Messi Becomes Second Player to Score 900 Career Goals After Striking
Lionel Messi has become just the second player ever, after arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo reached this mark earlier last year. The Argentine forward scored his milestone goal during a late strike that helped secure an all-time record of 910 goals and set up another for Inter Miami in their CONCACAF Champions Cup Round-of-16 match against Nashville SC on Wednesday night to end the game with no winner after Messi's score was disallowed.
Key Points
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1Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal in the opening minutes of Inter Miami's CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 match against Nashville.
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2Messi became only the second player to reach this milestone, joining Cristiano Ronaldo as he had previously achieved it during a previous season.
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Lionel Messi has reached another milestone by scoring his first goal of the match in just a few minutes, becoming only the second player ever after Cristiano Ronaldo.
— [Mar 19, 07:25] Leo Messi je stigao do brojke od 900 postignutih pogodaka. (Novilist.hr)"Messi has reached another milestone", getting his first goal of the match in just a few minutes.
— [Mar 18, 3:45] Leo Messi joins Cristiano Ronaldo in the 900 goals club.Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal in minutes during Inter Miami's CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Nashville on Wednesday night; while this milestone places him second only to Cristiano Ronaldo among men with over nine hundred goals, the team lost due to an away-goal rule after a draw.