Leo Messi is a footballer given to the records, as it has been able to see during the last years, and what calls the attention is that it achieves to beat them almost without wanting to, even when his team loses. And it is that the past Tuesday could not help to the FC Barcelona to add points against the Manchester City in the Etihad Stadium, but with his goal attained to go back to make history.
This time was in the UEFA Champions League, and in concrete in the phase of groups of the prestigious European competition. The Argentinian star added his goal number 54 in said phase of the tournament, surpassing to Raúl González (53) and consecrating as the player that more targets has marked in the phase of groups of the Champions League in all his history.
The première goleador of Messi in the Champions arrived does more than a decade, in the season 05-06, when it contributed with a target in the goleada of the FC Barcelona to the Panathinaikos (5-0) in the Camp Nou. In the following season "The Flea" accumulated another so much to his account, whereas in the 07-08 already could grease more, with 4 goals.
With the arrival of Pep Guardiola, took definitively the reins of the Barcelona and lució in the liguillas of groups: 5 goals in the 08-09, 2 in the 09-10 -by fault of an injury-, 6 in the 10-11 and other 6 in the 11-12. In the 12-13 marked 5 goals under the control of Tito Vilanova, and in the 13-14, with Gerardo Martino in the bench, other 6 goals.
In the 14-15, already with Luis Enrique like technician, starred his best figure goleadora in a phase of groups: 8 goals. The season happened only three goals in phase of groups by fault of an injury, whereas in the present campaign his numbers are of scandal: 7 targets in only 3 parties. With two days more by in front, has it everything in favour to beat his personal record and follow accumulating successes.