That would have been inevitable. That he would arrive in the evening of the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Liverpool, exactly 14 years from the first professional network, seemed much less likely. It was May 1st 2005 when a very young Leo Messi, served no less than Ronaldinho, scored his first goal with the Blaugrana shirt at Albacete. On May 1st, 2019, a 600th unexpected goal arrived and everything to be framed. Unexpected because to reach this goal Messi would have had to score a brace to a tough opponent like Liverpool, to be framed because he arrived with the umpteenth, masterful punishment that ended at the crossroads without leaving any chance for Alisson.
Like Ronaldo, better than Ronaldo Messi, therefore, reached as his own goleador his usual opponent, that CR7 that in the Italian derby drew from Juve with Inter had reached 600 in the clubs. The difference? Simple, Messi scored these goals in 683 games, Ronaldo in 801. Difference not insignificant if you think that the Argentine has cut this goal 118 games before CR7.
As marks Messi Obviously, being a natural left-handed person, most of his goals Messi scored with his left foot: exactly 491. But many are also those scored with the foot considered "weak": 85 with the destronon are a negligible data . His stature does not make him seem dangerous on high balls and instead Messi has scored, and not just a little, even at the head: 22 goals including the very precious one in the Champions League final at Manchester United under the leadership of Guardiola. In this particular statistic Messi also boasts a "body" and a "hand" goal.
In the Champions League: goals to 32 of the 37 clubs faced The Barcelona playmaker scored at almost every club he faced in the Champions League, for a total of 32 out of 37 and Liverpool became the number 76 team against which Messi scored in all competitions. Only Raul did better than him (33).
Black beast of the English Messi is the second player to score against three English teams in the same Champions League (Tottenham, Manchester United and Liverpool). The same thing happened only to Thomas Muller in the 2013-2014 season (Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United). But above all the Argentine scored against every English team he faced, for a total of 25 goals.
