Lionel Messi breaks a rare record of his rival, Cristiano Ronaldo

DBasia.news The rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi seems to be ongoing. The two megastars have returned to be on the spotlight in the last two days.

Ronaldo proved that he was not finished after scoring a hat-trick against Cagliari in Serie A on Monday (15/3) am, WIB. CR7 has now officially passed Pele’s record as the all-time top scorer.

A day later it was Messi’s turn to play. La Pulga scored two goals to help Barcelona beat Huesca 4-1 on the LaLiga campaign.

The pair of goals did not only increase Barcelona’s chances of winning the title. Messi is also increasingly firm at the top of the temporary top scorer list with a collection of 21 goals.

Not only that, the incision has made Messi now successfully score at least 20 goals for 13 consecutive seasons in the domestic league. He was able to surpass Ronaldo, who scored at least 20 goals for 12 consecutive seasons.

Messi started his full season debut in LaLiga 2005-2006 by scoring 6 goals. His productivity increased two seasons later by scoring 14 goals and 10 goals.

However, Messi’s sharpness actually increased rapidly when Barcelona was handled by Pep Guardiola in 2008-2009. He completed the treble winners of El Barca by scoring 23 goals in LaLiga or 38 goals overall.

Since then, Messi’s goal productivity has remained stable until now. It was marked by seven Pichichi trophies or LaLiga top scorer.

Another record

Messi also made another important record in this match. The match against Huesca is the 33 year old player’s 767th appearance for Barcelona.

Which has made Messi match the club’s all-time record for appearances held by Xavi Hernandez. That means he only needs one more match to become the sole owner of that status.

Lionel Messi’s goals in LaLiga in the last 13 seasons:

2008-2009: 23 goals

2009-2010: 34 goals

2010-2011: 31 goals

2011-2012: 50 goals

2012-2013: 46 goals

2013-2014: 28 goals

2014-2015: 43 goals

2015-2016: 25 goals

2016-2017: 37 goals

2017-2018: 34 goals

2018-2019: 36 goals

2019-2020: 25 goals

2020-2021: 21 goals (End of Week 27)