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Barcelona lost another classic to Real Madrid and one of the men who carried the weight of the post-match was Lionel Messi.
The culé captain started the game as the driver of the match, the man who generated the actions for Barcelona and, in fact, Ansu Fati’s goal was born from the foot and head of the Argentine.
However, as the minutes passed and especially in the second half, Messi lost weight on the field of play and little by little he permeated the bad football that some of his teammates showed, some very young like Pedri and De Jong, that weighed little.
Messi said goodbye to the match between Barcelona with 98 touches of the ball, of which 58 were precise passes. He tried five centers that ended in nothing; Although he did eight dribbles, he could only complete three and lost the ball 26 times, especially with Casemiro and Sergio Ramos.
But the figures are not very distant from what has happened in the last two seasons. Lionel Messi has not scored or assisted in the last five classics between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid (October 28, 2018)
Luis Suárez (x3) Coutinho, Arturo Vidal. Lionel Messi did not play in that match.
Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona (March 2, 2019)
Rakitic’s goal after a pass from Sergi Roberto. Messi played the 90 minutes.
Barcelona 0-0 Real Madrid (December 18, 2019)
Messi played the 90 minutes
Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona (March 1, 2020)
Messí played the 90 minutes.
Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid (October 24, 2020)
The absence of Messi in goal actions is equal to the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, whom they consider their greatest rivalry in the Spanish classics.
However, that is not the only one that has been needed in the last classics. The departures of Andrés Iniesta and, further back, Xavi Hernández, have damaged the Argentine’s football in these last classics, since the greater responsibility in the games has weighed on him and it has not been easy.
