We are a few days away from the expected confrontation between the two Spanish football poles, Real Madrid and Barcelona, in the match known as El Clasico, which will be held at the Santiago Bernabeu, on March 20, in the 20th round of the Spanish Football League.
Despite the Meringue’s victory in the last five Clasico meetings, in light of the deterioration of Barca’s level, football fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the next confrontation, after the Catalan team recently glowed.
Barcelona succeeded in concluding 4 deals in the last winter Mercato, which are the quartet Dani Alves, Ferran Torres and Adama Traore, in addition to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Regardless of Alves, the attacking trio, Torres, Traore and Aubameyang, are playing the first Clasico in his career.
But returning to the veteran Brazilian defender, he has previously played 45 matches against Real Madrid, with the various teams he played in their colors, as the most team he has played against, and he is also considered one of the two teams’ most players at the present time, playing the Clasico.
In general, Real Madrid is developing a plan to tighten control over Alves, who has great experience, and his glow increases in such meetings.
In numbers, the veteran Brazilian defender suffices to say that he managed to beat Real Madrid in 22 matches out of the 46 in which he participated, with a percentage of 48%, while he drew in 7 matches and lost in 17 (37%).
During those matches, Alves scored two goals, and succeeded in providing 5 assists to his teammates in the Catalan team.
Although he has advanced at the age of 38, Alves still has his luster, with his level relatively lower than he was 5 years ago.
Alves played with Barcelona 7 matches, in all tournaments, since his return to the Camp Nou last January, and succeeded in scoring a goal and making 3 others.
It is worth noting that Alves is considered the most successful player in the world, with 44 titles with all the teams he played in their colors, and certainly the most of them were in Barcelona, during the golden period of the Catalan team.