Messi’s Comeback Propels Inter Miami to Victory against New York RB

La Pulga achieved the comeback against New York RB

Lionel Messi gave another show in Inter Miami’s overwhelming 6-2 victory against New York RB in the MLS and also broke the all-time record for assists for a player in the American league, with 5. But also, the man from Rosario scored a goal which adds to his personal statistics in the race to be the top scorer in history, a position that currently belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Messiah is on track to be the top scorer in the short life of the Miami franchise, which was founded in 2018 but began formally competing in 2020. Current statistics have former Argentine scorer Pipa Higuaín with 29 goals in 70 games, followed by the Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana with 25 goals in 74 appearances. The 36-year-old from Rosario reached 23 celebrations with the Herons.

The official statistics from the MessiStats site indicate that Leo currently has 833 goals and 372 assists in the 1,057 games he played in his career, dividing the figures between Barcelona (672 goals and 269 assists in 778 games), the Argentine national team (106 goals and 54 assists in 180 games), PSG (32 goals and 34 assists in 75 games) and Inter Miami (23 goals and 15 assists in 24 games).

On the other hand, Cristiano remains firm with his scoring ability: he has 890 goals and 250 assists in 1,220 appearances. Before the 61 goals he has scored so far in Saudi Arabia, the 39-year-old Portuguese accumulated shouts at Real Madrid (450), Manchester United (145), Juventus (101), Sporting Lisbon (5) and the Portuguese national team (128).

The Portuguese scored a hat trick to win against Al Wahda and is approaching a record

The current difference between the Portuguese and the Rosario is 57 points away in this hand-to-hand fight to be the top scorer in history.

Another dispute will soon be revived: being the top scorer at the national team level. Today, Cristiano leads that historical table with 128 shouts in 206 games with the Portugal shirt; while Leo scored 106 goals in 180 games. Here the distance is 22 points.

Between the two of them appears the figure of the Iranian Ali Daei, who throughout his career in his country’s team (1993 to 2006) accumulated 109 goals in 149 matches, according to data from the International Federation of Football History and Statistics ( IFFHS). It should be noted that the current second highest scorer in history at the national team level claims to have 111 goals and that FIFA does not validate that figure because it does not count a double against Afghanistan.

Before the start of the Copa América and the Euro Cup, which will have them as the main protagonists, the fight for goals will have different stops depending on the agenda: Inter Miami will clash with Montreal Impact (11-5), Orlando City (15-5), DC United (18-5), Vancouver Whitecaps (25-5), Atlanta United (29-5) and St. Louis City (1-6).

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, two relentless players when it comes to scoring goals

Although it will be necessary to see if Messi misses any of these matches to take care of his physique in the face of the demands with the Argentine team. On June 9, he will play the first preparatory friendly against Ecuador and then, on the 13th, he will appear against Guatemala, both duels in the United States. The official path in the continental competition will be on Thursday, June 20 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta against Canada in Group A. Then it will go with Chile (Tuesday, June 25) and Peru (Saturday, June 29).

CR7’s journey will put him against Al Akhdoud (9/5), Al Hilal (17/5), Al Riyadh (23/5) and Al Ittihad (27/5), as a precursor to what will be the friendlies with the Portuguese team against Finland (4/6), Croatia (8/6) and Ireland (11/6) that will serve as preparation for the start of the Euro: they will debut in Group F on June 18 against the Czech Republic in the Leipzig Stadium in Germany. Their agenda will continue against Türkiye (6/22) and Georgia (6/26).

2024-05-05 03:25:00
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