Here are the facts: Having been injured for months last season, Ter Stegen got fit and played on Matchday 34. Ter Stegen, albeit with medical approval, immediately decided that it was time for some relatively minor remedial back surgery. Flick, right, took a huge risk when it came to Ter Stegen, left, and his injury situation. ET) , can't use García or Szczęsny (both are unregistered), Ter Stegen is obviously out (recovering from surgery) and Iñaki Peña has been granted permission to join Como. For Flick and his employers to fight with Ter Stegen last week, given this goalkeeping situation, was an enormous risk.