Lionel Messi ended up taking advantage of the fact that Ralf Rangnick decided to do rotations at Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo did not play on the last day of the group stage in this edition of the UEFA Champions League.
With the double that he achieved against Bruges at the Parc de Princes, the Argentine genius increased his scoring record at the European level and was placed just 15 annotations behind Cristiano at the top of the table of the all-time top scorers in the league. Champions League.
On this occasion, Robert Lewandowski did not score with Bayern Munich against FC Barcelona. However, Thomas Muller took advantage of an assist from the Pole to match Thierry Henry’s mark and thus became the first German to score 50 European Cup goals in history.
HISTORICAL TOP SCORES OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
According to the official UEFA website:
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 140 goals in 181 games.
- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 125 goals in 154 games.
- Robert Lewandowski (Polonia): 82 goals in 102 games.
- Karim Benzema (Francia): 76 goals in 135 games.
- Raúl González Blanco (Spain): 71 goals in 142 games.
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands): 56 goals in 73 games.
- Thierry Henry (Francia): 50 goals in 112 games.
- Thomas Muller (Germany): 50 goals in 130 games.
- Andriy Shevchenko (Ucrania): 48 goals in 100 games.
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden): 48 goals in 124 games.
Undefeated data. Lionel Messi has 5 goals in his first 5 UEFA Champions League games with Paris Saint-Germain. He wants to return to European glory at club level.
Did you know..? Cristiano Ronaldo is the footballer with the most goals (140), the most assists (42), the most games (181), the most titles (5) and the most goalscoring leaders (7) in the entire history of the UEFA Champions League. He is the boss in this competition.
