Messi Pecahkan Rekor Raul, Ini Peta Penaklukannya di Eropa
Map of Lionel Messi`s Break Raul`s Champion League Goalscoring Recod
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
KONON kabarnya Alexander yang Agung 'ketika ia melihat luasnya wilayah kekuasaannya, ia menangis karena tidak ada lagi wilayah untuk menaklukkan dunia.
Lionel Messi mungkin mulai merasakan hal yang sama tentang memecahkan rekor. Pekan ini, superstar Barcelona menjadi 'pencetak gol terbanyak sepanjang masa di La Liga dan Liga Champions' yang berarti menambah koleksi prestasinya sebagai pencetak gol terbanyak di kompetisi paling bergengsi di dunia.
Namun, seperti peta yang ditampilkan MailOniline yang memperlihatkan kota-kota di Eropa terciptanya gol dari Messi, ternyata masih banyak kota yang belum ditaklukkan oleh bintang asal Argentina ini.
Tiga gol di Nicosia, Siprus, pada Selasa malam pekan lalu membuatnya melampaui capaian legenda Real Madrid Raul sebagai pencetak gol terbanyak di Liga Champions dengan 74 gol. Itu juga merupakan kota ke-23 di Eropa dan negara ke-16 di Eropa di mana Messi telah mencapai target di kompetisi utama benua itu.
MailOnline memetakan 74 gol Messi di Liga Champions, yang menunjukkan Lionel Messi kota-kota di mana gol tercipta (berikut jumlah masing-masing gol).
Logo klub menunjukkan lawan Barcelona, dengan pengecualian kota klubnya, Barcelona. Messi mencetak gol di final Liga Champions melawan Manchester United di Roma pada 2009 dan London pada 2011.
IT IS SAID of Alexander the Great that 'when he saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.'
Lionel Messi might be starting to feel the same way about breaking records. This week, the Barcelona superstar has become the all-time leading goalscorer in both La Liga and the Champions League, adding to his mammoth collection of personal bests.
But, as our map of all his goals in Europe's leading competition shows, there are plenty of lands still to conquer for the Argentinian wizard.
His hat-trick in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Tuesday night took him past Real Madrid legend Raul as the leading scorer in the Champions League with 74. It was also the 23rd European city and 16th European country in which Messi has hit the target in the continent's premier competition.
Our map of Lionel Messi's 74 Champions League goals shows the cities in which he has scored (and the number in each). The badge shows the opponent, with the exception of his home ground in Barcelona.
Messi scored in Champions League finals against Manchester United in both Rome in 2009 and London in 2011. Scroll down for the full list of his goals.
