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UEFA Champions Leaguewho first played in the 1992/93 season, has become synonymous with the home for two of the best footballers in history, such as Cristiano Ronaldo y Lionel Messi. The stars of world football are the only ones to have scored more than 100 goals in European competitions.
There is, in fact, a rivalry between the two for those who leave the best records in the Champions League, something that the ‘Flea’ is certainly exploiting with the absence of the Portuguese in the current 2022-2023 edition.
The Argentinian is finishing an excellent season with PSG and, adding up the two goals scored against Maccabi Haifa, he has now scored four goals. This places him in second place in the historical ranking with a total of 129 goals to date.
Now, with the Portuguese out of competition (Manchester United did not qualify for this Champions League edition), he has raised the bar by managing to celebrate a total of 140 goals. In this sense, ‘Leo’ needs 11 goals to equalize and 12 if he is to become the top scorer in history.
He made history with the Barza
Despite the ‘Flea’ being after Cristiano Ronaldo’s record, Lionel Messi swells his chest as the only player to score in 16 consecutive editions with only one team: FC Barcelona, where he scored 120 goals out of 105 of the Portuguese striker with Real Madrid.
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