Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo may no longer be at the height of his career and not vying for the same trophies, but that doesn’t mean rivalry between two of the greatest players in history is over.
A survey of the newspaper A Bola, from Portugal, has been yielding discussions on social networks. Data from the Portuguese diary concern another record that Lionel Messi has achieved in his career, surpassing CR7, in terms of goals scored.
Is it true that Lionel Messi surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo in scored goals? THE Sporting News detail the following situation.
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🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗: Leo Messi surpasses Cristiano Ronaldo (763) to become the player with the most non-penalty goals in the history of football, with 764. pic.twitter.com/aqRSTgKVSl
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Messi has more career goals than Cristiano Ronaldo?
Last Saturday (19), in MLS game, Messi scored two goals in his Inter Miami’s 5-1 win on the New York Red Bulls. The goals were number 873 and 874 in the Argentine’s career.
Considering only the goals with the ball rolling, that is, discounting the goals of penalty, Messi has 764 goals scored in his career, against 763 of Cristiano Ronaldo.
In total, with penalties counted, the Portuguese still has a good advantage over the Argentine: 938 against 874, respectively.
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