Leo Messi, launching a direct fault against the Real Madrid

MESSI, THE SNIPER OF THE BARÇA

ANALYSIS: What there is behind the 41 goals of fault of Leo Messi with the FC Barcelona

Published:4/04/2019 - 18:28h

Updated:4/04/2019 - 18:28h

Leo Messi accumulates 41 goals of fault with the Barcelona, and in front of the Villarreal chained three parties followed annotating like this, something that already has attained thrice in his career. We review the most notable data that leaves us the version 'sniper' of the '10'

With the step of the years, Leo Messi has turned into an authentic specialist in the launchings of direct fault. They are already 41 the goals that has annotated of fault in his 676 parties with the FC Barcelona, and fits to take into account that during his first years the '10' did not kick faults regularly when having by in front to other specialists, as for example Ronaldinho Gaúcho.

But over time it has gone debugging the technician in this type of launchings, by pure practical and training. If we add to the shots of fault the penaltis, 'The Flea' has annotated already 111 so many to balloon stopped with the Barcelona T-shirt, 18.69% of the total (594). It inherited the dorsal '10' of Ronaldinho, and in this section can say that the apprentice has surpassed to the teacher.

Between 2004 and 2008 it had marked 42 goals with the FC Barcelona, any of them direct fault, and since has achieved at least a target of fault in each exercise. The efficiency of Leo Messi in this appearance has gone going up like the foam, until the point that in three of the last four campaigns has accumulated seven goals of frank hit, and in this 2018-19 can surpass this register as to the Barça remain him, at least, 11 parties of official competition that could be 14 if it arrives to the final of the Champions League.

Messi went back to mark of direct fault this past Tuesday against the Villarreal, after having it done also in front of Espanyol and Real Betis in the previous days of League Santander. The fact to chain three parties followed marking of fault, however, is not at all new for him. It did it also in the season 2016-17 (Villarreal, Athletic in League and Athletic in Glass) and in the season 2017-18 (Girona, The Palms and Athletic in the days 25, 26 and 27 respectively).

To all this, in two parties has been able able to mark two goals to of direct fault. The first time was on 11 August 2015 in the final of the Supercopa of Europe, that won the culés in front of the Seville (5-4). The second, the past 8 December 2018 in the 'derbi' in front of the Espanyol (0-4), in the first turn of the LaLiga Santander 2018-19 (0-4).

Precisely the RCD Espanyol is the team to the that more goals of fault has marked: 6. The half of them has achieved them this same campaign, and just after the Espanyol appear Athletic Club with 5, Seville with 4 and Athletic with 3 fit. The group trained by Simeone visits this Saturday the Camp Nou, and will have to walk with eye to the hour to concede some fault in the frontal of the area.

Without going more far, remember that Messi sentenced one of the parties of the past season, against the Athletic, by means of a shot of direct fault to the 26 minutes of game. And another data to take into account: his first goal of fault in an official party with the Barça achieved it on 4 October 2008, in the 6-1 that the Barça of Guardiola transformed against the team trained then by Javier Aguirre.

Of the 41 goals of direct fault that has transformed with the FC Barcelona, Leo Messi has achieved 31 of these targets in LaLiga Santander, 4 in the Champions League, 3 in the Glass of Rey, 2 in the Supercopa of Europe and 1 in the Supercopa of Spain. The competition in which it still has not attained to annotate of direct fault is the World-wide of Clubs, that has played in three occasions. In 2009 it contested the 2 crashes and marked 2 targets, as in the edition of 2011. In the one of 2015, instead, only played the final but did not be to his appointment with the rival goal, adding another target. The FC Barcelona won the three titles, but Messi did not mark of direct fault. It will achieve it before hanging the boots?