According to Daily Sports News, as Juan Garcia is about to return from injury, although Szczesny’s ​​performance is impeccable, there may still be a thorn in his heart.

Barcelona achieved a valuable victory against Elche, but the only regret was that Szczesny once again picked up the ball from his team's net, continuing Barcelona's embarrassing record of failing to keep a clean sheet in consecutive games. This record began when Garcia was guarding the goal.

After Garcia was absent due to injury, Szczesny got a chance to play. However, with Garcia's comeback imminent, no one can shake the status of this new Barcelona player as the number one goalkeeper. Therefore, there is not much time left for Szczesny to prove himself and achieve a clean sheet.

Szczesny has conceded goals in all 8 games he has played for Barcelona this season, conceding a total of 12 goals. Most of the time, these goals are not his responsibility. For example, in the game against Paris Saint-Germain, he saved Mbappe's penalty; and in last night's duel with Elche forward Rafa Mir, although the latter scored a goal, Szczesny also made a key save. It is worth mentioning that Szczesny could hardly do anything during the goal.

If you include the goals conceded by Szczesny and Garcia, Barcelona has failed to stay clean for 8 consecutive games. The last time the Reds and Blues kept a clean sheet was back on September 21, when they defeated the always-difficult Getafe 3-0 at the Johan Cruyff Stadium. Since then, Barcelona have conceded at least one goal in each of their next eight games.

Among them, Real Oviedo and Real Sociedad each scored one goal, Paris Saint-Germain scored two goals, Sevilla scored four goals, and Girona and Olympiacos scored one goal each. In the El Clasico, despite Szczesny's outstanding performance, he was penetrated twice by Real Madrid. The most recent goal conceded occurred in the match against Elche, with Rafael Mir scoring a goal.

Barcelona has conceded goals in multiple consecutive games for the first time since the 2020-21 season, when the head coach was Koeman. Last season, under Flick's leadership, Barcelona conceded goals in six consecutive games twice, but never reached eight consecutive games like now.

With Elche's goal, Barcelona tied the record of conceding goals in 8 consecutive games during Koeman's coaching period 5 years ago. Interestingly, the poor performance at that time ended with a 3-0 victory over Elche, but the same situation failed to repeat last night.