The Argentinian forward, Lionel Messi, returned to the field for the next announcement of the Barça against the Ray Vallecano to define the pass to quarter-finals of the Glass of Rey. After surpassing some physical annoyances and to fulfil the two parties of sanction by the red that saw in the final of the Supercopa of Spain in front of the Athletic, the crack Argentinian went back to confront to a Ray Vallecano against which has been relentless by years.
The statistics of the Argentinian in the parties against the Ray are impressive and summary in 17 goals delivered in 10 parties of LaLiga, between which stand out two 'hat tricks' and four doublets. Messi only has remained without annotating him a goal to the ray in one of these 10 parties. In the rest, his puntería has resulted infalible. Never it has lost and it explains the meetings by victories and goleadas.
The first so much marked it on 29 November 2011 in the Camp Nou. Numbers that explain a series of 10 so many in the last 5 clashes, to an average of two. The last time that it went through Vallecas attained a "hat trick". This occurred on 3 March 2016. The last "hat trick" is also of March of 2019.
The Ray Vallecano, is one of the 28 teams against which has played Messi and to which always has won. Even it would come being the club against which more times has played (10 parties) and has gone out victorious. Against the Sporting Club of Portugal adds four parties and other so many victories (and a goal) and against the Ajax, the Dinamo of Kiev and Córdoba has confronted in three occasions, winning always and annotating six goals.
Messi like venue or visitor
The 10 parties that has contested Messi against the Ray Vallecano always have celebrated inside the parties of LaLiga Santander, being the next party of the Glass of the King the first in the competition to decide an elimination. As local the difference is minimum, Messi marked to the Ray nine goals in the Camp Nou and in Vallecas annotated eight, between which stand out a goal, two doublets and one of the hat trick already mentioned.
On the other hand, the one who already is considered as of the best players of the history, played his split number 755 with the Barcelona club and annotated his goal 649 with the T-shirt of the referred club. In Glass of the King adds a total of 54 goals in 76 parties. Messi annotates in the tournaments of the Glass of the King of uninterruptible form from the 2008, being the campaign 2010-11, with 11 targets, the most productive for the Argentinian.