Messi breaks Champions League goalscoring record
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 @ 11:22 AM
Lionel Messi has become the Champions League's all-time top scorer with a hat-trick against Apoel Nicosia on Tuesday evening.
The 27-year-old Barça star had already equalled former Real Madrid forward Raul's record of 71 Champions League goals before Group F match in Cyprus, and Tuesday's hat-trick gives him a record 74 goals.
Luis Suárez opened the scoring before the half hour mark with his first goal for the club, then Messi diverted a shot from Rafinha past the keeper barely ten minutes later to double Barcelona's advantage. Messi's second came in the 58th-minute and he added a third three minutes before time.
It was Messi's 28th hat-trick for Barça (his second in four days), and his fifth in Champions League. He has amassed 74 goals in 91 appearances, compared with Raúl's 71 goals in 142 matches.
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