VIDEO: Ter Stegen on his penalty saves v Real Sociedad

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Ter Stegen was Barca's hero in the shootout against Sociedad. DUGOUT

During the penalty shootout after extra time, Barca's Ter Stegen made three crucial saves. One of them was in another penalty from Oyarzabal, who until that moment had not missed any of the 16 penalties he had taken in his career.

Barca faced Real Sociedad in the first semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday night in Cordoba.

Koeman's men took the lead through Frenkie de Jong's header on 39 minutes, but in the second half, he gave away a penalty for handball and Mikel Oyarzabal levelled the scores in the 51st minute. It remained 1-1 after extra time and Barca GK Marc-Andre ter Stegen was the hero in the shootout.

He saved three penalties from Jon Bautista, Mikel Oyarzabal and Willian Jose and Riqui Puig's decisive penalty gave Barca a 3-2 win. Have a listen to what Ter Stegen said post-game in the video above!

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