Lionel Messi is only one purpose away from turning into solely the second participant ever after Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve the 800-goal milestone.
The PSG star scored his 799 purpose on Saturday towards Nantes. On Thursday, he could have the prospect to attain the historic feat when PSG will face Bayern Munich within the second leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie. Bayern lead 1-0 from the primary leg.
Since turning professional 19 years in the past, Messi has been stockpiling trophies at an absurdly constant charge. In truth, 2013-14 and 2019-20 had been the one trophyless seasons of his profession.
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Messi has gained extra main trophies with Barcelona (35) than every other participant within the Catalan membership’s 123-year historical past. That complete consists of 10 LaLiga titles, eight Spanish Supercopas, seven Copa del Reys and 4 Champions Leagues.
Messi has gained the Ballon d’Or for being the world’s finest participant seven instances, two greater than Ronaldo, who’s subsequent on the listing. No different participant, male or feminine, has gained it greater than thrice.
Messi is also the one participant to have gained the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball award twice. He first win it after dropping the 2014 last, and once more after main his nation to glory on the 2022 match.
The Argentine additionally holds the report for many complete targets scored by any participant in La Liga (474) in addition to the report for many profession league assists in LaLiga (192).
