Barcelona, 21 October (IANS) Football legend Lionel Messi scored a historic goal in his team’s 5–1 win over Ferencvaros at Camp Nou in the current Champions League.
Following his goal on Tuesday night, Messi has scored goals against 36 other Champions League groups. Of the 41 groups that the Argentine has faced in the competition, only Rubin Kazan, Atlético de Madrid, Benfica, Udinese and Inter Milan have controlled unscathed.
According to FC Barcelona’s official website, the target scored 3 goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Raúl González for 33 purposes each, and Karim Benzema and Zlatan Ibrahimovic with 29.
By effectively converting the penalty in the 27th minute, he was also the first player in Champions League history to score in 16 consecutive seasons.
The goal opposed to a Hungarian team also meant messi has now scored against groups from 16 other countries, with England being his biggest kill, with 26 of his goals being at the end, while the opposing team scored Arsenal, nine years, followed by AC Milan and Celtic with 8 each.
His goals were scored against APOEL, Ajax, Basel, BATE Borisov, Bayern, Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Dinamo Kiev, Juventus, Copenhagen, Leverkusen, Liverpool, Lyon, Manchester City, Manchester United, Monchengladbach, Olympiacos, Napoli, Panathinaikos, PSG, Viktoria Plzen, PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers, Real Madrid, Rome, Shakhtar, Spartak Moscow, Slavia de Praga, Sporting
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