Not exact matches
Under Martin O'Neill and Alex McLeish he made just 20 appearances, mostly
in cup competitions, this season he has been the first choice
goalkeeper, making 31 starts.
It will be very interesting to see if Wenger allows Szczesny to play
in the FA
Cup semi-final next weekend, as he has always preferred to use his sub
goalkeeper in that
competition, but considering the steadiness of Ospina I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger sent the Pole a message by leaving him out.
The Gunners played out last season with Petr Cech as our main
goalkeeper, and with the Colombian used as backup, as well as
in the Champions League and a majority of
cup competitions.
Goalkeeper Wenger has confirmed that Colombian shotstopper, David Ospina will feature
in the clash to continue the tradition of the regular no 2 featuring
in the
cup competitions.
Portugal used all of their
goalkeepers during the 2014 World
Cup Finals, with the Netherlands later following suit
in the same
competition.
Slaven Bilic for this game can't count on the first
goalkeeper Adrian who's place will take Darren Randolph who played
in the FA
Cup competition where the Hammers reached the played quarter - finals and eventually were knocked by Manchester United.
Mourinho will have other plans should he need to shop for a new
goalkeeper, but with the likes of Sergio Romero, who has played well
in the
cup competitions this season, waiting
in the wings, and Portuguese youngster Joel Pereira, United may well have a starting point
in securing the back, should that option need to be endured.
Venue: Nou Camp, Barcelona Date: 03/02/2016 Kick - off: 8:00 PM GMT / 03:00 PM EST
Goalkeeper Marc - Andre ter Stegen has continued to impress for Barcelona during the
cup competitions and the German star will once again be starting
in the Copa del Rey during the clash against Valencia on Wednesday night.
Jose Mourinho has been reluctant to paint Cech as the
Cup goalkeeper, saying that he can rotate between him and Courtois for any game
in any
competition.