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Lionel Messi scored his 223rd goal for Barcelona in the La Liga yesterday against Almeira to become joint highest scorer of the club along with Cesar.
Following his cracking 20th minute goal against Almeria, Messi made it into the elite top 5 highest goal scorers in La Liga. The Argentine genius is now only 28 goals behind the all-time top scorer, former Athletic Bilbao player Telmo Zarra, who leads the list with 251 goals.
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The top 5 list consists of Telmo Zarra, who heads the ranking with 251 goals, former Real Madrid and Atlético striker Hugo Sánchez (234), Madrid legends Raúl (228) and Di Stefano (227).
The process of making and breaking records continued for Messi as he scored 100th goal in away matches and overtook Hugo Sanchez (99 goals). At the same time, he also outstripped Raúl’s overall record of 323 goals in 741 matches, having just raised his own total to 324 in 388.
Although bad news the Argentinian was taken off injured after he scored the goal against Almeria yesterday.
