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#3 Jordi Masip haunts his former club
Who is Jordi Masip? Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Masip moved to the club's famous academy La Masia in 2004, when he was 15 years old. He played for Barcelona B from 2008-14 as a third choice during his first years, going on to make 74 appearances. In 2014, he was promoted to the first team but hardly featured due to the presence of Claudio Bravo and Marc Ter Stegen ahead of him.
In 2017, he moved to his current team Real Valladolid. Masip had a solid first game against Barcelona at their home earlier this season. This time he came to their home to haunt them. Already with 7 clean sheets under his belt, he looked poised to get an 8th. Masip made 7 saves in total and all of them came from close-range.
He denied Luis Suarez from dead in front of goal in a 1v1 and he did the same to Leo Messi. He also denied KPB from scoring in the first half.
Even from the spot, Masip had the upper hand over Messi. He dived the right way during the first penalty but the shot proved to be too good. In the second half, during the second penalty, he dived the right way and saved it before saving Messi's rebound header.
The former Barcelona man kept his team in the hunt till the very end and also kept the scoreline respectable. A Man of the Match performance from Jordi Masip.
