The Argentinean continues to be firmly in the race, however, he is no longer at the top of the pile. Lionel Messi failed to find the back of the net in the two games since our last assessment in November, and as such, has dropped one place down to 2nd place.
Messi started the last game of the group stages, against Tottenham at home, from the bench. He came off the bench for the final 27 minutes but failed to inspire Barcelona to a home win. Spurs equalized late in the game and the game ended in a draw.
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This week, he started against Lyon in the first leg away at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais Stadium, but even though the Barcelona Skipper created quite a few chances, his team could not find a goal and the game ended 0-0.
As such, Messi now has 6 goals from 5 games in the tournament so far. He has registered 26 shots - more than any other player in this list - and 13 of those have been on target. The Argentinean is averaging an unbelievable ratio of a goal every 65 minutes played right now, so this race could get very interesting in the coming days.
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Deepungsu is a veteran football journalist who has been covering daily transfer roundups and news for over six years at Sportskeeda. He has written close to 9000 articles for the website, and has garnered over 19.5Million reads.
Deepungsu holds a PG degree in Microbiology and an MBA degree in Total Quality Management. He has an extensive two-decade long writing experience, which includes a decade of sports blogging. His writing prowess has even led his work getting cited on the legendary Franz Beckenbauer's Wikipedia page.
Inspired by Diego Maradona, Deepungsu played as an attacking midfielder for his local club at subdivision level in his initial years and scored an important goal or two. However, his all-time favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and evidently, he feels Argentina's glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment for fulfilling his long-standing dream. He is also an ardent East Bengal fan.
Deepungsu has been a Manchester United supporter since the year 2000. Unsurprisingly, his favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson and the Scotsman helped him get through some of the toughest days of his life. Like the fiery Scot, Deepungsu also leaves no stone unturned when it comes to accuracy in articles and only relies on credible sources.
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