Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi has celebrated his record-breaking 768th appearance for Barcelona with two goals and one assist as the Spanish giants beat Real Sociedad 6-1 on Sunday night.
The 33-year-old Argentina forward set the milestone after tying former midfielder Xavi on 767 appearances in last week’s 4-1 win over Huesca.
Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring for Barcelona while Sergino Dest scored twice and Ousmane Dembele also found the net. Ander Barrenetxea scored the only goal for Sociedad.
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With these two goals in Sunday’s match, Messi has now scored 23 league goals so far this season.
Messi is now Barca’s all-time leader in games played (768), goals scored (663), assists (287), and titles won (34).
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