BARCELONA, Spain.- Lionel Messi continues to establish new records with FC Barcelona, this time he became the footballer with the most matches in the Spanish League after appearing against Cádiz.
KING BLAUGRANA OF THE LEAGUE!
#Messi became the player of the @FCBarcelona_es with the most matches in the history of #LaLiga with 506
He beat Xavi Hernández’s 505 games.Can he celebrate by scoring a goal against his 38th league victim? pic.twitter.com/KEsqQI7qJC
– Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) February 21, 2021
The number “10” Blaugrana reached 506 appearances on the domestic circuit to surpass the mark of Xavi Hernández. Despite reaching this figure, Messi is still far from the players with the most games in LaLiga, with Andoni Zubizarreta leading the list with a total of 622 and Joaquín, still active with Betis, who contains 567.
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He closely follows the 767 official commitments like culé that Xavi contains, knowing that the Argentine has so far 758, that is, only nine separate him from the record number.
Messi adds 21 league games this season where he has scored 16 goals to stay in the fight for the “Pichichi”. Even when the team is not doing well at all, he continues to make history.