Lionel Messi’s goal against Real Sociedad on Saturday
not only included the three match points for the Catalan
giant, but also made a new achievement for Messi in his
career full of numbers .. and titles.
Lionel Messi has kept his cool, to successfully carry out
a penalty, and give Barcelona 1-0 victory over Real
Sociedad in the Spanish Football League, on Saturday, to
restore the team to the lead before facing Real Madrid
against Real Betis, Sunday.
Barcelona’s top scorer put the ball in the goal in the 81st
minute after the assistant video referee “the mouse”
entered the penalty area after a handball against
Sociedad’s defender Robin Lunormand, who was trying
to get a cross pass.
But the goal, which Messi raised his total to 19 in the top
scorer for the “La Liga” this season, brought him back to
the top of another kind, which he had lost 6 weeks ago,
and specifically on January 25 last, according to the
website reported “FC Barcelona”.
And with that, he returned, by a single goal difference,
over his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 437
in the English, Spanish and Italian leagues, respectively.
But Messi, 32, is surpassing another number on Ronaldo,
as he scored his 438 goals in 474 games, while Ronaldo,
35, scored his 437 goals in 540 games, according to the
Spanish newspaper AS.
It is also noteworthy that Messi scored 16 goals and
made 9 assists during the 24 games he played against
Real Sociedad.
