Only Aspas & Celta stand between Ter Stegen and history

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One more clean sheet... Though one player doesn?t make a team, there are often talismanic players who are the fulcrum.
Lionel Messi at Barcelona would be the easiest of examples, Harry Kane at Tottenham is another and, prior to the season just gone, Virgil van Dijk at Liverpool could be considered vital to the way the Reds play.
Then you have Iago Aspas at Celta Vigo.
Frankly, he is Mr. Celta, and when Aspas plays well so do the Galicians. It?s as if he elevates the whole squad to a level above that which they normally play, and it?s happened on more than one occasion against Barcelona.
Indeed, he?s become something of a nemesis to Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and since 2015 Aspas has scored 10 goals against Barcelona according to transfermarkt.
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That?s a decent output against the Blaugranes for any striker, let alone one who plays for a club that generally hover around mid-table.
The final game of the 2022/23 Spanish top-flight season sees Barca travel to Balaidos to play a team that have won just once in the last 10 matches - against bottom club Elche.
In four of those games, Celta have failed to score, and Ter Stegen will be hoping to make it five from the last 11 on Sunday.
Should the German manage another shut out, he will make history for having the most clean sheets achieved in a single season in the top five European leagues.
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