Argentine Lionel Messi set a new record with Inter Miami, after scoring a hat-trick and leading his team to a 6-2 victory over New England in the final round of the American League group stage. Interestingly, his rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, will not be able to reach this figure.
Inter Miami finished the group stage on top of the Eastern group, winning the Fans’ Shield title for the first time in its history. This title is awarded to the best team that scores points in both groups, and now the team fights for the champion title in the final stage known as the “playoffs”.
Messi shone in the match
At Chase Stadium, Inter Miami concluded the group stage with a six-pointer against New England, where Messi scored his hat-trick in just 11 minutes, in the 78th, 81st and 89th minutes, emphasizing that he had participated as a reserve player from the 58th minute.
Messi surpasses Ronaldo by a record
The Argentine became Inter Miami’s all-time top scorer with 33 goals after his hat-trick against New England. He is also Barcelona’s all-time top scorer with 672 goals, and the Argentine national’s all-time top scorer. team with 112 goals. Thus, Messi became the all-time top scorer for three different teams, a feat Ronaldo will not be able to achieve.
On the other hand, Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer for Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team with 450 and 133 goals respectively, which prevents him from becoming the all-time top scorer for a third team. Therefore, Messi has surpassed Madeira in this regard.
The challenges Ronaldo faces
Although Ronaldo scored 67 goals in 74 matches with Al-Nassr with an excellent scoring rate, he will not be able to reach the current record held by Majed Abdullah with 259 goals.
Mathematically, Ronaldo must score 40 goals per season over 5 consecutive seasons to beat Majed’s record, which is almost impossible.
However, Ronaldo (38 years old) has extraordinary goalscoring records, as he is the top scorer of international football teams with 133 goals and is the first player in history to surpass the 900 goal mark. Despite his records, Cristiano is not the all-time top scorer for Manchester United, Juventus or Sporting Lisbon, making it difficult to emulate Messi’s feat of reaching the top of the club’s goalscoring charts. a third club.
