Messi is to a goal of Paulino Alcántara and to four of Raúl González

With the goal against the Manchester City in the turn of the eighth of final of the League of Champions, Leo Messi approaches to two new own milestones of an out of series. Paulino Alcántara and Raúl González are the next aims of the four times Balloon of Gold.

It does two seasons Leo Messi turned into the maximum goleador of the history of the FC Barcelona in official parties, with which surpassed to César Rodríguez. Now it finds to only a target to be the best realizador Barcelona in absolute terms (official and friendly commitments). Sum 368 goals with the first team of the Barça, one less than the man-record Paulino Alcántara.

This born forward in Philippines marked 369 goals in 357 parties contested like culé between 1912 and 1927. It knew him as 'the break-networks' and usually played with a white handkerchief hanging of the trousers.

On the other hand, Leo Messi also has to shot the best mark goleadora of all the history of the League of Champions. It is in possession of Raúl González, that from 1995 accumulates 71 goals. Messi has 67. Now well, the Argentinian attacker already is the maximum artilleryman of the Champions in an alone club. And it is that Raúl has contested the maximum continental competition with the Real Madrid (66) and the Schalke 04 (5).

This is the tenth season in which Leo Messi participates in the League of Champions and in four editions finalised it like the maximum goleador: 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In the present Champions has marked eight so many in five parties played.