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20.03.2007 11:55

Messi sets new personal best

After scoring against Recreativo, Leo Messi has now set a new personal league record. The Argentine striker has scored 7 goals in the 15 matches he has played in.

After scoring against Recreativo, Leo Messi has now set a new personal league record. The Argentine striker has scored 7 goals in the 15 matches he has played in.

Despite being sidelined for three months through injury, Leo Messi has still managed to set a new personal record for league goals. Two seasons ago, when Messi made his first team debut, he scored just one goal, while last season he managed 6 in 17 matches. This term has seen him improve on that number, having just scored for the seventh time in 15 appearances. At the 19 years of age, the youngster is improving as each year goes by.

A goal to go down in history

Leo Messi scored his first official goal in a Barça shirt on May 1, 2005. That was against Albacete in the league, and at just 17 years, 10 months and 7 days, it meant he goes down as the youngest player to ever score a league goal for the club. It was a great start to a career that has seen the player go from strength to strength.

Demonstrating his prowess

It was last season that we began to appreciate just what a goalscoring talent Messi is. He scored in three different competitions, the League, Champions League and Cup. In the former he scored six times, including two against Mallorca in just a quarter of an hour. He was also on target in Europe against Panathinaikos and in the Copa del Rey against Zaragoza. 

Even more

But this season is proving to be the best yet for Leo Messi. He has just scored four goals in two games, making a total of seven, with eleven games still to play. Before his injury, Messi scored a crucial Champions League goal against Werder Bremen. We no longer need to speak of this player’s promising future. The future, for this amazing talent, has already arrived.