02/28/2020 - 12:26
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April 2017, discount time, the classic matched 2-2 until Messi decides to change history. He does his thing, it is his goal number 500 so that the piece also has a statistical gold brooch. And he takes off his shirt, displays it as a trophy. In front of his eyes, in his challenging look, is the Real Madrid rostrum that is once again rendered before the best of all.
May 2009, first shout of goal in another's house and in duplicate for a memorable win.
March 2014, Leo overcomes himself and marks in triplicate to turn a vibrant duel that seemed to be left to Cristiano Ronaldo and company.
December 2017, the last classic in the White House and another overwhelming victory with the Argentine seal.
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On Sunday, Lionel Messi will arrive at Santiago Bernabéu for a clash that will begin to mark the pulse of the League. And it arrives with credentials to spare. He is the top scorer of the classics with 26 goals, he will become the Barcelona player who most times played against his top rival, with 43 games, and will be his 21st visit to the White House with a history that allows him to enter with the Inflated chest: has 10 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses.
Leo's first visit to the legendary Real Madrid stadium was in November 2005. At that time, the Culé team had a clear soccer leader: Ronaldinho. And it was the Brazilian crack commanded that triumph 3-0.
The first visitor classics were not easy for the Argentine: it is more, he reached three consecutive games at the Bernabéu without being able to score goals. Everything changed with the arrival of Pep Guardiola and his revolution in a team that marked an era.
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Among the deeds it is remembered on May 2, 2009 day in which Pep decided to locate Messi as a center forward, the famous “false 9” that had little false and served to deliver the first two goals of Leo in that stadium to round a Historical 6-2 that was completed with the double of Thierry Henry and the goals of Piqué and Puyol. That day he had opened the account for Madrid Gonzalo Higuaín.
The great moment of Barsa coincided naturally with the splendor of Messi. Pep's team achieved sextete in 2009 and became master and lord of the classics. It is worth a fact: from those two goals in 2009, Leo scored in five consecutive derbies - between Liga, Supercopa de España and Liga de Campeones - on the Real Madrid court, a brand that no one could match.
But there are more numbers that highlight the participation of the Argentine on the ground of his arch-rival: he scored 15 goals for Madrid in his stadium, including 3 doublets and 1 triplet, which makes the Merengue team the rival to which he has most marked as away, over Deportivo de la Coruña (13 goals in 8 games) and Sevilla (12 goals in 15 games) and Atlético de Madrid (12 goals in 18 games).
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Of the 20 visits to the Bernabéu, Messi scored in 10, with a balance of 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, both suffered in the 2012-13 season in the Spanish Super Cup (2-1) and La Liga (2-1) .
On Sunday Messi will return to the Bernabéu. And as at each step he will be adding new brands, this time he will become the Barcelona player with the most classic (43) disputed beating Xavi.
The duel that will be played from 17 in Argentina will draw a hinge for the final stretch of the League of Spain. The place arrives beaten by the unexpected defeat in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Manchester City of Guardiola. Barcelona, meanwhile, got a good draw in Naples and was better off for a rematch. Although, it is worth marking, the Catalan team is far from its best football version.
The table indicates that the pointer of the championship is the team of Quique Setién, with 55 points and those of Zinedine Zidane, were two units due to defeat against Levante on the last date.
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All the classics Messi played at the Bernabéu:
3/3/2019 Real Madrid League 0 - Barcelona 1 (-)
12/23/2017 Liga Real Madrid 0 - Barcelona 3 (1 goal)
8/16/2017 Supercup Spain Real Madrid 2 - Barcelona 0 (-)
4/23/2017 Liga Real Madrid 2 - Barcelona 3 (2 goals)
11/21/2015 Real Madrid League 0 - Barcelona 4 (-)
10/25/2014 Real Madrid League 3 - Barcelona 1 (-)
3/23/2014 Liga Real Madrid 3 - Barcelona 4 (3 goals)
2/3/2013 Real Madrid League 2 - Barcelona 1 (1 goal)
1/30/2013 Copa Rey / Semis Real Madrid 1 - Barcelona 1 (-)
8/29/2012 Real Madrid 2 Supercup - Barcelona 1 (1 goal)
1/18/2012 Copa Rey / Cuartos Real Madrid 1 - Barcelona 2 (-)
12/10/2011 Liga Real Madrid 1 - Barcelona 3 (-)
8/14/2011 Supercopa Real Madrid 2 - Barcelona 2 (1 goal)
4/27/2011 Champions / Semis Real Madrid 0 - Barcelona 2 (2 goals)
16/4 / 2011Liga Real Madrid 1 - Barcelona 1 (1 goal)
4/10/2010 Liga Real Madrid 0 - Barcelona 2 (1 goal)
5/5/2009 Liga Real Madrid 2 - 6 Barcelona (2 goals)
7/5/2008 Liga Real Madrid 4 - 1 Barcelona (-)
10/22/2006 Real Madrid League 2 - 0 Barcelona (-)
11/19/2005 Real Madrid League 0 - 3 Barcelona (-).
(EFE source)