Messi breaks Pele’s record as Barcelona ease to first away win since early October
Messi’s second-half goal saw him overtake the 643 that the Brazil great had amassed at a single club, Santos. By AFP Tuesday 22 Dec 2020, 11:32 PM Dec 22nd 2020, 11:32 PM 5,790 Views 5 Comments
Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his side s third goal, a record-breaker for the Argentinian as an individual.
Image: Cesar Manso
Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his side s third goal, a record-breaker for the Argentinian as an individual.
Image: Cesar Manso
LIONEL MESSI ECLIPSED Pele’s long-standing record of goals for a single club with his 644th strike for Barcelona in the 3-0 La Liga win at Real Valladolid.
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After drawing level with Pele s haul of 643 goals for Santos with a header in a 2-2 draw with Valencia on Saturday, Messi made it 644 in Barca colours across all competitions on Wednesday (AEDT).
Having created Clement Lenglet s opener before playing a key part in Martin Braithwaite making it 2-0 before the interval, Messi swept home from Pedri s clever flick in the 65th minute.
It rounded off a fine performance from Ronald Koeman s side, who ended their winless run in LaLiga away games at the fifth time of asking.
Messi was inches from opening the scoring in the seventh minute, bending an effort just wide of the left-hand upright from 25 yards out.
Barcelona confirm Moussa Wague out for nine months after knee surgery
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Barcelona confirmed on Saturday that Moussa Wague has been ruled out for nine months after undergoing knee surgery.
The defender has been on loan at PAOK but injured his knee in a really nasty collision with the goalpost last weekend which saw him stretchered off.
Wague has had surgery to try and repair his knee and is now set for a lengthy absence:
“FC Barcelona player Moussa Wagué, on loan this season to PAOK Salonika, has successfully undergone an operation this Saturday morning to repair and reconstruct patellar ligament in his right knee.