Lionel Messi is on the hunt for another fantastic record to unseat, incidentally, Cristiano Ronaldo

The rivalry between Lionel Messi AND Cristiano Ronaldo it never seems to end Although the 38-year-old Portuguese is currently enjoying a privileged retirement at Al Nassr of the Arab League, in one way or another his good name always appears in the archives of the Old Continent. Especially when we talk about goal record and compare it with the impressive record of the captain of the Argentina national team, which is still making history in Europe.

And that’s what the Rosary will try this Friday: make more history. It will be from 16:00 in Argentina when paris saint germain visit the bottom line Anger by the date 32 of championship 1 from France. There, in northwestern France, in a city that serves as a bridge between Nantes and Le Mans, Messi will be looking to appropriate a record he has shared since last weekend with CR7. He will try to be the top scorer in the history of the top five European leagues (Germany, Spain, France, England and Italy).

What is the Flea to do? It will be enough for him to score a goal, just a goal, to reach the 496 whoops and leaves behind Cristiano Ronaldo, who will remain stationary at 495. That centenary figure was the one achieved by the best player in the world and he presents himself in Qatar 2022 with his contribution in the 3-1 defeat of Lens last Saturday.

The good thing for Messi is that CR7 would have no prospects of returning to a top European championship for the moment. Therefore, the Portuguese could no longer catch up with him in this competition.

There is an important detail: this statistical category only counts for the goalscorers of the five main European championships. Therefore, goals that Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Sporting Lisboa in his first days as a player were not counted. Only those that he has done in his two steps are “worth” Manchester UtdIn real Madrid It’s inside Juventus.

Another relevant detail is that the Portuguese has achieved 495 victories in the top European leagues in 626 matches. An average of 0.79 goals per appearance on the pitch. Messi, on the other hand, achieved that record in 573 games. Therefore, Leo is favored by his goal average: he has the not inconsiderable score of 0.87 goals per game. It’s more effective.

Cristiano Ronaldo, on the other hand, continues to hold the crown of top scorer in the history of world football, as he has amassed 834 goals in 1060 games -even with an average of 0.79-. There Messi runs it from behind with 805 wins in 921 games (0.86). But in the document he is two years and four months younger. It seems that in this field he has time to leave even his great opponent without another record.