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Barcelona's Lionel Messi becomes Champions League's all-time top scorer

By ghanasoccernet.com
Sports News Barcelona's Lionel Messi becomes Champions League's all-time top scorer
NOV 25, 2014 LISTEN

Lionel Messi has become the all-time leading scorer in the Champions League with 74 goals after a hat-trick for Barcelona in their 4-0 Group F win at Apoel Nicosia.

Messi moved level with the former Real Madrid striker Raúl's tally of 71 goals with a brace in Barça's previous match at Ajax, and on Tuesday he claimed sole ownership of the record.

The Argentina forward was denied early on by Rafael Urko but there was nothing the Apoel goalkeeper could do in the 38th minute when Messi stuck out his right foot to deflect Rafinha's shot into the net to make it 2-0.

Messi scored again in the second half, while Luis Suárez opened the scoring.

Messi also became the Primera División's record goalscorer at the weekend, with his hat-trick in the 5-1 victory over Sevilla moving him onto 253, breaking Telmo Zarra's 59-year-old mark of 251.

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