Lionel Messi breaks Cristiano Ronaldo’s two scoring records in Inter Miami’s disastrous defeat to Minnesota United in the Major League Soccer (MLS).
With 1,241 goals, Messi is currently the player with the most goals and assists in history. (Source: Getty Images)
On the morning of May 11, Inter Miami visited Minnesota United in the MLS. In a big disappointment, coach Javier Mascherano’s team was defeated 1-4 in this match.
On the day Inter Miami suffered a disastrous defeat, Messi was the one to score an honorary goal for the visitors – a goal that helped El Pulga reach a very impressive scoring milestone. Specifically, this was the 860th goal of the captain of the Argentine national team at both club and national team level.
According to statistics, the goal against Minnesota United made Messi into history as the youngest player to reach the milestone of 860 goals in his career (37 years, 320 days). Before Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo held the record of scoring 860 goals at the age of 38 years, 259 days.
In addition, Messi also became the fastest player to reach the milestone of 860 goals in history, after 1,098 matches. Before El Pulga, Ronaldo held this record when he scored 860 goals after 1,189 matches.
Not only that, Messi also increased his record of scoring and assisting the most goals in history to 1,241. This season alone, the former Barcelona captain scored 10 goals and had 3 assists after 15 matches in all competitions.
Although Messi still maintained good form, he could not help Inter Miami play better. In the last 5 matches, coach Javier Mascherano’s team only won 1 and lost 4. As a result, Inter Miami was eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions Cup and dropped to fourth place in the MLS rankings.
