If the Athletic wishes to carry some point of the Camp Nou this Wednesday, knows very very which will be one of the keys: desconectar of the game to Leo Messi. In the parties contested between both teams during the last times, the colchoneros so only have had opportunity to win or add points against the Barça when the Argentinian star has not had a good night.
And this has repeated almost always since the "Cholo" Simeone trains to the Athletic of Madrid, although of course also have given exceptions. The first of them sucedió was on 12 May 2013, when the culés won with a goal of Alexis and another of Gabi in own door.
In 2015, in the turn of the chambers of Glass of Rey, two goals of Neymar and one of Miranda in own door were sufficient to defeat to the Athletic by 2-3, whereas the past season, in the quarter-finals of Champions League, the blaugrana won in the gone 2-1 with two targets of Luis Suárez, although they would be deleted in the meeting of turn in the Calderón (2-0).
The case is that the only time that Messi marked and the Athletic carried the three points was on 1 March 2009 in a party that finish 4-3, with Abel Resino in the bench and the Athletic tracing back the initial goals of Henry and Messi. Since, when Messi marks the Athletic remains without options to add, whereas when it does not do it the group of the Manzanares yes sees increased his possibilities.
No in vain Leo Messi has achieved to mark 25 goals to the Athletic of Madrid in 29 parties, by what is clear that the Argentinian star has a big importance to the hour to decide the meetings between two of the best clubs of Spain.