The Argentine striker Lionel Messi of Barcelona has matched the Dutchman Phillip Cocu and abroad with more games wearing a Barca shirt (292) in a match against Levante which also equaled his best scoring record at home in a single course, with 16 points.
The Argentine striker Lionel Messi of Barcelona has matched the Dutchman Phillip Cocu and abroad with more games wearing a Barca shirt (292) in a match against Levante which also equaled his best scoring record at home in a single course, with 16 points.
In its eighth season since his debut to Frank Rijkaard, `The Flea´ has returned to add a new feat in his private account, equaling the Dutch and foreign Cocu most capped a Barca shirt dress, so to play at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid in the next day, achieved re-enter the club´s history.
Dutch international midfielder Phillip Cocu performed for six seasons (1998-04) in Barcelona, where even became one of the captains of the team in its last stage.
And with his goal against Levante, Messi has equaled his career-high 16 goals at home in the 2009-10 season, an impressive record considering that still have half Liga ahead.
However, this contrasts with the poor feat cumulative figure this season at home, where the Argentine has only scored one goal against Athletic Bilbao at San Mames.
On the other hand, coach Pep Guardiola has now reached one hundred competitive matches at Camp Nou in three and half years since joining the bench of Barcelona, which has only been defeated six times in the Catalan stronghold.
In League, at home, Barca of Guardiola has managed 56 wins, seven draws and three defeats, with Espanyol, Osasuna and Hercules. Since that stumbling block before the Alicante (0-2) in the past year, the Catalans have chained 39 games unbeaten at home.
Champions League, Barca of Guardiola has added 15 wins, four draws and two defeats, against Shakhtar Donetsk and Rubin Kazan, while Copa has accumulated eight wins, one draw and one defeat against Sevilla.
Finally, the Supercopa of Spain in this era Pep knows only victory at the Camp Nou, with three wins from three matches before the Barca fans.
And with today`s five goals against Levante, Barca of Guardiola has exceeded two hundred goals in 66 league games at home and now the figure stands at 203 points, with a 39-0 overall at home this season.