On March 24th, "Mundo Deportivo" listed Joan Garcia's data this season, talking about his outstanding performance.
It is reported that yesterday, Joan Garcia joined the national team training camp with the goal of convincing De la Fuente to let him participate in the World Cup. With his excellent saving ability, Joan Garcia has kept 12 clean sheets in 23 La Liga games and leads Courtois and Oblak in the Zamora Trophy competition.
He needs to play 5 more games to reach the required minimum of 28 games. He has completed 22 saves in La Liga, exceeding his record when he played for Espanyol last season. This statistic measures the relationship between goals conceded and expected goals based on shot quality.
According to SofaScore, Joan Garcia ended the season with 7.49 goals prevented and 145 saves during his time with Espanyol, while now at Barcelona, he has prevented 9.47 expected goals from the opponent. To date, his number of saves (63) is less than half of last season's, but his performance is more outstanding.
Unai Simon only avoided 0.5 goals for Athletic Bilbao, while David Raya (-0.88) and Remiro (-2.23) had negative performances. According to Barca's data, Joan Garcia completed 98 saves in 36 games, exceeding Szczesny's 89 saves in 40 games.
People in the locker room praised Joan Garcia: "He is incredible, makes wonderful saves, and his passes are also essential," Flick said, "That's why we signed him." The Zamora Trophy ranking is also enlightening. He has only conceded 17 goals in La Liga, 7 less than Courtois and 8 less than Oblak.
Although the gap is not large, it is very informative. Joan Garcia concedes 0.74 goals per game, while Courtois concedes 0.86 and Oblak concedes 0.96. The difference between them is also reflected in the number of clean sheets. Joan Garcia keeps a clean sheet in 52% of the games, while Oblak keeps a clean sheet in 39% and Courtois in 36%.