
Wojciech Szczesny is chasing down historical Johan Cruyff record in Dortmund
- Seguimos 2025/04/14 07:36
- 0 0
Wojciech Szczesny is aiming for a piece of Barcelona history on the road at Borussia Dortmund in midweek action.
La Blaugrana head to Signal Iduna Park looking to rubber stamp their spot in the UEFA Champions League semi finals following a dominant 4-0 quarter final first leg win last week.
Despite the bulk of the job already being done by Hansi Flick, Szczesny is not expected to be one of the players rotated out of the team, as Flick looks for experience in a testing environment.
Szczesny has firmly established himself as Flick’s No.1 since the start of 2025 with the club hoping to extend his short-term contract on into next season.
His run of consistency between the posts has given Flick’s charges real stability to build from as he develops a cult following amongst the Catalans fan base.
Ahead of the trip to Dortmund, the former Poland international is closing in on equalling a club record held by the iconic Johan Cruyff, as a measure of just ow well Szczesny is performing right now.
If he starts as expected in Dortmund, it will be his 23rd start in all competitions since joining Barcelona, as part of an unbeaten streak from his debut appearance at the start of January.
A 23rd successive unbeaten game in a debut Barcelona season would match Cruyff’s figure from his first campaign in 1973/74.
That would be another incredible feat matched and Szczesny is on course to break new ground as the only Barcelona player to go over 30 games in their debut campaign with Cesc Fabregas currently holding that benchmark at 30.
However, Fabregas’ 2011/12 season ended with a hosts of near misses, as Barcelona finished second in La Liga behind Real Madrid and lost to Chelsea in the Champions League semi finals – with Szczesny hoping he will not mirror that in May.
This article mentions
Related News
Espanyol official: Fans are prohibited from bringing or wearing clothes with Barcelona logos into the stadium!
2 days ago
Balde participated in part of Barcelona's joint training today and is expected to be included in the national derby list!
9 days ago
Barcelona is interested in Reece James, and Chelsea values the player at about 25 million pounds!
9 days ago
Barcelona is out! Only Paris has a chance to win the treble!
10 days ago
In the 210 minutes of the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals, Inter Milan was only 6 minutes behind Barcelona!
10 days ago
Kroos: Pedri 'more important' to Barça than Yamal
11 days ago
Flick considers letting Inigo Martinez play as left back against Inter Milan
11 days ago
Marc Casado is close to returning, aiming to play in the national derby
11 days ago
Can it be achieved against Inter Milan? Lewandowski is one goal away from 100 goals in his Barcelona career
11 days ago
Barcelona official: More than 4,000 members and fans will go to the Meazza Stadium to watch the game
11 days ago
0comments
No comments available