17:10  ,  May 17, 2021

Messi scores goal at 300th match in La Liga

Argentine forward for FC Barcelona Lionel Messi scored a goal at his 300th match during the Spanish football championship, setting a record, OptaJose reports.

Messi is followed by Real Madrid’s Spanish striker Raul Gonzalez, who scored goals during 186 matches in La Liga.

Messi’s goal didn’t help FC Barcelona win in the next-to-last round of the Spanish championship, and the team lost to Celta 1-2. For the first time ever, the Catalonian football club wasn’t able to win three games in a row at home with Messi. In addition, for the first time ever, after a 13-year interval, FC Barcelona have remained without a champion title for two consecutive years.

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