Messi reaches 54 goals in international competitions
Leo Messi continues to break down barriers. This Wednesday, against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he scored his 54th goal in international competitions. So far, he’s scored a total of 49 goals in the Champions League, 4 in the Club World Cup and 1 in the European Super Cup. In addition, his five goals against Bayer Leverkusen situate the Argentine at the top of the Champions League’s goal-scorers chart (12). This was also the first time, in the current Champions League format, that a player has scored five goals in a single match.
Messi, everywhere
This is the first season that Messi has scored in all three international competitions that FC Barcelona plays in. He scored against Monaco in the European Super Cup, in December he netted 2 in the Club World Cup final against Santos, and in the Champions League he’s scored 12 times.
First Champions League goals at the Camp Nou
Messi scored his first Champions League goals this Wednesday at the Camp Nou. Previous to the match against the Germans, all seven of his goals were scored away from the Barça stadium (two against BATE, three againstPlsen, one against AC Milan and one against Bayer).
Source: fcbarcelona.com
