http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 becomes joint second highest goal-scorer for Barcelona – La Liga News
Barcelona won their match against a hapless BATE Borisov, however, the 5-0 thrashing was not the highlight. Lionel Messi was at the centre of attention as he equalled Laszlo Kubala’s scoring record.
Little http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leo-c22011 has been a part of Barcelona’s first team since the 2004/05 La Liga campaign. A lot was expected from the diminutive Argentine. But not even the most optimistic of the Catalan fans would have expected him become one of the club’s leading goalscorers
seven years down the road.
Messi came through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s famous La Masia academy. Coming through the ranks under the guidance of club legend Josep Guardiola and mentored by Ronaldinho, the twenty-four-year old stands at the top of world football.
He has been crowed FIFA World Player of the Year twice and is the most likely candidate to take the award this time as well. Even http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 accepts his superiority and accepted him as the better player in an interview.
Unmatched in quality, the pint-sized attacker has added another record to his growing list of accolades. With his brace against BATE Borisov, he now equals Laszlo Kubala’s goal scoring record.
Kubala played for Barcelona from 1951 to 1961, and established the record in 256 competitive matches. Messi, on the other hand, has achieved the record in a much smaller time frame but took more matches to equal this target.
Messi made his league debut against RCD Espanyol on October16, 2004 (at 17 years and 114 days), and seven league campaigns later, the diminutive attacker has written his name in the annals of the club’s history.
The match against Borisov had its fate sealed before the match even began and Messi’s presence can be attributed to it. Messi scored his first in 38 minutes and continued his rich vein of form in the second half to score on the 56th minute mark.
La Pulga raced to this record on the back of 127 strikes in La Liga, 39 in the UEFA Champions League, 2 in FIFA Club World Cup, 8 in Spanish Super Cup, 49 in Copa del Rey, 7 in European Cup, 6 in Copa de Ferias and one apiece in Copa Latina and European
Super Cup.
He now stands behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/César-c8669 Rodriguez, nicknamed ‘El Pelucas’ by Les Cules. With most of his career hopefully being ahead of him, he will surely break-make this record his.
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