Fc Barcelona Vs Madrid: Lionel Messi's records Vs Real Madrid

One of the many captivating sub-plots adjacent to Tuesday's Champions League last 16 first limb between leaders Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid will be Lionel Messi's gathering with his greatest career rivals. For the first time in his eminent career, Messi will not be wearing a Barcelona shirt against Real Madrid, having port the Catalan giants for PSG last summer.

The seven-time Ballon d'Or victor is yet to yield his very best in a PSG shirt, but he will no doubt be thrashing his lips at renewing connections with an opponent against whom he has enjoyed some of his most unforgettable moments. Fans can buy Barcelona Vs Madrid Tickets from our website.

Messi has come up against Real Madrid more often than any other adversary throughout his career, with Tuesday's first foreleg set to be his 46th arrival against Los Blancos. The Argentine expert has enjoyed himself in that time too, directly causative to a gigantic 40 goals scoring 26 and creating a further 14.

Messi's 26-goal reckoning remains a record for El Clasico fixtures one which may never be trodden and he has only scored more times against Sevilla, Atletico Madrid, Valencia, and Athletic Bilbao. Sevilla, Levante, and Getafe are the only sides Messi has logged more assists against during his career too.

Messi elite up 14 yellow cards against Barcelona Vs Madrid rivals more than against any other adversary although none of those caused him to be sent off. Of his 45 earlier meetings with Los Blancos, Messi has ended up on the winning side 19 times, with 11 draws and 15 defeats a decent win ratio of 42%.

The only antagonism Messi has not tasted defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League too, with Barcelona and Real Madrid notably meeting in the 2010-11 semi-finals.

Messi produced one of his standout goals in the first leg of that tie at the Bernabeu, boarding on a stunning solo run to net his second of that match as Barcelona put one foot in a final that they would go on to conquest, although the El Clasico events often fetched out the bumpier side of the Barcelona legend as well.

Another memorable Messi moment against Madrid came in April 2020 when he scored his 500th Barcelona goal in the most dramatic circumstances, sticking home a fine last-minute winner to authority a typically fiercely-fought El Clasico 3-2.

Dropping to the Argentine's genius was nothing new for Real Madrid by that step, though, and PSG's number 30 also boasts two career hat-tricks against the Champions League's most efficacious club.

The first of those originated in just his third ever meeting with them, notching all of Barcelona's goals in an exciting 3-3 draw at Camp Nou during the 2006-07 La Liga season.

Messi bested even that triumph when he took the match ball home again during the 2013-14 campaign, scoring three and creating another as Barcelona fringed a seven-goal thriller 4-3 at the Bernabeu.

However, while he may have been the plague of Madrid for the massive majority of his career, the goals did begin to dry up in Clasico towards the end of Messi's stay at Barcelona. Indeed, the 34-year-old botched to score in any of his last seven conflicts with Madrid Vs Fc Barcelona across all antagonisms, last doing so in the 2017-18 crusade.

Few, if any, players have done more diminishing to Los Blancos down the years, though, and Messi will look to land another telling blow on his extreme competitors for his new team on Wednesday night.

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