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Lionel Messi scores Champions League goal against a record 40th different team. Which club has he scored most against?

Paris Saint-Germain maintained their unbeaten start to the 2022-23 Champions League group stage thanks to a 1-1 draw against Benfica on Wednesday night -- a night on which Lionel Messi wrote his name into the competition record books once again.

The Argentine maestro opened the scoring at the Estadio da Luz with a beautiful curling effort that saw him become the first player to score against 40 different teams in the Champions League.

Messi latched on to a Neymar assist to bend an exquisite first-time effort past Benfica keeper Odysseas Vlachodimos from 20 yards to score from outside the area for the 12th time in his Champions League career.