Not just the defense, it's that he wasn't prepared or ready to make a save until they had already shot, in which case he'd just make a desperate last minute attempt to throw himself at the ball without success. If he was focused and prepared and positioned himself, he could've been ready to save those goals.
The 1st goal from Ribery? That was a direct result of him not being focused and then getting surprised by the shot. He was definitely close enough to make the save but was too slow to react because he wasn't prepared.
What the hell???
How can you be prepared for shots you can't see?
That first goal by Ribery was something the defense should've never let happen(shot through the legs of the defender and no pressure at all), the Martinez goal was him running free on ter Stegen and he had no chance against those other two as well.
It wasn't a great performance, but still solid and he couldn't do more today.
Can't compare him to Courtois. Courtois was amazing, focused, and had unbreakable nerves all throughout the final with no lapses in concentration. He actually saved his team and consistently performed.
Ter Stegen was poor for most of the game and conceded left and right with several lapses in concentration but then made a couple of great saves and then gets a bunch of people saying "
Ter Stegen is the best" etc.
Which lapses?
If you think Courtois is great because of the Copa del Rey final you should praise ter Stegen as well, given how he played at Bayern six months ago.
Yup, Curtois is definitely much better...
I judge ter Stegen on today's game only and haven't said he's da best. He's quite inconsistent. Sometimes he is not focused but then he has moments of greatness.
He certainly needs to improve but he just turned 21 and has loads of potential.
And judging him by one game against the probably best team at this moment is certainly a great thing to do...
Of course, that's arguable. I just remember so many matches with him making the same mistakes that ter Stegen made today that I can't admit the same without any doubt. As I said before, he is praised like that thank's to his team's overall performance which was amazing.
Moenchengladbach was very weak defensively. But I have no more arguments, so I'll just stop there
Well, we missed Alvaro Dominguez today.
Though, it wasn't about our defense, it was the whole team and just playing Bayern, who've got a team that's paying paid at least three times our squad and it shows.
It's also a season in which we've got to deal with building a new team having lost Dante, Reus and Neustädter and we're just not there yet.
Last season not even the current Bayern side would've dared to start playing so offensively after 15 minutes, knowing that Reus would run circles around there defense.
Therefore we can't do much about other teams pressure, with them knowing that we're not as deadly on the counter attack as we've been before.
BTW: Part of ter Stegens quote from todays game.
Ich habe jetzt noch zwei Spiele mit der Nationalmannschaft, darauf freue ich mich. Danach geht es in den Urlaub, um ein wenig auszuspannen. In der nächsten Saison greifen wir wieder an.
The bold part means that they'll try to get at it next season again, which means he'll stay at Gladbach.
And no matter if Barca wants him or not, it's a good decision because of him being so young and still in need of more experience at a club like Borussia.
