The new record that Messi wants to take from Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League

After the victory against Nantes, Paris Saint Germain are about to make their Champions League debut, the great goal of the Parisians this season. This Tuesday Christophe Galtier’s team will receive Juventus from Italy, with an inspired Neymar and a newly converted Mbappé. Messi, by him, wants to dress up as a scorer againas well as the last time he left that facet.

And is that, at the beginning of Ligue 1, he put Rosario the assistance chip, but with the start of the biggest European club tournament he has a new record on the horizon. For the first time since the 2003-2004 season, Cristiano Ronaldo He will not play the Champions League and it is a golden opportunity for the captain of the Argentine national team, second in the ranking of historical scorers of that competition.

The leader of this list is Cristiano. The Portuguese, who will play the Europa League with Manchester United this season, has 140 goals in the Champions League, but in this edition he will give his companions an advantage. That’s where Leo appears, who with 125 goals begins to trample him to ‘Mister Champions’.

The podium is completed by two who will return to the top European competition: Karim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski, both with 86 goals. But if one thing is clear, it is that the two really at issue are the Rosarino and the Portuguese. In the last Champions League, Leo scored 5 goals. To reach Cristiano, in this edition you will have to triple the sum. For now he will try to start on the right foot against Juventus.

The list of all-time top scorers in the Champions League, which excludes many converts in the preliminary stages, is completed by: Raul Gonzálezwho made 71; Andriy Shevchenko59; Ruud van Nistelrooy56; Thomas Müllerstill active, 52; Thierry Henry, 51; Y Filippo Inzaghififty.

Head to head at the assist table

Leo and Cristiano are fighting head to head for the title of best scorer in Champions League history, and when it comes to assists, things are not so different. In this list, the Portuguese also appears as a leader with 42 votes. From behind appears Messi with 36 assistsand the podium is completed by another Argentine: Ángel Di María, who has 35 assists and is also aiming for Ronaldo’s record.

Given his debut in the French league, where he already has 6 assists in as many games played, it seems Leo won’t have too much trouble catching up with the Madeira native on this list, but ‘Fideo’ isn’t far behind either. One who runs from behind, but who on the pitch is more generous than ever and for this he can get involved in the dispute, is Neymar, who has 30 assists in the Champions League.

So, in the face of this Champions There will be two Argentines with the aim of overtaking Cristiano on the list of best assists. It should be remembered that Messi and Di María will share the group stage, as they will be part of a Group H which also includes Benfica and Maccabi Haifa.

Messi was the second scorer in the history of football

Messi always has a sign to overcome, to improve. And just like in the Champions list, Rosario also accompanies Cristiano in counting the top scorers in the history of football. With the goal against Lille he reaches 773 and Leo overtakes Romario and finishes second in the standings. The Ligue 1 goal marked his 15th goal for the French side. These, added to the 672 of Barcelona and the 86 of the Argentina national team, made Leo reach 773, thus exceeding the 772 of ‘Chapulín’.

Beyond some records that Pele had with more than 1,000 goals, the official numbers have put the Portuguese as the top scorer in history with 815 goals. I mean, Leo must deduct 42 when both are active. The name of the Czech Josef Bican, who was a notable scorer, has been circulating on social media and in some journalistic notes for some time. The truth is there is no one hundred percent verifiable data on the attacker who could represent Austria and Czechoslovakia.