Barcelona and Argentina’s Lionel Messi, has overtaken rival Cristian Ronaldo, as the top goal scorer of all time in all of Europe’s top five leagues. These leagues include France’s Ligue1, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, Germany’s Bundesliga, and England’s Premier League.
Messi’s record was set on Saturday, when he struck a penalty in a match with Real Sociedad. Barcelona won the match 1-0, courtesy of Messi.
With that goal scored in the 81st minute, Messi’s goal tally came to 438 goals against Cristiano Ronaldo who has so far scored 437 times in Europe.
The close race for honors of the best of all time continues to provoke wars of words among fans of the two stars.
