Marc-André ter Stegen: Anyone who plays like this can also make demands

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History of the game: Marc-André ter Stegen is currently in verbal infight with Manuel Neuer for supremacy in the German national goal. This duel is really interesting because the 27-year-old is no longer a cute challenger to the champion, but has long been in the same weight class as the world's top. At Borussia Dortmund's opening match in the Champions League against FC Barcelona, ​​ter Stegen was the player of the match: First, he held in half an outstanding against Marco Reus (25th minute), then parried in half two also a penalty by Reus (57 .). He has now held four out of six penalties in the premier class. Who plays like that, can also make demands.

The result: Although Dortmund had the much better (and more numerous) chances, it remained a bit lucky for Barcelona 0: 0. This was due to ter Stegen, whom they call "Messi in gloves" in Catalonia. But perhaps it was also because the real Lionel Messi came in late after a two-month injury break. Read the game report here.

Lots of bumblebees and a bit of messi

The Champions League is back in Dortmund - and directly with an absolute top match: The Black and Yellow received in Group F FC Barcelona.

In the Catalans, the 16-year-old winger Ansu Fati became the youngest debutant in the premier class. The talent from Guinea-Bissau, who last met in two league games in a row, was kept well in check by the Dortmund defensive.

An outstanding performance showed returnees Mats Hummels (r.) In the BVB defense: Ten clarifying actions and seven intercepted balls were the absolute top scores of all defensive players on the court.

Over time, the Dortmund earned an opportunity plus. Jadon Sancho (left) kept challenging the Barça defense with his dribbles and brought a penalty at the start of the second half.

Marco Reus stepped in, but Marc-André ter Stegen parried (57.). The free ball was then collected by Barcelona goalkeeper with an enviable peace of mind. The weekly job application for a chance in the national team sent ter Stegen anyway on Tuesday.

And where ter Stegen did not help anymore, the aluminum helped. Joker Julian Brandt (left), who came in the 73rd minute for Thorgan Hazard, failed with a promising attempt on the crossbar.

And then there was Lionel Messi (middle). The superstar of the Catalans celebrated in the second half of his season debut after injury break. Still, the Argentinian could not show his best. In added time Messi, however, offered the chance of the winner - this time, the BVB was lucky.

Thus, BVB remains a division of points, which could also have been a victory. In the second match of Group F Inter Milan and Slavia Prague drew 1-1 - so no one could earn a points advantage.

First half: Barcelona had the ball, the BVB had Mats Hummels. The 30-year-old, out of the national team quartered center-back won almost every single fight in the first round. So he kept his team in the game, as she was pressed after a vigorous initial phase on the defensive. The unofficial Hummels computer showed six important rescue operations until the break. This appearance will again raise questions as national coach Joachim Loew can actually do without such a player. Although this was not an international match, this game for Löw made two already existing construction sites even larger.

Hummels in the first 45 minutes: # BVBBarça pic.twitter.com/kxAxS1hFEy

Second half: Dortmund had the chances, Barcelona had ter Stegen. Only the failed attempt by Reus from the penalty spot, then the Dortmund captain drooling free-standing over the gate, as ter Stegen built up in front of him (75.). And when Reus then came twice later in the six-yard area for the shot and still not on ter webs over, it was finally clear to everyone who was the boss here. Even the crossbar helped ter Stegen that night, bouncing off a shot from Julian Brandt. By the way, Hummels did not lose a bit in half two and made an outstanding match.

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Mats Hummels (r.) Had Barcelona's Luis Suárez under control

Awareness of the game: What applies to ter Stegen also applies to BVB: whoever plays this way can also make claims. But: Already in the past Champions League season, BVB failed because of the lack of efficiency in front of the goal when Tottenham had chances in the second round, but did not take advantage. If the eleven of coach Lucien Favre gets a quick grip on this and Hummels remains stable, then on a very good day a victory against Barcelona is possible.

The early maturity: Another story of the game was that of Ansu Fati (actually Anssumane Fati). On Tuesday, the attacker was exactly 16 years and 321 days old. A child still, though maybe a prodigy. In any case, the youngster in Barcelona is just inspiring the fantasies. On Saturday he gave his start-up debut for the Catalans in the 5-2 draw against Valencia and met. "Which planet are you from?" Asked the newspaper "Sport". Against Dortmund played Ansu Fati rather earthly, until he was substituted for Messi. After all, he set a record.

1 - Ansu Fati (16 years and 321 days) wants to become the youngest player in Champions League history to play for Barcelona, ​​breaking the record previously held by Bojan (17 years and 22 days). Begin. pic.twitter.com/y6AH0YVGiG

The untold story of the game: While currently all talk about goalkeepers, this evening another great goalkeeper story was unfortunately not written: Because BVB ran out of healthy keeper, sat a certain Jonas horn as a replacement of Roman Bürki on the bench. Horn is 19, two meters tall, but far from a man you absolutely have to send against Barcelona in his first professional game. Also with the BVB II in the Regionalliga West horn is only replacement. Bürki stayed healthy in the end and horn was outside. But who knows: Maybe he will eventually become a challenger with claims.

Borussia Dortmund - FC Barcelona 0: 0
Dortmund: Bürki - Hakimi, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro - Witsel, Delaney, Sancho, Reus, T. Hazard (73rd Brandt) - Alcácer (87th Bruun Larsen)
Barcelona: ter Stegen - Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba (40th Sergi Roberto) - Busquets (60th Rakitic), de Jong, Arthur, Ansu Fati (59th Messi), Griezmann - Suárez
Referee: Hategan (Romania)
Yellow Cards: Delaney, Hazard / Pique, Semedo
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