Lionel Messi EDGES Cristiano Ronaldo to Become Fastest-Ever to 900 Goals Despite Loss vs Nashville

Messi vs Ronaldo: The Argentinian superstar, Lionel Messi, has created history by becoming the fastest to 900 goals. He went past his long-time rivals Cristiano Ronaldo in the process. Messi joined Ronaldo to become the second-ever player to go past the 900-goal barrier. In the seventh-minute of the game, Messi opened the scoring with his 900th career goal for club. But after that, he couldn’t find the net again.

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Messi Pips Ronaldo

Ronaldo had achieved the feat earlier, in September 2024. CR7, as he is popularly known, has now scored 965 goals. Messi reached the 900-goal mark in 1,142 matches, quicker than Ronaldo, who took 1,236 games.

After going past 900, Messi said he would try and become the first footballer to score 1000 goals. 

Just behind Messi and Ronaldo, third in the all-time goal-scoring list is former legend Pele with 765 goals. Robert Lewandowski is fourth in the list with 692 goals. 

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Messi to Lead Argentina

As per reports, Messi would be in charge of the Argentinian side which is set to take on Guatemala in an international friendly ahead of the FIFA WC. 

The match is set to take place on March 31.

On the other hand, Portugal's head coach Roberto Martínez has admitted he cannot guarantee that Ronaldo will be fit to participate in the tournament in North America. CR7 is still recovering from the hamstring injury he sustained on February 28.

FULL SQUAD

Emiliano Martinez, Geronimo Rulli, Juan Musso, Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Leonardo Balerdi, Marcos Senesi, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Gabriel Rojas, Marcos Acuna, Leandro Paredes, Maximo Perrone, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernandez, Valentin Barco, Rodrigo De Paul, Exequiel Palacios, Lionel Messi, Nicolas Paz, Gianluca Prestianni, Nicolas Gonzalez, Giuliano Simeone, Thiago Almada, Jose Lopez, Julian Alvarez