According to Mister Chip, the Argentinian is now the second player with the most penalties in La Liga’s history.
BARCELONA – Lionel Messi he scored his 60th penalty goal and got only one goal from the goal he has through this route Cristiano Ronaldo (61) as the highest scorer since the penalty spot in La Liga history.
The Argentinian scored the goal with which he Barcelona opened the scoring against Cádiz, approaching the performance of the Portuguese, who has been singled out for years for scoring many of his goals from 11 steps.
The Argentinian achieved this in 17 years, while the ‘Commander’ He did it in just nine years, the same thing he was with Real Madrid even before he went to Juventus in Turin and started the fourth team in its history.
For a long time, Messi He reached second place, easily outperforming Hugo Sánchez, who took 56 notes during his time in Spanish football when he was with Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid.
In addition, it is in fourth place on the list Ronald Koeman, today technical director of the Catalan team, who scored 46 goals from 11 steps, while Loboslav Penev scored 43 goals during his time with Valencia, Atlético de Madrid, Compostela and Celta de Vigo.
Even Messi’s goal from the penalty spot saw Cádiz be taken off the list, as did the teams he didn’t score against. From Spanish football, only the Real Murcia and the Xerez. Meanwhile, on everyone’s list are Inter Milan, Rubin Kazan, Benfica, Al-Sadd, Gramenet and Udinese.