An Unexpected event, In what was his 753rd appearance in all competitions, Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time in a game for Barcelona. He was sent off after a VAR review for off-the-ball violent conduct.
An Unexpected event, In what was his 753rd appearance in all competitions, Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time in a game for Barcelona. He was sent off after a VAR review for off-the-ball violent conduct.
• MOTM without a scoring a goal:
Lionel Messi - 59
Cristiano Ronaldo - 8
The greatest doesn’t need to be on the scoresheet to dominate a match
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39 Games
31 Goals
14 Assists
Back in December 2020…
The boots Messi wore to break Pele’s all-time scoring club record have sold for £125,000.
The money will support sick children at the Arts and Health Project of the Vall Hebron University Hospital.
Diego Maradona’s son: “Anyone who criticises Messi does not understand anything about football. He suffered a lot when they compared him with my father but I adore Messi, I love him. No-one in the history of football has his quality. I’m so happy that he won the Copa.”
Lionel Messi’s picture with the Copa America trophy is now the most-liked post of all time from an athlete on Instagram
The Ballon d’Or for Donnarumma?
“No I would give it to Messi. Leo is the absolute number one and was the protagonist of a stratospheric Copa America.”
Fabio Cannavaro
Robert Lewandowski:
“After what happened at the Copa America tournament, I think it’s going to be harder for me to win the Ballon D’or. But I won’t mind losing it to the best player of all time.”
Another Instagram record for Leo Messi :
The video clip posted by Leo Messi has crossed 20M views in just 19 hrs, and become the fastest ever video clip to reach these many views.
If Messi wins the Ballon D’or this year, he would become the first footballer in history to win the Ballon D’or in three seperate decades.
Out of every record Messi holds, this might just be the most impressive of them all. Mind-boggling longevity.