Barcelona star faces major challenge on the road to La Liga individual honour
According to SPORT, FC Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia is set to move straight to the top of the Zamora Trophy rankings this Saturday, as long as he plays against CA Osasuna. The Spaniard will reach ...
Barcelona star faces major challenge on the road to La Liga individual honour According to SPORT , FC Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia is set to move straight to the top of the Zamora Trophy rankings this Saturday, as long as he plays against CA Osasuna. The Spaniard will reach the required 28 league matches, each with at least 60 minutes played, to qualify for the award given to La Liga’s best-performing goalkeeper . He will achieve this milestone in one of the most demanding venues in Spanish football: El Sadar, where no visiting goalkeeper has kept a clean sheet in the league for nearly two years.
A stadium where Osasuna always score Osasuna have scored in 37 consecutive La Liga home matches. This run includes all 16 games of the current season, the entire 2024/25 campaign (19 matches), and two fixtures from the 2023/24 season. The last goalkeeper to leave El Sadar without conceding was Rui Silva on 5 May 2024, when he played for Real Betis in a 0-2 win.
Since then, every visiting goalkeeper has conceded at least once. Chasing another clean sheet However, Garcia arrives in strong form, having kept clean sheets in his last two league matches against Celta Vigo and Getafe. He has now gone 214 minutes without conceding.
Overall, the Barcelona shot-stopper has kept 14 clean sheets in 27 La Liga appearances, all of them full matches. If he adds another at El Sadar, he will claim top spot in the Zamora standings. Zamora Trophy within reach.