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Lionel Messi nets 900th career goal, only second after Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi nets 900th career goal, only second after Cristiano Ronaldo

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2 min readMar 19, 2026 05:26 PM IST Star footballer Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal to become only the second player to reach the landmark in football after Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi brought up the milestone with a left-footed strike in Inter Miami’s 1-1 draw with Nashville SC in the Round of 16 CONCACAF Champions Cup on Wednesday. Messi took a pass in the middle of the box in the seventh minute, controlled the ball, spun and lined a low shot through a maze of defenders and into the far corner of the net. The 38-year-old Argentine World Cup winner’s 900th goal came ⁠21 ​years after Messi scored his first in senior football for Barcelona as a 17-year-old in 2005. MESSI SCORES HIS 900TH CAREER GOAL 🔥 pic.twitter.com/sr6TlmMqo2 — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) March 18, 2026 Messi, who has won the Ballon d’Or eight times, reached the landmark in his 1,142nd appearance for club and country, nearly 100 games fewer than Ronaldo, who took 1,236 games to reach the milestone in ⁠September 2024. Portuguese forward ⁠Ronaldo …

WATCH Video: Lionel Messi nets two goals to power Inter Miami comeback to reach CONCACAF Champions Cup semis | Football News

WATCH Video: Lionel Messi nets two goals to power Inter Miami comeback to reach CONCACAF Champions Cup semis | Football News

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Argentine superstar Lionel Messi netted two goals to cap off Inter Miami’s comeback 3-1 win over Los Angeles FC on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, sending the Herons to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Messi’s second goal of the night, an 84th-minute penalty kick, sealed the win for Miami in the two-leg, total-goal semifinal series 3-2, rallying after LAFC earned a 1-0 home victory last week. Los Angeles went up 2-0 on aggregate when Aaron Long scored in the ninth minute, but goals from Messi in the 35th minute and Noah Allen — off a Messi assist — in the 61st leveled the series 2-2. Messi magic 🪄@InterMiamiCF pulls one back. Game on in the #ChampionsCup! pic.twitter.com/AYbIzlFdSh — Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 10, 2025 A video review led to a handball call against Mark Delgado, setting up the decisive penalty kick. Messi calmly kicked the ball into the top right corner.Early on, a scramble in the Miami penalty area following a corner kick saw the ball fall to Long, who fired in a …

Lionel Messi out of World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil due to apparent injury | Football News

Lionel Messi out of World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil due to apparent injury | Football News

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Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil over the next eight days due to an apparent muscle injury. The 37-year-old Messi was not included in the 25-man squad announced on Monday by coach Lionel Scaloni. Argentine media reported Messi suffered a sore left thigh on Sunday during Inter Miami’s 2-1 victory over Atlanta United in Major League Soccer. Story continues below this ad However, the Argentine Football Association did not disclose the reason for his absence. Argentina, which leads South America, will visit second-placed Uruguay on Friday and host fifth-placed Brazil four days later at Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires. Messi was not the only absentee for the two matches that could seal Argentina’s qualification. Also ruled out were Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Montiel and Giovani Lo Celso. Scaloni also dropped Alejandro Garnacho and Claudio Echeverri from the larger squad announced on March 2. Story continues below this ad World Cup winner Messi has been sidelined several times by Inter Miami this season due to a risk of injury, Miami coach …