Lionel Messi Set A Record At UCL, Cristiano Ronaldo, Who Now Only Plays In Friday's Night League

JAKARTA Lionel Messi passed his rival Cristiano Ronaldo after becoming the first player to score goals against 39 different teams from nine countries in the European Champions League (UEFA Champions League).

The Argentine contributed one goal when Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won 3-1 over Israeli representative Maccabi Haifa in the second match of Group H at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on Thursday, September 15 in the morning WIB.

That goal made La Pulga now surpass Ronaldo, who has just broken into 38 different teams in the history of competition. Messi has a chance to stay away because CR7 this season has not played in the most prestigious competition between European clubs.

In addition, Messi also made another record in the French giant's victory. Now he has scored for the 18th season in a row in the European Champions League.

Messi's total has now scored 126 goals in the competition. He was behind Ronaldo (140 goals) on the list of the all-time leading goalscorers.

Messi scored to equalize in the 37th minute after the home side took the lead in the 24th minute with a beautiful goal netted by Tjaronn Chery.

The former Barcelona player then contributed to PSG's second goal. He provided assists that were well completed by Kylian Mbappe 24 minutes after both teams returned from the dressing room.

Neymar Jr then scored the third goal for Les Parisiens two minutes before the normal time of the game was over. The Brazilian international had his name on the scoreboard after using Marco Verratti's pass.