Manuel Neuer class: The reason why excellent GK Ter Stegen never plays any minute for Germany at big Competition



On the morning of June 24, Switzerland almost surprised everyone by scoring the opening goal against Germany.However, Germany showed the spirit of not giving up and scored an equalizer in the 90+2 minute.Germany regained 1 point from Switzerland and will participate in the 1/8 round of EURO as the top team in Group A. Meanwhile, Switzerland ranked second, Hungary ranked third, and Scotland was eliminated.On the day Germany played the final match of the group stage, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer went down in history. He became the goalkeeper with the most appearances in the tournament with 18 matches, breаking the old record held by Gianluigi Buffon (17 matches). The next two people are Edwin van der Sar and Rui Patricio with the same 16 matches.Neuer showed that breаking records is no joke. In the 88th minute, he made a classy save against a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. If it weren’t for Neuer, Germany could have conceded a second goal and it would have been difficult to retain 1 point.Dispelling the sadness of his ιnjury and incident at Bayern Munich, Neuer continues to be a reliable stopper in the wooden frame.In the 28th minute, Neuer conceded a goal after a close-range shot by Swiss side Dan Ndoye. But we can’t blame him in this phase.Neuer is the reason why Marc-Andre ter Stegen appeared so ungainly for the national team.This goalkeeper is on the official list of the German national team in major tournaments. However, he was not allowed to play even for a minute in both EURO 2016, World Cup 2018 and World Cup 2022.In addition, the goalkeeper on the Barca payroll cannot attend EURO 2020 because of a knee ιnjury. In fact, Stegen played no less. Last season, he had 75 saves. On average per match, Stegen has 2.7 saves (74% success rate). But when placed next to Neuer, the Barca star is always ranked behind in the team.