Lionel Messi Goal Fasting for 900 Days in El Clasico

DBasia.news – Barcelona’s match against Real Madrid or El Clasico will take place in week seven of LaLiga 2020-2021 which takes place at Camp Nou, Saturday (24/10). Many are waiting for Lionel Messi’s action in this match.

The star war between the two squads is the main dish of El Clasico and Messi is one of the players who can differentiate the results of the match, although there are some young players who can steal the attention such as Ansu Fati, Vinicius Junior, or Francisco Trincao.

El Clasico is nothing new for Messi (33 years) who was promoted from La Masia in 2004. During his 16 years with Barcelona, ​​who won six Ballon d’Or and four Champions League titles, he has felt the El Clasico battle in each generation.

But ahead of El Clasico, the situation will not be the same. Apart from not being attended by spectators in the stadium due to the corona virus pandemic, Messi – according to Marca – has already been fasting for a long goal in El Clasico for a total of 900 days.

Uniquely, those 900 days have been counted since 6 May 2018 and it was the year when his rival, Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid and joined Juventus. Messi seemed to lose his sharpness without Ronaldo.

Both have admitted in an interview session that their competition to be the best in the world increases the level of playing each other – both of them always improve their playing skills so that they are not less competitive.

Since Ronaldo left Messi has played five of the six Clasico and gone through 440 minutes without scoring. Even so, this does not mean that Messi is not a threat to Madrid’s defense, but that record makes him even more dangerous.

Messi can show hunger to score goals and help Barcelona win, moreover, he tried to show commitment to the team after filing a transfer request to leave in the transfer market last summer.

“El Clasico on Saturday is the perfect opportunity for Lionel Messi to prove he is still committed to Barcelona,” wrote Barcelona legend Rivaldo to Betfair.

“He’s had a tough summer, and hasn’t started the season brilliantly, but it’s the perfect game to step up his game and prove he’s still an extraordinary player.”

“A convincing performance in the match against Madrid will increase his confidence for the rest of the season,” said Rivaldo.

Messi has not returned to his best. But in Ronald Koeman’s 4-2-3-1 tactics at Barcelona his role as a false nine (pseudo attacker) opened up opportunities for other players to score goals, besides that Messi’s movements also became freer.