A wonderful save that explains why Ter Stegen is not an elite shot-stopper.

From this distance, a GK should be anticipating. Like during a penalty. But Ter Stegen thinks this is futsal, hence why elite scorers in Europe have it easy against him. Same thing De Gea, btw. https://twitter.com/Zona_Blaugrana/status/1321922189273272322">https://twitter.com/Zona_Blau...

Courtois won Madrid the clasico with that save on Messi.

He moved to right, anticipating the easy tap-in pass to Coutinho. And then when Messi realised that he left the goal wide-open, Courtois recovered brilliantly.

Now if he just stood there, it wouldn& #39;t have been his fault. But he wouldn& #39;t have had the chance to make the stop. That& #39;s why Ter Stegen is never at fault but he rarely doesn& #39;t extra-ordinary saves either. Most of his saves are shots from far or shots close to his body.

Another example.

Valdes anticipates Henry& #39;s finish. MATS would& #39;ve waited & eventually stuck out his foot when it was too late. Would it have been his fault? No. But GK& #39;s on 20M/year should make CL winning saves. And Ter Stegen doesn& #39;t. Because he doesn& #39;t anticipate. Too reactive