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After beating Xavi last month in most of Spain’s league games at the Barcelona club last month, Lionel Messi set another record on Sunday.
Now the Argentine has surpassed Xavi and according to the matches played in the ranks of Barça in various competitions.
768 – The 33-year-old legendary footballer has played for both Barcelona clubs now.
During that time, L. Messi scored 663 goals (including the 41st hat trick), had 286 assists, and won 34 trophies.
Everything went well on Sunday when Antoine Griezmann unlocked the goal in the 37th minute. Sergino Destas scored two more goals, L. Messi scored the team’s fourth goal in the 56th minute, Ousmane Dembele added another goal and L. Messi scored the second goal in the added time.
„Scanpix“ nuotr./Lionelis Messi
The hosts scored an honorary goal in the 77th minute.
After the victory, Barcelona (62) rose to second place, again pushing Real Madrid (60), who took victory on Saturday after the memorable performance of Karim Benzema.
The championship leader is still Atlético de Madrid (66).
Atlético, four points ahead of Barcelona, broke Alavés 1-0 on Sunday with Luis Suárez scoring the only goal.
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