Argentina's Lionel Messi, left, and Croatia's Luka Modric fight for the ball during the 2018 World Cup. Messis final World Cup goal nearly became a game-winner. The Argentine nets a goal . Bayer Leverkusen have taken the biggest single-game hit so far, when Messi rattled five goals in one match against the bewildered Germans to inspire Barcelona to a comprehensive 7-1 win in March 2012. Since the UEFA Champions League was inaugurated as a competition in 1992-93, 100 different clubs from across Europe have taken part and Messi has now scored against 40% of them. Messi, who won Copa America 2021 with Argentina this summer, loves scoring Arsenal.
In 2010, Messi was able to register a win against Brazil in his fifth attempt, scoring against them in a friendly in Doha.
. The 2019/20 season has seen Messi score 'only' 31 goals, his lowest tally since 2007/08. Messi, 35, has now scored against 40 different opponents in the Champions League more than any other player. Each keeper was sent bottles, with the amounts depending on how many goals they shipped to the legendary magician, now at Paris Saint-Germain.Messi fired his country to another 1-0 friendly victory later that year, which marked their most recent meeting before the latest edition of the Copa America.