Messi scored two goals in the 2020-2021 La Liga away game against the Granada CF at Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes in Granada, Spain on the 10th (Korean time), leading the team’s 4-0 win.
Messi’s first goal came from his left foot. Antoine Griezmann’s goal led the team 1-0 in the 35th minute, and Messi scored the goal with a left-footed shot of Griezmann’s pass. The second goal came in 7 minutes. A free kick from the right side of the penalty arc shook the net. Messi, who scored the 10th and 11th goals in the regular league this season, beat Herard Moreno (Villarreal CF, 10 goals), Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid), and Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo, more than 9 goals). It came to first place. Messi also scored two goals against Athletic Bilbao on the 7th of this month, leading the team’s 3-2 victory.
Messi also scored double digits in the regular league for 15 consecutive seasons. Messi, who debuted in the Barcelona 1st team in 2004, has been scoring double digits since the 2006-2007 season. According to the statistics site Opta, Messi is the only one who has scored more than 10 goals in 15 consecutive seasons in La Liga.
Messi, who recently surpassed Pele, the’football emperor’ and held the record of’the most scored in a single club’, continues to break his new record. Pele scored 643 goals for Santos, Brazil, and Messi, who played 752 games in a Barcelona uniform for 17 seasons, is currently scoring 648 goals. Barcelona, which has been undefeated in eight games, including three consecutive wins, has risen to third place (34 points).
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