Messi scored his 697th club goal, having played his entire
senior career in Europe’s top-five leagues. He overtook Ronaldo’s tally of 696
goals while taking 84 fewer games than his Portuguese counterpart.
The former Barcelona star is now just four short of his
rival’s tally of 701 all-time club goals. Ronaldo is yet to score for his new
club Al-Nassr in a competitive encounter so it might not take long for the
Argentine to overtake him.
This was the 35-year-old’s 14th goal of the season for PSG
across competitions. He has also provided 14 assists for the Parisians in 23
overall appearances this term.
Rudi Garcia believes Ronaldo will go back to Europe
Ronaldo was forced to look for a new side after his contract
with the Red Devils was terminated following his explosive interview with
journalist Piers Morgan. He hasn't had a great start to his competitive career
in Saudi either but his coach Rudi Garcia reckons Ronaldo will go back to
Europe before hanging up his boots.
Talking about the PSG-Montpellier game, after a goalless
first half, Fabian Ruiz' 55th minute strike helped the Parisians take a 1-0
lead. Messi soon doubled the team's lead by scoring the goal in the 72nd minute
which took him past Ronald's tally. The team's third goal was scored by Warren
Zaire-Emery in the stoppage time after Arnaud Nordin had managed to pull one
goal back for Montpellier in the 89th minute.
Meanwhile, the match also saw star forward Kylian Mbappe
missing two penalties in two minutes before walking off the field injured. The
FIFA World Cup 2022's leading goal-scorer's 8th minute penalty was first saved
by the Montpellier goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte but the referee signalled a
retake. In the second attempt too, Mbappe's shot was saved by Lecomte and while
the 24-year-old did have a chance to go for it again on the rebound, this time
his shot went over the crossbar.
Later Mbappe walked limped off with what appeared to be a
hamstring injury. However, PSG coach Christophe Galtier isn't too worried about
Mbappe's injury at the moment.
What is also worth nothing is that Messi took 84 fewer games
than Ronaldo to overtake the ex-Manchester United forward. Messi has played his
entire senior career in Europe's top-five leagues while his Portuguese
counterpart recently joined an Asian club after in his words he had won
everything there was to be won in Europe.