A landmark for the 31-year-old striker was the game of the 28th round of the Spanish examples of "Betis". Messi went into the starting lineup for his 674th match for the “Blaugran”, the colors of which he has been defending since 2004.

Thus, Messi caught up with Andres Iniesta in the number of matches for Barcelona. The leader on this indicator is Xavi - 767 matches.

Earlier it was reported that Messi scored 35 or more goals in all tournaments for Barcelona 11th consecutive season.