World Sports: Joan Garcia comes back to help Barcelona keep a clean sheet, proving that he is qualified to be called up by the national team

World Sports reported that Barcelona goalkeeper Juan Garcia performed well in his comeback and tried to keep the goal clean.

Before the game against Athletic Bilbao, head coach Hansi Flick did not mince words when asked whether Joan Garcia would return to Barcelona's starting lineup. The German coach made it clear that Garcia will start. His return brought a greater sense of security to the team. After conceding goals in 10 consecutive games, they finally achieved a clean sheet. The goalkeeper of Athletic Bilbao, Unai Simon, also serves as the goalkeeper of the Spanish national team.

Joan Garcia performed better than his friend. Not only did he keep a clean sheet, he looked more confident when dealing with dangerous situations. He saved all two shots on target (2 saved), while Unai Simon was not precise enough (saved 3 of 7 shots on target, conceding 4 goals). Despite this, Garcia once again proved himself worthy of being called up by national team coach De la Fuente, but De la Fuente is confident in the current three regular goalkeepers - Unai Simon, David Raya and Alex Remiro, and will not change his mind unless special circumstances arise.

Garcia proved against Athletic Bilbao that he is fully recovered from the meniscus injury that kept him out of nine games. He showed concentration, skill with his feet, quick reactions and accurate passing during the game. He is one of the players with the most steals in the team, with a total of 10; he made 40 defensive interventions, completed 30 accurate passes, with a passing success rate of 96.7%, and made two key saves, one in the first half to save Unai Gomez's shot, and the other to save Vivian's header.

Through this game, Garcia successfully locked Barcelona's goal. Since the game against Getafe on September 21 (3-0 win), Barcelona has failed to keep a clean sheet in 10 games, 7 of which were in La Liga and 3 in the Champions League. During this period, he played in one game, and Szczesny was in goal in the remaining 9 games. The former Espanyol player has conceded just 5 goals in 8 games (0.6 goals per game), including 7 La Liga games and 1 Champions League game. In contrast, the Polish goalkeeper failed to keep a clean sheet in 9 games.

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