Messi breaks Ronaldo’s record with his goal in the latest MLS round | OneFootball

With his goal against Seattle, the Argentine star became the player to reach 880 goals the fastest and remains in the race with the Portuguese.

Inter Miami got a bit of revenge against Seattle Sounders, the team that had beaten them a few weeks ago in the Leagues Cup final, defeating them 3-1 with a stellar performance from Lionel Messi. The Argentine star scored a goal and provided an assist to help Javier Mascherano’s team secure a spot in the MLS playoffs. Additionally, Leo snatched a record from Cristiano Ronaldo in their battle to be the top scorer in football history.

In a match that was expected to be heated due to the scandal that took place in Seattle a few days ago, Messi took it upon himself to cool things down with his football and assisted Jordi Alba to score the opening goal before the 15-minute mark. Later on, the roles were reversed and it was the Spaniard who sent a cross back for the Argentine to tap in.

With this goal, he reached 20 in the current MLS season and is now just one behind Sam Surridge, the Nashville striker who currently holds the Golden Boot. In terms of assists, the captain of the Argentina national team is fifth on the table with nine, seven fewer than the leader Anders Dreyer of San Diego FC.

Last night’s goal was the 880th of Lionel Messi’s career and, at 38 years and 84 days old, he became the player to reach that number of goals the fastest. He surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo, who reached that figure in 1,214 matches at 39 years and 54 days old.

Still, Leo is far from catching him as the top scorer in football history. While the Portuguese has 943 goals and continues to add to his tally at 40 years old, the Rosario native is 63 behind him. Cristiano has the chance to widen the gap this Wednesday, as Al-Nassr faces Istiklol of Tajikistan at 3:15 p.m. in the AFC Champions League Two.

Messi, for his part, will have plenty of action in the final days of the MLS regular season. On Saturday, starting at 8:30 p.m. against DC United in Miami, he will begin a stretch of seven matches in 29 days before the playoffs begin. If he manages to win all those games, he will claim the Supporter’s Shield for the second consecutive season; if not, he will depend on other results.

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