DBasia.news – Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi has again set a new record of scoring 700 goals during his career. The 700th goal was created against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday (01/7) AM.
Lionel Messi scored Barcelona’s second goal. The 33-year-old player fired a penalty shot to goalkeeper, Jan Oblak’s goal.
Based on Opta Joe’s record, it was Lionel Messi’s 700th goal of his career. For Barcelona, Messi has scored 630 goals in 724 matches. Meanwhile, with the Argentine national team, he scored 70 goals in 138 matches.
If dissected deeper, Messi’s record of 630 goals with Barcelona was divided into several events. LaLiga became the most with 442 goals. Then, the Champions League (114 goals), the Copa del Rey (53 goals), the Spanish Super Cup (14 goals), the European Super Cup (3 goals), and the Club World Cup (5 goals) followed.
Messi has also scored at least 40 goals in the last 11 calendar years. More amazingly, nine out of 10 years, the superstar was able to score at least 50 goals.
2012 was the best for Lionel Messi at LaLiga. He recorded 91 goals in a season. Another productive year was in 2010 when Messi scored 60 goals in La Liga.
Lionel Messi also occupied the throne as LaLiga’s top scorer. Messi has scored 441 goals ahead of second place, Cristiano Ronaldo, with 311 goals.
In addition, Messi is also still the most skilled player for matters of hat-trick in LaLiga. Messi packed 36 hat-tricks at LaLiga. The amount is two more than Cristiano Ronaldo
Sevilla became the most unfortunate team when meeting Messi. The attacker has scored 37 goals against Sevilla. That is the most record for Messi against a team.
Of course, Lionel Messi is unable to score without help. This time, Luis Suarez emerged as the best after giving 47 assists to Lionel Messi. The second rank belongs to Dani Alves with 42 assists.
Lionel Messi was also the top scorer in the most awaited match in Spain, El Clasico. The player who had suffered from hormonal disorders were bundling 26 goals. Ronaldo and Alfredo Di Stefano came in second place with 18 goals scored.
With all his magic, there is no need to doubt the greatness of Lionel Messi. The former Newell’s Old Boys player deserves the nickname El Messiah or the Savior.