Champions League
Messi, the only one to score in 18 consecutive Champions League seasons and against 39 different teams
With his goal against Maccabi Haifa, Messi became the only player to score in the 18th consecutive season in the Champions League and the only one to ‘injure’ 39 different teams in the competition.
Messi the… historian! Lionel Messi scored in the 37th minute of Paris’ away game against Maccabi Haifa for Matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage and not only scored the equalizer but also wrote his name in golden letters in the history of the European giants in the competition.
And that’s because he was the first player in the institution’s history to hit the net for 18 consecutive seasons (hopefully scoring 126 goals), while he can be proud of having scored against 39 different teams, a lot , which is a record for any player.
Pulga now tops this idiosyncratic list of the competition’s top scorers, Cristiano Ronaldo now follows him after scoring against 38 different opponents and the top four are filled by Karim Benzema (34 teams), Raul (33 teams) and Robert Lewandowski ( 31 teams) completed. .
Source: Sport 24
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