{"id":41041,"date":"2025-07-21T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/leo-messi-breaks-another-cristiano-ronaldo-record_313634_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:31:35","slug":"leo-messi-breaks-another-cristiano-ronaldo-record_313634_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/football\/leo-messi-breaks-another-cristiano-ronaldo-record_313634_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Leo Messi breaks another Cristiano Ronaldo record: what is it about?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Inter Miami added another rout in the MLS on Saturday night (early Sunday morning in Spain), with a comfortable ‘manita’ against the New York Red Bulls (1-5). Leo Messi scored a double<\/strong>, while Jordi Alba and Telasco Segobia (another double) closed the rout.<\/p> For ‘La Pulga<\/a>‘, his two goals in the ‘Big Apple’ allowed him to reach 19 goals in 22 matches this 2025 with the ‘herons’<\/strong>, 18 of them in the same number of MLS matchdays. Javier Mascherano’s team has 41 points and is fifth in the Eastern Conference, seven points behind Cincinnati and with three games less.<\/p> In that sense, Messi continues to add records to his legendary career, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> again in the historic hand-to-hand between goalscorers. With his double against the Red Bulls, the Argentine reached 764 goals without counting the penalties scored<\/strong>.<\/p> With that, the Argentine ’10’ adds one more goal than ‘CR7’ (763). In addition, ‘La Pulga’ needed 167 fewer matches than the captain of Portugal (1,281) to reach this figure. For the moment, the former FC Barcelona player has played 1,114 matches between clubs and national team.<\/p> For the moment, Leo surpasses ‘CR7’ in goals scored from free kicks<\/strong> (69 to 64), average goals per game<\/strong> (0.78 the Argentine, 0.73 the Portuguese), minutes required to score<\/strong> (Messi scores every 105′, Ronaldo every 112′) and in shooting efficiency<\/strong>.<\/p> While the Argentine needs, on average, 5.36 shots to score, the Portuguese needs 6.53 shots per goal. In addition, due to age, the former Bar\u00e7a youth player also has an advantage. <\/p> Leo Messi leaves Cristiano Ronaldo behind in an eternal duel<\/h2>

The offensive records in which Messi surpasses Cristiano<\/h2>