Pele’s record for most goals and assists ever has been surpassed by LIONEL MESSI.
The Argentine was on fire as Paris Saint-Germain destroyed Maccabi Haifa 7-2 Friday night in the Champions League.
Messi, 35, scored twice and provided two assists to help his team advance to the round of 16.
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He subsequently established a career high of 1,127 goal involvements overall.
This surpasses Pele, who is credited with 1,126 goal involvements by OneFootball.
Messi has scored 672 goals for Barcelona, 22 for PSG, and 90 for Argentina over his illustrious career.
Additionally, he has amassed an incredible number of assists, pushing him well past the 1,000 mark.
Many people dispute Pele’s goal total because they think that many of them came in friendly games.
Messi, though, outperformed the figure given by OneFootball.
He also set a record by scoring two goals and dishing out two assists in a single Champions League match at the age of 40.
As a result of Cristiano Ronaldo’s inability to add to his total from last season, he also increased his group stage record to 80 goals in 85 matches, moving him farther ahead of the Portuguese player’s total of 73.
However, the 37-year-old may exhale a sigh of relief because Messi came close to scoring a third goal that would have tied or surpassed Ronaldo’s record of eight Champions League hat-tricks.
Last night, Kylian Mbappe scored twice for PSG as his team easily defeated the underdog Israeli team.
While Sean Goldberg scored an own goal for the visitors, Neymar and Carlos Soler both scored goals.
Both of Maccabi’s consolation strikes were seized by Abdoulaye Seck.