“Messi” is one goal away from the legend “Pelé” equation

A Spanish press report revealed, today, Wednesday, a wonderful achievement awaiting Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, if he scored against Real Sociedad.

Barcelona will receive, this evening, Wednesday, its counterpart Real Sociedad, at the Camp Nou, in the matches of the 14th round of the League.

According to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Messi is only one goal away from the Brazilian legend Pele’s number as the best goalscorer in history with one club.

The newspaper stated, that Pele scored 643 goals with Santos, while Messi scored 642 goals so far with Barcelona, ​​the first of which was on May 1, 2005, against Albacete, when he was 17 years old.

Messi, 33, began this season with 634 goals, before scoring 8 goals, 5 of them in La Liga, and 3 in the Champions League.

Messi’s 642 goals came in 744 games for Barcelona, ​​while Pele scored his 643 goals in 757 games with Santos.

Pele played in a shirt for Santos for 18 years, a record he held until he left in 1974 to play for the New York Cosmos in the US.

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