Barca Blaugranes · Sep 10, 2021
Barcelona congratulate Lionel Messi after he breaks Pele’s record
Photo by Natacha Pisarenko - Pool/Getty ImagesBarcelona has sent a message of congratulations to Lionel Messi after the GOAT made even more history during Argentina’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Ecuador.
The 34-year-old netted a superb hat-trick to overtake Pele and become South America’s top male international scorer with 79 goals.
Top goalscorer for a South American country.
Brilliant, Leo!
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 10, 2021 It’s Messi’s 55th hat-trick and his seventh for Argentina. Barcelona legend has also now scored an incredible 751 times in his career.