After receiving the top scorer award for the seventh time in his career, Argentine star Lionel Messi, Barcelona's captain, said days ago that he had regained his balance and wanted to lead his team to compete for all titles.
In Tuesday's match, Messi had already said and presented his best levels this season against Valladolid, and led his team to a 3-0 victory, as he made the first goal for his colleague Clemont Lingley, and helped build the second goal for Martin Braithwaite, before scoring himself the third goal after passing a witch From the young Bedri.
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With this goal, Messi broke legend Pele's number (643 goals) as the most-recorded player in one team (Santos of Brazil), and raised his score with Barca in all competitions to 644 goals in 749 games.
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About this achievement, Messi wrote on his social media accounts, "When I started playing football I never thought of breaking any record, even less than the one I broke today (yesterday) and was in Pele's possession. I want to thank everyone who helped me during the years of my career: my colleagues and my family. My friends and everyone support me every day. "