Saturday, 4 October 2014

Barca's Claudio Bravo goes 561 minutes without a goal


Barcelona's Claudio Bravo sets an all-time Liga record by keeping a clean sheet in the first 561 minutes of the season, breaking the previous mark set by former Blaugrana stopper Pedro Artola. Bravo is in his first season with his club and became the default starter when Marc-Andre Ter Stegen missed time during the summer with an injury.


Artola himself told El Mundo Deportivo (half-time to Goal's Joe Wright) he had no doubt Bravo would break his record: 
"I thought my record was already broken. Bravo will beat it comfortably. He is in great condition and he knows Spanish football. he's made sure no-one remembers Victor Valdes and that is important and difficult."
The record for longest clean sheet in La Liga history is still held by former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Abel Resino, who went 1,275 minutes without conceding in the 1990-91 season.

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