Messi becomes footballer to score against most teams in UCL
Argentina’s star footballer Lionel Messi has set another record in the UEFA Champions League (UCL). Lionel Messi scored a goal in Barcelona’s win against Dortmund on Wednesday. With this, he also became a footballer scoring goals against the most teams in the Champions League. Barcelona won 3–1 in this important match of the league.
Barcelona easily defeated Dortmund in the match played on Wednesday night. In this match for Barcelona, apart from Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann scored goals. Although three players scored goals in the match for Barcelona, the hero of the match remained Leonel Messi. Not only did he score himself, but also created opportunities for Suarez and Griezmann.
Lionel Messi has now scored against 34 teams in the Champions League. It is more than any footballer. This was Lionel Messi’s 700th match for Barcelona. He has scored 613 goals for this team. Lionel Messi has scored 114 goals in the Champions League. His rival Cristiano Ronaldo (127) holds the record for scoring more goals than Messi in the league. Messi is at number two.
With this victory, Barcelona have confirmed their place in the pre-quarterfinals of the Champions League. It as 11 points from 5 matches in Group F. Inter Milan is at number two with seven points in the same number of matches. Now all the teams in the group have one match remaining. Yuventus, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Paris St German have also qualified for the pre-quarterfinals.
