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The Argentine forward Lionel Messi of Inter Miami has moved to second place in football history for the number of goals scored directly from a free kick. This is reported by Glavkom, citing The Touchline.
Inter Miami at home with a score of 2:2 drew with San Diego in a regular MLS season match.
Messi scored from a free kick. This became 75 goal, the Argentine’s direct free-kick goal. He surpassed Brazilian Jair (74 goals). The first place in the ranking is held by Marcelinho Carioca (78).
Messi has been playing for Inter Miami since 2023 year. His contract with the club runs through 2028 year.
Messi is an eight-time Ballon d’Or winner. The Argentine has won the Champions League four times. Messi is also a World Cup champion (2022 year), a World Cup silver medalist (2014 and 2026 years), an Olympic champion (2008 year) and a two-time winner of the Copa América (2021, 2024 years).
As a reminder, Messi earned his 49-th team trophy in his career.
Inter Miami defeated Mexican club Club Universidad Nacional (Cruz Azul) in the Campeon De Campeones showdown – 2:0.
The American club, for the first time in its history, won the trophy that has been played for since 2018 year.
Earlier Messi had won 35 trophies at Barcelona, 3 trophies at PSG, 4 trophies with Inter Miami and 6 titles with the Argentina national team. The forward updated the record for most team titles in football history. Second place on this metric is held by former Barcelona teammate Dani Alves (45).
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