04/11/2021 15:28
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 04/11/2021 3:32 PM
Was the classic between Real Madrid and Barcelona the last of Lionel Messi as the protagonist?
That is an answer that nobody dares to give because, simply, only Rosario has the answer.
That is why this Saturday was followed with even more attention by the cameras during the 90 minutes of the duel that had Zinedine Zidane's team as the winner.
Precisely, one of those shots captured the Flea shivering with cold as a result of the flood that fell in Valdebebas.
The image traveled the world
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There were ten minutes to go to the end of the game and the score was already 2-1.
It was then that a close-up of the camera director saw Messi having a hard time when the game was stopped.
The storm had left him drenched and the low temperature, at that time 12 ° C, did the rest, combined with an intense wind that was felt in the Real Madrid sports field.
Immediately afterwards, Messi left the court to change his thermal shirt and the number 10 shirt to continue what was left of the game.
The new clothing did not help the Rosario to turn on and get to twist the story.
During the Real Madrid game against Barcelona, Lionel Messi was seen shivering from the cold, and he went viral on social networks pic.twitter.com/5B0D759DCb
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In fact, he has not been able to score goals for Real Madrid for seven games.
He has not scored since the last heads up against Cristiano Ronaldo.
He was very close with a corner taken from the right that beat Thibaut Courtois and crashed into the far post.
That day, for date 36 of the 2017/18 League season, Luis Suárez scored 1-0 and the now Juventus star won the temporary tie.
Messi, then, put Barcelona ahead again and was about to score another one were it not for the intervention of Thibaut Courtois.
His team, however, could not maintain the advantage and Gareth Bale put the final 2-2.
Messi, under the deluge.
Photo: EFE / Juanjo Martín
After that game and until this Saturday, Barcelona and Real Madrid met seven times.
In October 2018, with Leo injured, the Catalans thrashed 5-1 with a hat-trick from Suárez, a goal from Coutinho and another from Arturo Vidal.
The following year, there were four classics and four chances to convert that La Pulga missed: two for the semifinals of the Copa del Rey (1-1 at the Camp Nou and 3-0 for Barsa in Madrid) and another pair in La Liga. , with another away victory at the Bernabéu and a 0-0 at Cap Nou.
Messi on the floor in the duel against Real Madrid.
Photo: AP
With the world affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 season generated two clashes between the biggest clubs in Spain, with Real triumphs.
On March 1, just before the pause for sanitary measures, they won 2-0 in Madrid and on October 24, at the Camp Nou, 3-1.
The only goal for Barcelona that year was made by Ansu Fati.
Throughout his career, since his debut in the 2004/05 season, Messi played 45 classics against Real Madrid and scored 26 goals: 18 in LaLiga, two in the Champions League and six in the Spanish Super Cup.
And it maintains a debt in the Copa del Rey.
With those numbers, and despite the drought of seven games that this Saturday he could not break, he is the top scorer in the history of the Classic.
Some time ago he left behind 18 goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano and Cristiano Ronaldo, 15 from Raúl González and 14 from Ferenc Puskás.
