Messi eyes 500 as El Clasico looms
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MADRID: Lionel Messi requires dual some-more goals to strech 500 for Barcelona and will have his sights set on achieving a miracle opposite good rivals Real Madrid in Sunday’s Clasico.
It is roughly 12 years to a day given a petite Argentine netted his first, opposite Albacete in a Camp Nou, and there could not be a improved time to move adult a sorcery number, quite in a week that began with his good opposition Cristiano Ronaldo concealment a record 100th Champions League goal.
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Barca, who route Real by 3 points carrying played a diversion more, are underneath even some-more vigour than common after Wednesday’s Champions League rejecting by Juventus.
The steer of Messi prosaic out with blood purgation from his face after a complicated tackle from Miralem Pjanic seemed to sum adult his club’s new fortunes.
Barca lacked a hunger, quarrel or integrity to mangle down a realistic opponent.
What maybe was many distinguished as they meekly exited Europe was that even a fickle Argentine seemed emptied of his superpowers opposite a volatile backline.
He was bullied, harangued and harried out of a diversion by a Italians.
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In finish contrariety to Ronaldo, who roughly single-handily dragged Real Madrid by opposite Bayern Munich 24 hours earlier, a five-time universe actor of a year looked morose as a diversion drew to a unavoidable end before tilted off during a final whistle.
However, former teammate Ronaldinho is subsidy Messi to lapse to his best. “It’s a smashing story. He’s on a verge of 500 goals for a bar and my pass set adult a initial of them,” Ronaldinho said. “He’s a good man. It’s smashing to see all he’s achieved – and he still has lots left to give.”
The Brazilian’s difference will be put to a exam this weekend as, in a deficiency of a dangling Neymar, a concentration on Messi will be even some-more intense.
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The Argentine will need to be during his shining best if Barca are to overcome Zinedine Zidane’s in-form side, who are dominant in their final 12.
With only dual wins in their past 5 games and dumped out of a Champions League during a quarter-final theatre for a second year running, their deteriorate is in risk of fizzling out.
Defeat to Real will leave them with only a Copa del Rey to play for.
Although Messi is La Liga’s tip scorer this deteriorate with 29 goals, he has not netted in his past 6 appearances opposite Real, dating behind to his 2014 hat-trick during a Bernabeu.
In a same period, a Portuguese has scored 3 in 5 Clasicos.
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