BERLIN, - Lionel Messi made a record Champions League. His goal is joined to bring Barcelona win 3-1 over Bayer Leverkusen in round 16, Tuesday or Wednesday (2/15/2012) early morning, marking the 19 th goal in knock-out (knockout) Champions League.
Messi occupied the top of the list of players who scored up to the Champions League knock-out in one season. He passed the record of Raul Gonzalez and Andriy Shevchenko who notched 18 goals in the round.
Messi could still improve his record. In fact, his record could be bigger and more difficult to be chased. Therefore, there is still the second leg of the opponent Leverkusen. If Barca go, he's more likely to improve the record of goals in knock-out.
Messi rarely play when his team won the Champions League 2005-06 due to injury. However, he was very influential in the success of Barcelona in the 2008-09 season and 2010-11. He also scored two goals in the final against Manchester United in the 2008-09 season and recorded two goals as well as meet Real Madrid in the semi-finals last season. In the 2010-11 final opponents Manchester United, Messi also scored one goal.
Was aged 24 years, Messi has the opportunity to make a record, another record. In total, he has recorded 44 goals in all levels of European club competition. Acquisition makes it ranks sixth.
Top scorer in Europe still held Raul (71 goals), followed by Ruud van Nistelrooy (56 goals), Thierry Henry (55 goals), Andriy Shevchenko (48 goals), and Filippo Inzaghi (46 goals). While the new Cristiano Ronaldo scored 31 goals in European competition and ranks 10.
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