Marc  but  it says everything about the  state of La Liga

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	18
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16
Borja Borja Mayoral	Getafe	15
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	15

OFFICIAL: Marc-Andre ter Stegen named as 22/23 La Liga Player of the Season

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