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Saturday, April 29, 2017
DT
Feature 5
The Breakdown Of Lionel Messi's 502 Goals
Home Away Neutral
284 203 14
La Liga
Champions
League
Copa
del Rey
Supercopa
de Espana
Club World
Cup
UEFA
Super Cup
Most goals by opponent
Sevilla - 29
Atletico Madrid - 27
Valencia - 24
Real Madrid - 23
Athletic Bilbao - 22
Osasuna - 21
Matches
Most goals by opponent --
non-Spanish clubs
Arsenal - 9
AC Milan - 8
Celtic - 8
Bayer Leverkusen - 7
Manchester City - 6
Ajax - 6
378
114
Most hat tricks by opponent
Valencia - 4
61
15
5
4
Goals
345
94
43
12
5
3
577 502
Messi in numbers
Osasuna - 3
Atletico - 3
Goals by minute block
1-15 - 52
16-30 - 80
31-45+ - 90
46-60 - 81
61-75 - 76
76-90+ - 120
106-120+ - 1
HOW HE SCORED THEM
Left foot: 402
Right foot: 74
Head: 22
Other: 2
WHERE HE SCORED THEM
Camp Nou: 284
Santiago Bernabeu: 14
Vicente Calderon: 13
Goals per season
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
Riazor: 10
Mestalla: 9
WHO SET THEM UP
Dani Alves: 42
Andres Iniesta: 34
Xavi Hernandez : 31
Pedro Rodriguez: 25
Luis Suarez: 25
WHO CONCEDED THEM
Diego Alves: 21
Gorka Irazioz: 18
Iker Casillas: 17
Andres Fernandez: 15
Andres Palop: 12
IF MESSI SCORES, BARCA...
Win: 275 (86.70 per cent)
Draw: 30 (9.50)
Lose: 12 (3.80)
1
8
17
16
38
47
53
73
60
41
58
41
49*
1
4
32
104
THE MILESTONE
MOMENTS
14. Mar 3 2007 – Barcelona v Real Madrid:
Lionel Messi's first in El Clasico. He goes on
to score a hat-trick, including a 90th-minute
equaliser.
19. Apr 18 2007 – Barcelona v Getafe: Comparisons
to Diego Maradona are cemented as
Messi dribbles though an entire Getafe defence
to score a goal eerily similar to his legendary
compatriot's solo stunner against England in the
1986 World Cup.
80. May 28 2011 – Manchester United v
Barcelona: Messi scores the second goal in a 3-1
demolition of the Premier League giants in the
Champions League final.
228. Mar 7 2012 – Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen:
Messi becomes the first player to score five
goals in a single Champions League game.
252. May 5 2012 – Barcelona v Espanyol: Racking
up four goals in this city derby makes Messi
the first player to hit 50 in a LaLiga season.
313. May 5 2013 – Barcelona v Real Betis: The
last goal in a 4-2 win sees Messi score for the
21st game in succession – a LaLiga record.
347. Mar 23 2014 – Real v Barcelona: Another
Clasico hat-trick takes Messi beyond Alfredo di
Stefano as the fixture's record goalscorer.
368. Nov 22 2014 – Barcelona v Sevilla: His
251st in LaLiga, surpassing Telmo Zarra as the
league's all-time top scorer.
500. Apr 23 2017 – Real v Barcelona: It does
not get much sweeter, Messi brings up his
500th Barca goal with a last-gasp Clasico winner
at the Santiago Bernabeu to breathe new
life into the title race.
Repoker
Pokers
Hattricks
Doubles
Top 10
Messi
goals
500 career goals for one club
Name Club Period Goals Matches Ratio
Pelé Santos 1956-74 643 656 0.98
Gerd Müller Bayern München 1964-79 564 605 0.93
Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 1937-49 544 334 1.63
Josef Bican Slavia Praha 1937-48 534 274 1.95
Jimmy McGrory Celtic 1922-23, 1924-37 522 501 1.04
Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 1953-72 507 587 0.86
Lionel Messi Barcelona 2004- 500 577 0.87
v Real Madrid - 10/03/2007
The attacker announced himself on the Clasico
scene in typical fashion, 10 years ago, with a hattrick.
The pick of his goals that night ensured his
hat-trick. Lionel Messi broke through the Real Madrid
defence, creating space for himself to allow him
to fire a shot across Iker Casillas and into the bottom
corner.
v Manchester United - 27/05/2009
Messi’s record against English teams, away from
English soil, is an impressive one, with 15 goals in
his last 16 against Premier League representatives.
