The central midfielder was the star of the spanish super cup, scoring two spectacular goals. Fc barcelona are the side with the most goals scored in laliga this term, finding the net 20 times. If ronaldo is on target on saturday, he will draw level with madrid great alfredo di stefano in second place on 18 goals. The classic is the name given in football to any match between fierce rivals fc barcelona and real madrid.
This history is brilliantly weaved together into a soap opera of a book. Meetings between real madrid and barcelona usually create headline after headline, whether that be because of goals, drama or ill discipline. Meetings between real madrid and barcelona usually create headline after headline. When barcelona take on real madrid, there are usually fireworks weve seen 62s, 43s, 51s, 33s and even a 66, which was all the way back in 1916. List of fc barcelona records and statistics wikipedia. A history of the hatred between spains two great clubs is a riveting read, writes tim lewis. The score is given at fulltime and halftime in brackets, and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted. The historical book fc barcelona more than a club was written by the company world soccer. List of real madrid cf records and statistics wikipedia. Messis hattrick decided last months 43 win for barca, a match which also saw the argentinian star become the fixtures highest ever scorer. The book had me hooked from the start, it gets into the scandal, uproar, controversies and folklore of the clubs.
The alltime leading scorer in clasico history is the blaugranas lionel messi, who played against real. Messi is the highest scorer in clasico history, having scored 24 times against his sides rivals. After a sensational clasico which real madrid triumphed to usurp fierce rivals fc barcelona to the summit of laliga we take a look at the top 10 scorers in the historical fixture. Name the players to have scored the most goals in the great rivalry between barcelona and real madrid. Largest victory real madrid beat barcelona in the copa del rey back on june 19, 1943 by a score of 111, the most lopsided victory in the matchups history. Arguably the greatest player in real madrids history. In line with that, the elclassico has also witnessed a lot of fantastic attackers whose efforts in front of goal have entered the history books. Messi is still currently active for barcelona and is sure to add to his tally in the time to come. Barcelonas lionel messi continues breaking records at an unstoppable pace. Of course, the clasico is often defined by individuals. What really makes this book stand out from other football books i have read is the coverage of the social history of spainand spanish football. With his goal against real madrid, the argentinian became the alltime top scorer for a.
If you ever thought about a trip to the camp nou or bernabeu for a game you need to read this first. You scored % this beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%. Futbol club barcelona is a professional football club, based in barcelona, catalonia, spain. This book talks about the history of the club fc barcelona. Fitzpatrick takes the time to explain the context of the madridbarca rivalry in terms so many soccer books, so much to choose from. Lionel messi has rewritten pretty much every record in the book. The mercurial argentinian has 24 goals in 36 appearances, with 16 strikes coming in laliga.
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