Sergio Bouquets and Leo Messi, face to face in a Classical

SERGIO BOUQUETS, 40 CLASSICAL IN TOTAL

Sergio Bouquets surpasses to Iniesta and Messi in number of Classical

Published:28/10/2018 - 16:01h

Updated:28/10/2018 - 17:18h

When it knew the official alignment of the Real Madrid in the Classical against the FC Barcelona, Sergio Bouquets knew also that, with 40 Classical, would surpass those that have Leo Messi and Andrés Iniesta along his career. The camero, one more than Messi

Sergio Bouquets, captain of the Real Madrid, played this Sunday the Classical number 40 of his career futbolística, a figure near at hand of very few, and to which could not arrive the 'crack' that up to now was empatado with him in number of Classical contested, Leo Messi, because of the injury in the right arm that prevented him participate in the dispute of the meeting in the Barcelona sanctuary.

Sergio Bouquets also surpasses to Andrés Iniesta, that has the same number of Classical that Leo Messi (39), but that no longer will be able to contest more when having fichado this past summer by the Vissel Kobe of Japan. Regarding Bouquets, his history with the Classical began a 19 November 2005 in the Bernabéu, when it debuted in a meeting against the eternal rival playing of right side, and with the dorsal '4' inherited of Fernando Iron.

That day, Sergio Bouquets confronted for the first time to the FC Barcelona and fit the first of the 17 defeats that accumulates in his career against the eternal rival, in a night in which Ronaldinho and Eto'or marked the goals of the group culé for fraguar the victory.

Sergio Bouquets, by the way, is to day of today the player that more times has lost against the FC Barcelona in the history of the Classical, 17 (before the party of this Sunday in the Camp Nou), and thirteen years after his debut in these big appointments, already has arrived to the 40 meetings. It remains of this way underneath of Manolo Sanchís (43 parties), Paco Gento (42) and empata with Xavi Hernández (40).

Like this the things, only is question of time that the one of Beds, of 32 years, finish turning into the player with more Classical in his boots, with permission of Leo Messi that it foresees that yes it can contest the next Classical, and that besides has a year less than him.

Sergio Bouquets, flavour agridulce against the Barça

Sergio Bouquets has marked in four occasions against the FC Barcelona and has seen the red card in five occasions in front of the FC Barcelona, by what the Barcelona is the team against which more times has been expelled, something normal to statistical level, and without forgetting that Sergio Bouquets is the most expelled player in the history of LaLiga Spanish.

Like curiosity, fits to remember that Sergio Bouquets and Leo Messi debuted in a Classical the same day, that 19 November 2005, and since hardly have lost parties against the eternal rival. Without Messi, Bouquets had this Sunday a problem less in which think...