Iago Aspas needs the meigas to help him recover the goal. The Galician from Moaña, Celta’s undisputed leader and Spain’s top scorer in the last five years, has now gone six months without scoring, something that had not happened since his time at Sevilla, nine years ago. Although if there is a fetish rival against whom he feels confident, it is Barça, his next rival. In 19 games he has scored ten goals against the Blaugranas to become one of those players that the Camp Nou, now Lluís Companys, has always feared.
At 36 years old, the one known as the Prince of Bateas, is already facing the final stretch of a career that started late. It was not until he was 21 years old when he made his debut to save the Vigo team from relegation to Second B. Two of his goals against Alavés elevated him, but it was not until two years later, already at 23, when he emerged as a scorer by being the top scorer. second with 28 points.
Be that as it may, you have to go back to March 18 to see his last goal in official competition. Back problems hampered him in the last stretch of the season and at the beginning Rafa Benítez has asked him to delay his position to benefit the team’s play. However, Barça, one of their favorite rivals, appears on the horizon. In fact, it is their third favorite rival after Sevilla (12 goals) and Real Sociedad (11).
The Galician forward has faced the Barça team in 19 games, 18 of them in the light blue shirt and has scored a total of 10 goals, all of them in the League. The goal percentage per game, 0.62, is truly extraordinary for Barça.
His last goals against the Barça team came in the 2021-2022 season. In November he scored two goals in a 3-3 draw at Balaídos and in May he scored the only goal for the Vigo team in the defeat (3-1) at the Camp Nou. This year he was left without a prize and in the last game of the season it was Gabri Veiga who scored the two goals in Vigo’s victory in Balaídos (2-1).
Aspas, a football fan who has already become the top scorer in the history of his team in Primera (196), refuses to say goodbye to football. Although, just in case, this Saturday will be a special meeting for him. Few players have made Barcelona fans suffer so much. Few have shone in that way at the Camp Nou.
