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Messi is a goal of the 700 between Barcelona and Argentina

BARCLEONA – After the penalty goal in Barcelona’s victory against the Madrid team Leganés (2-0), the Argentine Lionel Messi was one of the 700 officials in his professional career with the shirt of his club (629) and the Argentine team (70).

The Rosario forward is approaching a round figure after 858 games, with an average of 0.81 games between the Barça club and the Albiceleste.

Before him Leganes, Setién bet on rotations with up to five changes with respect to the match against Mallorca. Changes that do not affect Messi, even when his team plays against the bottom of the competition.

Shared start attack tip with Antoine Griezmann and the young man Ansu fati, main novelty in the eleven and author of the first goal of the match in the 42nd minute.

It was the first shot on goal that of the Spanish-bisauguinean, in a first time in which the Argentine went down to the core to participate and flee from the tight defense ‘pepinera’.

On the restart, he enjoyed more spaces. His was the play that led to the penalty that ended 2-0. He drove from the midfield, combined with Suárez and in the unmarked position he was knocked down by the defense of Leganes. He transformed the maximum penalty with mettle, deceiving Cuéllar in the 69th minute.

He did not close the night with a double that would have allowed him to reach 700, but he has them within range. It thus adds 629 goals with Barcelona in 720 games.

Since his first goal on May 1, 2005 against Albacete, he has celebrated 440 goals in LaLiga, 114 in the Champions League, 53 in the Copa del Rey, 5 in the Club World Cup, 14 in the Spain Supercup and 3 in the European Super Cup.

The scoring average with the national team is somewhat lower (0.68 goals per game) compared to the average achieved with Barça (0.87 per game).

Thus, Messi adds 34 goals to his team in friendly matches, 21 in South American qualifying, 9 in matches of the America Cup and 6 in the World Cup.

The next record that Messi has close to the most official goals in a single club. Skin achieved 643 with the Santos, before going to Cosmos American, and Messi has 629 with the Barça club.

Although beyond records, Messi, despite the halt due to the pandemic, remains the benchmark for his team. Since the return of the competition, he has distributed two assists and two goals in the two duels played to date.

So far this season, the Argentine has already scored 26 goals among the three competitions, being the top scorer in the LaLiga with 21 goals, and has distributed 18 assists.

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