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Leo Messi and Karim Benzema, face to face in a Clásico

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Messi and Benzema will lead the 'war' by the goal in the Classical

Published:8/04/2021 - 18:51h

Updated:8/04/2021 - 22:26h

Leo Messi and Karim Benzema arrive to the Classical of this Saturday with win to follow adding goals and rectify his fight by the Pichichi

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The FC Barcelona will visit this Saturday, from the 21:00 hours (time Spanish), to the Real Madrid in Valdebebas. It will be a party that can begin to define LaLiga and loaded of individual duels, as the one of Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema. Both are the maxima goleadores of his respective teams and will look for to follow 'wetting' in a crash that promises to be decisive and thrilling.

It does some years the main appeal of the Classical was the 'war' between Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but in front of the exit of the Portuguese forward of the Real Madrid, in 2018, the Barcelona captain had not crossed to a player of the group merengue with which 'litigate' the goal in a Classical. Now, with Karim Benzema in a very positive state, 'The Flea' will want to reinvindicarse and mark the guideline to level goleador.

It is necessary to remember that Messi does not mark in a clash between the FC Barcelona and Real Madrid from the season 2017-2018, the last of Christian in the White House. The Argentinian turned into the tie 2-2, of 6 May, in the Camp Nou. In this clash, Luis Suárez had opened the marker to the ten minutes, to be empatado by 'CR7' four minutes afterwards. Messi broke the equality shortly after the beginning of the second part, but a so much of Gareth Bleat, in the 72, left the party in tables. Since, 'The Flea' has not marked in front of the eternal rival.

To 100% and living the best moment of the season, Messi will look for to fulfil with his pending subject in front of the Real Madrid and give a hit on the table in the fight by the Pichichi. Already great, this season, 23 targets, by in front of Gerard Moreno (19), Luis Suárez (19) and Karim Benzema, that registers 18 goals in LaLiga to date. The French, after losing some parties with the Madrid by injury, has found, also, his best version and already adds four consecutive parties marking, with two included doublets (in front of the Elche and Celtic of Vigo).

Messi and Benzema, by in front of his mates

So much the Argentinian like the Frenchman have dressed of heroes, more than ever, for his respective teams. They are those that more goals accumulate, very by in front of the rest of his mates. In the Barça, while Messi adds 23 goals, the maximum second artilleryman of the team in LaLiga is Antoine Griezmann, with 8 so many. By behind, they are Ousmane Dembélé (5) and Ansu Fati (4) that, although it does not play from principles of November, keeps like fourth maximum goleador of the team.

In the Real Madrid, by behind the 18 goals of Benzema in LaLiga, is Casemiro with 5 so many in the domestic championship. Considering that the Brazilian exerts like defensive pivote, is an alarming situation for the ones of Zinedine Zidane and speech of the fault of goleadores that there is in the White House. By behind, they are Marco Asensio (4), Luka Modrid (3) and Vinicius Jr (3).

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