Published 10:07 IST, February 27th 2023

Lionel Messi joins Cristiano Ronaldo in elite list with PSG's 3-0 win over Marseille

Lionel Messi alters the history books yet again. On Sunday, Messi recorded the 700th goal of his club career to join Cristiano Ronaldo in the list.

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Lionel Messi alters history books yet again. On Sunday, 7-time Ballon D'or winner influenced PSG to a 3-0 win over Marseille in Ligue 1 and in process recorded 700th goal of his club career. With this, Messi has joined his long-time competitor Cristia Ronaldo in list.

In career span of almost 20 years, Lionel Messi has attained many records, and list keeps getting bigger. 35-year-old on Sunday come onto field to give PSG an edge over Marseille, and in 29th minute of game through a Kylian Mbappe assist, Messi t only doubled le of PSG but also scored 700th club goal of his illustrious career. It was Messi's 12th goal of season in Ligue 1. 

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Watch Messi's 700th club goal 

It was a team goal which was fed by Mbappe to Messi, who performed tap-in to get goal. goal came in 29th minute which came four minutes after Mbappe's strike, which opened scoring. Here's 700th goal of Argentine.

Giving company to Cristia Ronaldo 

With a strike that breached threshold of 700th mark, Lionel Messi has joined Cristia Ronaldo in list of players who have a whopping record to ir name. Like many of ir or podium finishes, in this section as well it is only this duo that is present above all. Ronaldo has so far amassed 709 club goals.

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Reaction to Messi attaining feat

700th goal garnered attention of social media users, who did ir thing and hailed Lionel Messi for this achievement. Here are few of reactions recorded on Twitter.

10:07 IST, February 27th 2023