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Lionel Messi will be, once again, Real Madrid's worst nightmare

Published:23/10/2020 - 18:37h

Updated:23/10/2020 - 18:37h

From the 2005, Lionel Messi has been the big problem of the team madridista. In all his classical contested has been able to annotate 26 goals and deliver 14 assistances

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Lionel Messi, the captain blaugrana, debuted in a classical, on 19 November 2005 and since, has participated in 43 occasions in this event, in four distinct competitions. His numbers are scandalous: it has converted 26 targets, delivered 14 assistances and livestock 19 meetings; some statistics that turn it into an out of series.

The first meeting of the Argentinian in front of the Real Madrid is one of the classical more remembered and no precisely by his intervention. The group directed by Frank Rijkaard imposed by 0-3, in Santiago Bernabéu with a recital of Ronaldinho. The Brazilian annotated two goals and made an exhibition that started the applauses until of the local fans, in one of the moments for the history of the football.

The moment of Lionel Messi would arrive shortly after, in his first Classical in the Camp Nou. The 'Flea' premièred like goleador in a meeting in front of the Real Madrid with a hat-trick to put the tie to 3 in the marker. Fabio Capello, the technician madridista, already spoke on the rosarino, months before the party: "Never I have seen a player with so much quality by the age that has. With personality, speed. It has it everything. It has loved me".

East was the beginning of the best player of the world in the Classical; it seemed that it could not go to better, but, as always, surprised us. It was with the arrival of Pep Guardiola that lived his best moments in the Barça-Madrid. The míster of Santpedor achieved to chain until five consecutive victories, between which find , the unforgettable 2-6 or the manita in the Camp Nou.

Of course, it is evident that any of the two teams arrives to the party in his best state ofform . The performance of both teams has not been the expected, although it seems that the Catalans arrive a stair byon . The history shows us that foresee a result, taking into account the performance of the teams before the party, does not have any sense.

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In case all this had not been sufficient, Lionel Messi also has the record of maximum historical scorer of the classical with 26 so many in 43 meetings. It snatched him the first square of this ránking to Alfredo Gave Stefano, in the 2013, with 18 tatos and would surpass it a year afterwards, annotating three so many in a totally crazy party that would finish 3-4.

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