2023-12-05 20:27:46
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 7:27 p.m.
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Marc-André ter Stegen will undergo surgery this week to recover from his back problems that have not improved with conservative treatment and will have to be off the field for around two months. Barça’s German goalkeeper has been suffering from lower back pain for three weeks, which has prevented him from playing the last three games with the Barça team (against Rayo, Porto and Atlético) and he will not reappear until February. Therefore, he will miss the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, the Barça team’s debut in the Copa del Rey and even a hypothetical quarter-final and at least eight other League matches.
Ter Stegen could be available for the round of 16 of the Champions League, which will be played in the third and fourth week of February. Meanwhile, and with the unknown of whether Barça will attend the winter market, it will be Iñaki Peña who will occupy the goal of the culé team that the Alicante goalkeeper has defended brilliantly. Above all, in the last European duel against Porto and in last Sunday’s league clash against Atlético, in which he avoided the red and whites’ draw in the final stretch with a spectacular intervention after a direct free kick from Memphis Depay.
«After intense conversations with the club’s medical team and several support experts, we decided that it was best to have surgery. The pause obviously bothers me. “It is the correct and safe decision to return to my club and national team in the best conditions,” Ter Stegen said on social media this Tuesday. «Ter Stegen will undergo surgery this week to solve the lumbar problems he presents. At the end of the intervention, a new medical statement will be provided,” Barcelona simply confirmed. The German goalkeeper was injured last November during his national team’s training camp and since then his discomfort has not subsided.
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