No one has played more classic Puyol

The boat's captain is the player's current squad culé most often been faced with the meringues, will be 22 to Monday

The quintessential Barca captain Carles Puyol has seen them all in 21 classic colors that until now has played against all of Madrid. And that is 1,830 minutes on the pitch to defend the colors of the club against arch-rivals Barcelona go far. Eight wins, seven losses and six draws are the final summary of the classic account of La Pobla sum. Since its debut in the first team on 2 October 1999 in the field of Valladolid, only lost a derby. It was back in the 2000/01 season which ended in a draw between the two sets of two: was injured in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, winning the silver medal, and was operated on December 20 of a torn cartilage his right knee that kept him away from the pitch until 8 April, slipped four league matches. Indiscutible in the eleventh gala de Guardiola, has left the skin on the field in each game against Real Madrid in which participated. So much so that on two occasions over injured against whites: the April 25, 2004, in minute 83 for an entry of Luis Figo and April 1, 2006, 88, after a sharp blow with Sergio Ramos. Despite the harshness of such meetings, the central Barca has seen only seven yellow cards, or a red.


However, the sweetest moment defender who has lived in the history of the classics that have played came in the 2008/09 season, scored at minute 20 in the second leg which ended with a 2-6 for the Catalans . A result that Barca fans will never forget, like the image on the Barca kissed the captain's armband after a great header that ended at the bottom of the network of Iker Casillas. Interestingly, both Casillas and Xavi are the two current players pursued in the list of participants in the classical maximum Puyol, with 20 matches each. The keeper has played merengue 1800 minutes compared to 1659 by Xavi. Casillas, who on Monday will play their first derby as captain, has received 137 shots on goal, saved 102 and received 35 goals, two of them annotated by the Terrassa in 2001/02 and 2003/04. Iniesta and Sergio Ramos with 10 classics, and Messi to eight, completing the classification. In addition, the '5 'Barca soon reach the figure of 25 classic Migueli runs so far, the Blaugrana that historically has faced more times to Real Madrid.