Lionel Messi has another scoring record in sight when Barcelona visits Almeria on Saturday looking to bounce back from consecutive losses that have cost it the Spanish league lead.
Messi scored his 70th and 71st goals in the Champions League in a 2-0 win at Ajax on Wednesday to equal Raul Gonzalez’s all-time record in Europe’s top-tier club competition.
Holland goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen’s howler gifted the opener to the Argentina star, who poked home his second in the 76th minute to move level with the record and one ahead of Raul’s successor in the Real Madrid number seven shirt, Cristiano Ronaldo. Cillessen denied the Argentinian a hat-trick and another effort was deflected over by Moisander – but his and Barca’s work was done.
The win confirmed Barca’s qualification for the last 16 along with Paris St Germain, who beat APOEL in France, with two games to spare.
The Argentina forward can now match the Spanish league’s scoring milestone as he is just one goal short of Telmo Zarra’s mark of 251, a record the Athletic Bilbao great established in 1955.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, meanwhile, will try to extend his club-record run of scoring in eight straight league appearances when the leaders hosts crosstown minnow Rayo Vallecano.
Madrid leads Valencia and Atletico Madrid by one point, with Barcelona and Sevilla another point behind.
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