03/01/2020 - 9:00
- Clarín.com
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Lionel Messi's Barcelona defends the tip of the League of Spain in the visit to his escort Real Madrid, in a Santiago Bernabéu stadium that is comfortable for the record of four consecutive victories in their last presentations. The most convincing classic in world football is played by Date 26 of the season, with the arbitration of Valencian Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz and live broadcasting on the 610 channel of DirecTV .
Barcelona arrives at the best standing match for present and recent history. The team of Quique Setién took the lead last date and if he manages to win again in the classic 190 of the history of LaLiga, he will have reached the historical milestone of five wins in a row at the home of his maximum rival.
The great "Blaugrana" streak at the Bernabéu, which is combined with 321 minutes without receiving goals, began in the time of DT Luis Enrique with a 4-0 (2015-16) and then a 3-2 (2017-18), and then he continued in the management of Ernesto Valverde (3-0 in 2017-18 and 1-0 in 2018-19).
Madrid is undefeated at home in the current season of Spanish football but its performance is not entirely reliable. And the merengue concern increases if one considers the fall of last Wednesday in the visit of the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola (2-1) for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. That defeat by the maximum continental tournament came days after the trip at the home of Levante, which meant the loss of the tip of the Spanish championship.
Messi played 42 times the game between the Spanish soccer titans, with a balance of 19 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses. He is the top historical scorer of the classic with 26 goals, well ahead of Alfredo Di Stéfano and Cristiano Ronaldo, both with 18.
Lionel Messi Barcelona vs Real Madrid. (AP Photo / Emilio Morenatti)
He is also the footballer in history who most often vulcanized the arches of Bernabéu as a rival in LaLiga (11); However, the Rosario star goes through its worst streak of matches without marking Real Madrid, with a drought of four classics.
The poker that scored the day before Eibar (5-0), when his team jumped to the first place of the tournament, is a motivation to return to the goal against the merengue team and take hold in the table of top scorers of the season he leads with 18 points and five difference from the French Karim Benzema.
