Lionel Messi has written
his name once again in football legend, as he became the all time leading
goalscorer in the Champions League with his 72nd goal in the competition
against APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday.
Just
four days ago, he achieved the same feat in La Liga, shattering an old record,
with a hat-trick to boot.
Messi
was captaining Barca on the night and stabbed home his side’s second goal of
the evening from close range on 37 minutes after Luis Suarez had opened his
account for the club with the opener.
The
Argentine moves ahead of Raul, who
scored 71 goals in 142 appearances for Real Madrid and Schalke, with Cristiano
Ronaldo just one goal further back on 70.
Messi
now hold both scoring records at just 27 years of age and reached the new
record mark in 51 fewer games than Raul with both men having won the tournament
three times.
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