This, however, was arguably his biggest. Xavi’s cross
found the head of Messi, with his looping effort
across Edwin van der Sar leaving the Manchester
United goalkeeper with no chance.
v Arsenal - 08/03/2011
Arsenal’s European woes have been in no way
eased by Messi and Barcelona over the years, and
this strike goes to prove that.
The ball finds its way through to the five-time
Ballon D’or winner, who showed his class, chipping
over Manuel Almunia, leaving the path clear to put
home, first-time.
v Athletic Bilbao - 27/04/2013
Messi’s close control was put to the test with this
effort - a test which he passed with complete ease.
Thiago Alcantara played the Argentine into possession,
allowing him to see off two defenders and
finish with aplomb into the bottom corner.
v Atletico Madrid - 26/02/2012
Messi’s quality caught everyone off guard with this
attempt, not least Thibaut Courtois.
Despite not being in a goalscoring position,
he looped a free-kick over the head of Courtois, after
catching him and the Atletico defence off-guard,
when most expected him to line up a cross.
v Getafe - 18/04/2007
A goal that it’s hard to believe is 10 years old and one
that continues to be regarded as one of the greatest
ever.
Messi channelled his inner Diego Maradona
to beat four players with ease, before rounding
Getafe’s goalkeeper to slot home.
v Real Zaragoza - 21/03/2010
Yet another special solo effort, in which Messi wrestles
possession back for Barcelona, before taking
another two players out of the game and finishing
well past a helpless Zaragoza goalkeeper.
v Real - 27/04/2011
We’ve already established that Messi is the master
of the solo effort, and this attempt against El Clasico
rivals Real Madrid proved that further. Messi picked
the ball from the feet of Sergio Busquets and with
that embarked on an astonishing run that saw him
beat three men before sending Casillas the wrong
way with a low effort across goal to finish the move.
v Bayern Munich - 06/05/2015
Another strike that has graced a big Champions
League game, although Jerome Boateng probably
won’t be watching it too often.
Messi sat Boateng down with a touch through
his legs, before leaving Manuel Neuer with little
chance with a delicate chip.
v Bilbao - 30/05/2015
Yet more magic from the Argentinian, with this
strike in the 2015 Copa del Rey final.
Messi cut in from the right-hand side, beating
three, before finishing at the near post past Iago
Herrerin, breaking the deadlock and helping Barcelona
to a 27th Copa del Rey title.
DT
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Supporter By
Shahnoor Rabbani
Magical Messi
What did you think? Lionel Messi
was going to stop performing in
big games? It had been a while; but
it had been coming. Even though
doubts had crept up among many
including myself. And what a way to
mark his 500th goal in international
football. Scoring the goal in the dying
seconds of arguably the best El
Clasico of all time and taking Barcelona
to victory at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The score might have read
2-3 but the way both teams played
was certainly remarkable, especially
Real Madrid, when they managed to
equalize 2-2 even with Sergio Ramos
sent off for a malicious challenge on
Messi. But what Messi did in that
game was pure magic while his biggest
rival and Ballon d’Or challenger
Cristiano Ronaldo had an off night.
Just last week I was mentioning
here how Messi was falling short of
his best in big games whereas CR7
had been proving the difference in
such games with the two Champions
League quarter-finals being the
most recent example. CR7’s five
goals proved the difference in those
two legs and made sure the German
giant would not be going any further
in the tournament. Messi had last
scored in the El Clasico in 2014 when
he scored a hat trick against the Los
Blancos at the Bernabeu. But since
then, especially the loss in the World
Cup final to Germany dented his
confidence and his ability to score
goals and change the course of the
game in big matches.
The Argentine now finds himself
ahead in the race for the Ballon
d’Or once more thanks to his performance
in the Clasico having scored
49 goals in 47 games including 14
assists in all club competitions.
Cristiano is a quite distant second
having scored 31 goals in 39 games
with 12 assists in club competitions.
Now that could once again change if
CR7 was to take his side to another
Champions League and La Liga. But
it could once again be the catalyst to
another La Liga and Copa Del Rey
win for Messi’s men. Whatever the
case, a tantalising month of football
awaits us and the race of the Ballon
d’Or remains as captivating as ever!