La Liga – FC Barcelona Xavi’s Appearance Milestone in Sight
Lionel Messi made his 750th appearance for Barcelona in all competitions during Sunday 1-0 win over Huesca Sunday night.
If the Argentine plays another 18 games for the Blaugrana in the second half of this season, he will overtake Xavi at the top of the club’s points list.
The current Al Sadd boss has 767 appearances in Barcelona colors during his career before playing and coaching in Qatar.
If you consider the rest LaLiga Santander matches and the two legs against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last 16, Barcelona have at least 24 matches left to play in those competitions alone in 2020/21.
There is of course the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de Espana Messi will, of course, play more matches as Barcelona progress in all their knockout competitions.
While pushing Xavi to the top of his seat towards the end of the season, it is a realistic target, but Messi can beat one of his former team – mate’s records by February.
If the 33-year-old plays BarcelonaIn the next five matches in LaLiga Santander he will draw with the club record of Xavi in the top flight in Spain. Messi is currently at 500.