On this day 5 years ago, Lionel Messi scored this incredible solo goal against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final. Here it is analyzed to the bottom.
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A few stats for Messi fans to boast of!
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He has scored 25 league goals in each of the last 10 La Liga seasons
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He has 22 La Liga goals as a substitute
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He has scored 52 direct free-kicks for club and country
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He is first ever player to have 1000 goal contributions
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He has scored 41 career hat-tricks for Barcelona
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Lionel Messi scores 700 career goals in 112 matches fewer than Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi scored the 700th goal of his career on Tuesday (June 30) during a 2-2 draw vs Atletico Madrid. Messi reached the milestone with a penalty against the best goalkeeper in the world, Jan Oblak.
Messi reached 700 career goals in just 861 appearances
630 goals in 723 matches for Barcelona
And 70 goals in 138 appearances for Argentina
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Lionel Messi Out Of 700 Footballs After His 700th Goal 
Awesome portrait of the GOAT in his natural habitat: the football pitch!
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Messi Milestone Career Goals - 1st to 700th
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700 goals.
700 balls.
One Leo Messi.
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Messi’s phenomenal playmaking statistics outclassing all the top midfielders of this season.
At the age of 33 giving tough competition to a 29y/o PL’s best midfielder, maintaining a decent scoring frequency along with magnificent figure of goal assistance, big chance creation, key passing, superb passing accuracy percentage… What more do you want from a single player at the age of 33?
Also He is on the verge of becoming the first ever player to hold the record of scoring and providing highest number of goals and assist in a single season.
He is the only player to achieve
Most number of Golden Balls
Most number of Golden Boots
Most number of Best Playmaker award
Messi is declining, growing older he can’t score solo goals from midfield anymore but he is still that player whom any team in this world would love to have.
The Most Complete Footballer ever to play this game.
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Messi created another record with seventh Pichichi award after scoring a double against Deportivo Alaves in the final match of the season. His season tally stood at 25 goals in 33 appearances and 21 assists thus beating Xavi’s all time record.
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Lionel Messi has proved himself the GOAT again. Man it is unrealistic. 25 goals and 21 assists in a single season shattering multiple records. However, it is sad to see the player not winning the league because of shaky defence. I hope Barcelona redeems themselves by winning UEFA CL
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This is the fourth season in a row that Messi has finished top of the goal standings in Spain’s top flight - the longest streak of any player in LaLiga Santander since Hugo Sanchez did the same in the 1980s.
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Messi finally showed his tough side in the round of 16 against Napoli!
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Lionel Messi 55 Freekick Goals In His Career
Messi is the best freekick taker in the world.
Lionel Messi isn’t competing with players anymore, he’s competing with teams. Over the last 8 years, Messi has converted the most free-kicks out of every club in the world. Taking this insane statistic even further, over the last 5 seasons Messi has scored the most free-kicks (obviously) with 22, while Juventus is in second with 15 free-kick goals. There is a difference of 7 free-kick goals between an individual in the first place and a team in second place.
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On this Day in 2012, Lionel Messi became the first player in history to win the Ballon d’Or four years in succession.
We’re not worthy.
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Messi has either created or scored almost every goal Barca scored in the league this season. He also has the most dribbles completed in Europe and is now the joint top scorer in Laliga.
Greatest ever. 
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Lionel Messi has taken over 30 more shots than any other player in Europe’s Top five leagues this season 
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Goals scored against teams in top 10 this season:
Messi - 6 (54%)
Kane - 4 (40%)
Bruno - 4 (36%)
Mbappe - 3 (25%)
Ronaldo - 3 (21%)
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Lionel Messi has now scored the most braces of any player in the 21st century, doing so in 137 different games.
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Lionel Messi has now scored 48 direct free-kick goals for FCBarcelona in all competitions (37 in LaLiga), one more than Cristiano Ronaldo in his profesional club career (47).
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free-kicks for Barcelona 
