Lionel Messi He has 825 goals in his career. The last one, this early Friday morning in Tennessee, marked another milestone. It was his first goal in the Concacaf Champions Cuppopularly known as Concachampions. It is that the 1-2 partial against Nashville SCfor the first leg of the round of 16 that ended 2-2 thanks to a late appearance by Luis Suárez, allowed him to add a different celebration although with one of his trademarks: left-footed shot from the crescent against the rival goalkeeper’s near post.
The goal, which he scored 7 minutes into the second half after an assist from his friend Luis Suárez, allowed him to celebrate in his twelfth club competition. Awesome.
It is added to their shouts in the Spanish League (474), Champions League (129), Copa del Rey (56), French Ligue 1 (22), Spanish Second B (6), Spanish Super Cup (14), United States MLS (4), Leagues Cup (10), Club World Cup (5), European Super Cup (3) and French Champions Trophy (1).
He was only unable to celebrate his own goals in just two tournaments he played: the French Cup -he will no longer have revenge- and US Open Cup from the United States – where he placed two assists in his debut season with Inter Miami and then scored a penalty in the definition from 12 steps in the semifinal against Cincinnati FC-.
To that we must add his screams in the Argentine National Team, where he accumulates goals with the Major (World Cup -13-, Copa América -13- and Qualifiers -31-), the Sub 23 (Olympic Games -2-) and the Sub 20 (World -6-). With the Albiceleste he barely scored in the Finalissima.
The goal at Geodis Park in Nashville also allowed him to close the gap with Cristiano Ronaldo a little in the race to be the top scorer in the history of football. The Portuguese from Madeira Island has 877 screams throughout the 1,210 games -162 were from penalties-. An average of 0.72 per match.
Messi’s 825, on the other hand, were in 1,051 appearances and only 108 were from 12 steps. Yes, although he shouted less, La Pulga’s average is higher: 0.78 per game.