Footballs greatest rivalry bloomsbury by richard fitzpatrick. Messi is still currently active for barcelona and is sure to add to his tally in the time to come. Name the players to have scored the most goals in the great rivalry between barcelona and real madrid. The classic is the name given in football to any match between fierce rivals fc barcelona and real madrid. This is a truly fine, informative, lively and wellwritten book. The alltime leading scorer in clasico history is the blaugranas lionel messi, who played against real. Fc barcelona are the side with the most goals scored in laliga this term, finding the net 20 times.
In line with that, the elclassico has also witnessed a lot of fantastic attackers whose efforts in front of goal have entered the history books. The score is given at fulltime and halftime in brackets, and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted. This history is brilliantly weaved together into a soap opera of a book. When barcelona take on real madrid, there are usually fireworks weve seen 62s, 43s, 51s, 33s and even a 66, which was all the way back in 1916. Largest victory real madrid beat barcelona in the copa del rey back on june 19, 1943 by a score of 111, the most lopsided victory in the matchups history. This book talks about the history of the club fc barcelona. Meetings between real madrid and barcelona usually create headline after headline, whether that be because of goals, drama or ill discipline. List of fc barcelona records and statistics wikipedia. Lionel messi has rewritten pretty much every record in the book. The mercurial argentinian has 24 goals in 36 appearances, with 16 strikes coming in laliga. The central midfielder was the star of the spanish super cup, scoring two spectacular goals. Messi is the highest scorer in clasico history, having scored 24 times against his sides rivals. Of course, the clasico is often defined by individuals.
The story of spanish football, says about the match. If you ever thought about a trip to the camp nou or bernabeu for a game you need to read this first. Futbol club barcelona is a professional football club, based in barcelona, catalonia, spain. You scored % this beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%. The book had me hooked from the start, it gets into the scandal, uproar, controversies and folklore of the clubs. Originally it referred only to those competitions held in the spanish championship, but nowadays the term has been generalized, and tends to include every single match. A history of the hatred between spains two great clubs is a riveting read, writes tim lewis. What really makes this book stand out from other football books i have read is the coverage of the social history of spainand spanish football. The historical book fc barcelona more than a club was written by the company world soccer. With his goal against real madrid, the argentinian became the alltime top scorer for a.