Lionel Messi Is now the Freekick King, he started his Copa America campaign with Argentina in inspired form, as he scored an excellent freekick against Chile.
It was Messi’s 57th freekick goal in his career, just a goal surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo in free kicks.
Until the match against Chile, both Messi and Ronaldo were tied on 56 freekick goals each. Messi has 50 as a Barcelona player and now seven with Argentina. While Cristiano has 13 freekicks with Manchester United, 32 with Real Madrid and 10 with Portugal.
The numbers are even more impressive when you think that only four years ago in 2017, Cristiano had scored 49 freekicks and Messi just 31.
Watch Messi’s 57th Free Kick below:
Messi scores his 57th free kick goal pic.twitter.com/R0Qp6RSZMu
— EverydayNews GH🇬🇭 (@Everydaynewsgh) June 15, 2021
