Shining brilliantly in Inter Miami's shirt, Lionel Messi holds the greatest record in world football

With a double against FC Dallas in the Leagues Cup, Lionel Messi surpassed C. Ronaldo to hold the greatest record in football.

Having just joined Inter Miami, Lionel Messi has scored 7 goals in 4 matches. (Source: CNN)

Lionel Messi shone brightly with a double in the match against FC Dallas in the Leagues Cup round of 16 that took place yesterday morning (August 7).

El Pulga's equalizer in the final minutes set the stage for Inter Miami to win the penalty shootout.

Notably, those goals helped Messi increase his scoring record in 2023 to 21 goals (after 29 matches). Thanks to that, the number 10 superstar has gone through the 17th consecutive year of scoring over 20 goals.

This helps the Argentine superstar surpass C. Ronaldo to monopolize the great record in football.

Previously, CR7 had 16 consecutive years of scoring 20 or more goals from 2006-2021. However, CR7's achievement stopped in 2022 when he only scored 16 goals in 46 matches.

At 35, Messi is still showing "terrible" form. In 2023, he scored 21 goals and had 8 assists in 29 matches. That means, on average, he still had a hand in one goal per match.

However, Messi's goal tally in 2023 is still less than C. Ronaldo. The Portuguese striker scored 22 goals and had two assists after 27 matches.

According to statistics, in the past 22 years, Messi has only scored more goals than C. Ronaldo in 8 years (2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022). The peak of the Tango superstar was a record of 91 goals in 2012.

Immediately after joining Inter Miami, El Pulga shone brightly with 7 goals in 4 matches. Surprisingly, Messi rose to... 4th in the list of goalscorers in Inter Miami's history.

Messi now has the same seven goals as Josef Martinez, Lewis Morgan and Rodolfo Pizarro.

Up to this point, Gonzalo Higuain is the top scorer in the team's history with 29 goals. Next in line are Leo Campana (16 goals) and Robert Taylor (8 goals).

If he maintains his current scoring record, Messi can completely take the top spot from Gonzalo Higuain to become the best goalscorer in Inter Miami's history in just a short time.

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