With the party contested this Wednesday in front of the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), already are 766 the quantity of parties contested by the Argentinian Leo Messi with FC Barcelona, since it debuted with the first Barcelona team in the 2003, when only it had 16 years. Now, 18 years afterwards, is near to leave backwards in this register to another historical of the club: Xavi Hernández, the one who jumped to the field like culé in 767 opportunities until his farewell in 2015.
Of agreement to data supplied by the Barça in his portal official web, the Argentinian adds in LaLiga Santander a total of 509 meetings; in the UEFA Champions League, 149; in the Glass of Rey, 79; in the Supercopa of Spain, 20; five in the World-wide of Clubs of the FIFA and four more in the Supercopa of Europe.
During all this distance, the club to the that more confronted the 'flea' was precisely the rival maximum of the Catalans: the Real Madrid. Against them it played a total of 44 parties. Afterwards it is the Seville, with 43; the Athletic of Madrid, with 42, and the Athletic Club (40). Afterwards they appear the Espanyol and Valencia, both with 35.
Of the 766 parties, a total of 375 played them in the stadium Camp Nou, as it is obvious, whereas 372 contested them like visitor. Besides, it has seen action in 19 opportunities in neutral field. Of these, has won 535, has empatado 140 and has lost 91.
Against Huesca, a day that paints special
With the meeting of the next Monday in front of the SD Huesca, in the Camp Nou, Messi will equalise to his old fellow Xavi, the one who played of Barcelona in 17 seasons and harvested 27 titles. With which was protagonist of the called "better Barça of the history", which conquered in 2009 the sextete and the triplete of League, Glass and Champions of 2015.