The Argentine helped Barcelona earn a comfortable
win over Leganes in the Copa del Rey, setting an
unprecedented new mark in the process Lionel Messi has become the first player in the
history of Spanish football to reach 500 wins, after Barcelona romped to a 5-0 win over Leganes in the Copa del Rey. Messi was left out of Barca's unconvincing round of
32 victory over Ibiza last week, but Setien restored
the six-time Ballon d'Or winner to his starting line
up in Thursday's last-16 clash. Goals from Antoine Greizmann and Clement Lenglet
gave the Blaugrana a comfortable half-time lead at
Camp Nou, as they put the disappointment of a 2-0 La Liga defeat at Valencia on Saturday firmly behind them.
Messi made it three with a deflected effort just
before the hour mark, before Arthur added some
more gloss to the scoreline in the 77th minute. Barca's Argentine maestro grabbed his second of
the night right at the death, smashing the ball into
the roof of the net in sumptuous fashion after
rounding the Leganes goalkeeper. The result ensured that Messi earned his 500th
victory in a Barca shirt - the most wins ever
recorded by a single player in Spanish football.
It has taken 710 games in total for the 32-year-old
to reach that mark, and he will likely add many
more to his final total before he eventually calls time
on his illustrious career at Camp Nou. Barca are now safely through to the Copa del Rey
quarter-finals, along with Real Madrid, Granada, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, and will now await their fate in Friday's draw. Messi's latest double has taken his tally for the
season to 20, and he will have the opportunity to
add to his haul when Barca welcome Levante to Camp Nou on Sunday. Setien's men slipped three points behind Real
Madrid at the top of La Liga after their loss at the
Mestalla, but a third successive title is still within
their grasps if they can string a run of wins
together. After their latest outing, Barca will look ahead to a
meeting with Real Betis at Estadio Benito Villamarín, which comes six days before a home fixture
against Getafe.

Legendary

The best player in the world..

King messi is back.

yungsmart:
King messi is back.

Because he scored against almighty Leganes right

Cristapno Penaldo fans will not like this

Ilovebigboobs:

Because he scored against almighty Leganes right

and Ronaldo scored against brescia and cagiliari

Mesi 710 games
500th victory,
622 goals
241 assists

jayson87:
and Ronaldo scored against brescia and cagiliari

Most of his goals this season are penalties

hmm if only messi could learn to score his penalty he would have had a trophy with his national teams

Ronaldo stats this season
32goals
11assits
8penalty played and scored

ojaysam25:
hmm if only messi could learn to score his penalty he would have had a trophy with his national teams

Ronaldo stats this season
32goals
11assits
8penalty played and scored

I hate it when people says ''most of cr7 goals are penalties ''
Abeg shey the penalty rules na inside golf them take go bring am ni
And if you think scoring penalty is easy why did messi lose it against chile

Less i forget penalty na game of luck .....Messi scored against Nigeria u-17 with 2 penalties and he was hailed throughout
So if he no sabi score am again na hin lose his confidence

If Cristiano Ronaldo was there, I believe he would have won close to 600 matches.. Some Likes for the G.O.A.T