
Barcelona qualified for the Spanish Super Cup final yesterday (Wednesday), but it was not easy. She defeated Sociedad at the end of a penalty shootout that ended in 2: 3 (after 1: 1 in 120 minutes) when the decisive penalty at the end was scored by the young Ricky Pouch. Right in front of him, Antoine Griezmann missed Pendel and pressed the Catalans, but the talent stood up to the task calmly and lifted his teammates to the final. At the end, the Frenchman approached Pouch while it was being interviewed, and told him, “Thank you Ricky, I owe you dinner.”
“Koeman asked me to kick the fourth penalty, but I told him I would take the fifth,” he said. Pouch In an interview. “I kicked with confidence and knew it would come in. I worked very hard to get to the senior senior team, it had a heavy price. I always have the passion to play and win. I’m always happy when I start in the squad and play, and when I am not, I train very hard the next day.”
Ronald Coman Revealed how it was decided who would kick the last penalty: “I had four names on the list, and I asked who wanted to kick the last penalty to win the game. Ricky said he wanted to, with a lot of confidence. That’s the mentality I like among my players.”
The coach summed up the game and also talked about his star who was absent from the semi-final, Lionel Messi: “It was a great game where both teams had opportunities. We played against a great opponent, but in the end we got to the final. I am very proud of this team, we have a lot of injured “And it is important that there are players who can fill their place and still deliver the goods. Messi will play? I do not know, we will wait and see.”
🎙 Riqui Puig: “Koeman asked me to take the 4th shot, I said I’ll shoot the 5th.” pic.twitter.com/d4gxPRG5RN
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In another matter, a great deal of praise and compliments were sent in the direction of Mark Andre Ter Stegen, Who saved two penalties in a duel (along with one hit on the beam in the third kick). The social networks and media outlets associated with the club continued to give him the title of “best in the world”, and also referred to the fact that the same evening that Manuel Neuer suffered six penalties in the relegation of Bayern Munich from the cup, Ter Stegen provided tremendous ability.
“I’m very happy I was able to help the team,” the goalkeeper said. “We put all our efforts and we deserved to win. We knew the opponent would push and that’s exactly what happened. The opponent in the final? It does not matter to us, the most important thing is that we play with a lot of concentration.”
MARC ANDRE TER STEGEN !!!!! pic.twitter.com/kfiikorqgG
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The best in the world! 🐆 pic.twitter.com/IM7cwzLxNr
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The German Wall – Marc Andre Ter Stegen is the Man of the Match! 💪
Congrats Marc! Well Deserved! pic.twitter.com/LIFOX9PC94
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📱[@MarcBartra – Twitter] | “What a show Ter Stegen.😱” pic.twitter.com/lNx0Eceyis
– BarçaTimes (@BarcaTimes) January 13, 2021