Lionel Messi Reaches New Landmark, Scores Goal Against 100th Different Opponent

Argentina maestro Lionel Messi reached another milestone in his illustrious career when Atlanta United became the 100th team he scored against on Wednesday. Inter Miami won its second consecutive victory after the arrival of the last player. In his debut, Messi scored a free kick in the final minutes of the game and marked his debut on a remarkable note.
In his first start and leading his new team for the first time, the Argentine scored twice in the first half to increase his tally to three goals and one assist in two games.
Thanks to his contribution, Atlanta United became the 100th team he scored against in his nearly 20-year career. He opened his account at the end of the 200
–05 season in La Liga against Albacete. The Argentine came off the bench in the 87th minute. He lifted a shot from Brazilian winger Ronaldinho’s pass over the goalkeeper and scored his first goal.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner played for clubs such as Grandoli, Newell’s Old Boys and Barcelona from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Messi made his debut for Barcelona C in 2003, scoring five goals in 10 games. During the 2003–0
season with Barcelona B, where he scored six goals in 22 appearances, Messi made his debut for the Catalan giants on 16 November 2003 at the age of 16. In his debut game for Barcelona’s senior team, Messi came on as a substitute against FC Porto in the 75th minute. From breaking into the national team, he took very little time to rise to the status of a talismanic striker.
He played for the Catalan giants for almost two decades until 2021. There he made 520 appearances and scored 474 goals. With Barcelona, ​​he won Spain’s top domestic football competition, La Liga, in 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017-18 and 2017-18.
He grabbed four UEFA Champions League titles with Barcelona in 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11 and 2014–15. “La Pulga” also won 7 Copa Del Rey trophies with Barcelona in 2008-09, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2020-21.
With Barcelona, ​​he won three FIFA Club World Cups (2009, 2011 and 2015), three UEFA Super Cups (2009, 2011 and 2015) and seven Spanish Super Cups (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013). , 2016 and 2018). He won a magnificent 34 titles with the club – no return by any stretch of the imagination. At Barcelona, ​​he also achieved trebles in two seasons, a rare feat in football to win three major championships in one season.
A treble would normally mean lifting the domestic league cup, winning the domestic cup and the continental cup. In the context of European football, this usually means winning the domestic league, the domestic cup and the prestigious UEFA Champions League, the continent’s top league.
After an illustrious career at Barcelona, ​​he joined French football giants Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.
In PSG, Messi played 58 matches and scored a total of 22 goals. Messi also won two Ligue 1 titles in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons with the Parisian football giants. He also won the Trophee des Champions title with the club in 2022.