Lionel Messi once again shined for Inter Miami to bring a 3-1 victory over Nashville SC in round 10 of the MLS tournament. La Pulga scored the equalizer on a counterattack, then took a corner kick to assist Sergio Busquets’ goal. By the end of the match, he successfully converted the penalty kick, sealing the outcome at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
According to data from the official MessiStats site, Messi has 830 goals and 366 assists in 1,055 matches played throughout his career, achieved with Barcelona (672 goals and 269 assists in 778 matches), the team Argentina (106 goals and 54 assists in 180 games), PSG (32 goals and 34 assists in 75 games) and Inter Miami (19 goals and 9 assists in 22 games).
This season, Messi has scored 7 goals and made 3 assists in MLS. It is important to know that he has only played 6 out of 10 matches so far with Inter Miami.
With his latest double, Messi continues his battle with Cristiano Ronaldo to become the all-time top scorer, which is still hot. The 39-year-old Portuguese superstar has scored 885 goals in 1,217 matches in his career, including impressive figures in Saudi Arabia with 56 goals in 60 appearances for Al Nassr. In addition, there are extraordinary achievements achieved by Real Madrid (450), Manchester United (145), Juventus (101), Sporting Lisbon (5) and the Portuguese team (123).
Thus, the current difference between Ronaldo and Messi is currently 55 goals. This week CR7 could not increase that number of goals and was suspended for 2 matches, becoming an opportunity for La Pulga to close the gap.
Next week, Inter Miami will visit New England Revolution, then welcome New York RB (May 4). Messi also has two consecutive away matches against Montreal Impact (May 11) and Orlando (May 15) before the 2024 Copa America.
For their part, Al Nassr will visit Al Khaleej in the Saudi Pro League and 4 days later play the semi-finals of the King’s Cup. After that, CR7’s team will welcome Al Wheda (May 4) and visit Al Akhdoud (May 8).
