"Messi's 829th and 830th career goals in Inter Miami's 3-1 win over Nashville SC, both at club and international level, came in just 1,056 games compared to Ronaldo's 1,156 (100 fewer games)," CBS Sports Golazo reported.
Messi has scored and assisted in all 9 matches since the beginning of the season.
"Messi (who will be 37 in June) is about two and a half years younger than Ronaldo (currently 39), and both players are in the twilight of their careers. But they are still fighting quietly, despite rarely facing each other on the pitch, having chosen to end their playing careers in the United States and Saudi Arabia respectively from the 2023 season," CBS Sports Golazo shared.
"However, Messi has set a new record and surpassed Ronaldo at this stage, becoming the fastest player to reach the milestone of 830 career goals of all time. In particular, Messi has achieved incredible performance when in 9 official matches since the beginning of the 2024 season, he has contributed to scoring or assisting in each match," CBS Sports Golazo commented.
Accordingly, in 9 matches on all fronts for Inter Miami since the beginning of the season, Messi has now scored 9 goals and had 5 assists in official matches, achieving a combined efficiency of goals and assists of 14.
In MLS alone, he has seven goals and three assists in six games, along with three other chances that have led to goals. Messi is also the first player to have contributed the most goals and assists in the first six games of a league game since Joao Plata in 2016 for Real Salt Lake. That’s not to mention the other key passes the Argentine has indirectly contributed to other goals for Inter Miami.
Messi (above) scored 830 goals in 1,056 matches compared to Ronaldo who achieved this number of goals in 1,156 matches.
In total, in 23 matches for Inter Miami since July 2023, Messi has now scored 20 goals, ranking 3rd in the list of players with the most goals for this club, after Leonardo Campana (scored 25 goals in 73 matches) and Gonzalo Higuain ranked first with 29 goals in 70 matches.
"With his current consistent scoring and assisting performance, Messi is likely to soon surpass the above players to become the player with the most goals in the history of Inter Miami Club in the 2024 season. In total, in addition to scoring 830 goals in 1,056 official matches for the club and the national team, Messi also has 366 assists - the most of any other player.
Messi becomes an indispensable factor of Inter Miami
In addition, in 140 penalty kicks throughout his career, Messi has scored 109 goals, achieving a success rate of up to 78%. In particular, the goal scored from the 11m mark to seal the 3-1 score in Inter Miami's recent win over Nashville SC was also the first goal scored from the penalty spot by this famous player since the 2022 World Cup final against the French team until now," CBS Sports Golazo emphasized.
Messi's goals and assists have helped Inter Miami get off to an impressive start to the 2024 MLS season, leading the Eastern Conference standings with 18 points after 10 games, including 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Inter Miami's next match is away to New England Revolution at 6:30 a.m. on April 28 in MLS.
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