Messi, the gentleman of the penalties: Another goal in his match 150 in Europe

Although it is true that to Leo Messi is costing him a world mark of played in this beginning of the campaign 2020-21, the reality is that from the penalty spot is showing a spotless reliability. Four penaltis and four goals, three of them in Champions League after this Wednesday, against the Dynamo of Kiev in the Camp Nou, the '10' went back to cause in the minute 5 a clear infringement of an Ukrainian defender in the area.

It ran the minute 3 of party when the referee signalled penalti when trying Leo Messi penetrate in the area. At the beginning it thought that it was a fault out of the area, but the repetition left very clear that the action was committed in the interior of the same. It treats of the third so much of Messi this course in European competition, the chamber of the season and all they from the eleven metres.

It treats also of the goal 118 of 'The Flea' in the Champions League in 146 parties, to which it is necessary to add four duels of Supercopa of Europe to originate the 150 duels in European appointments. 638 targets in 740 parties with the FC Barcelona. What more calls the attention, in any case, is that of these 150 parties, in 75, in the half, Messi has seen goal, a register of the that can not boast practically any another European footballer.

In Champions League, the debut of Messi gave on 7 December 2004 in front of the Shakhtar Donetsk (2-0) in Ukraine, but his first goal did not arrive until 2 November 2005, when the Barça received in the phase of groups to the Panathinaikos (5-0). They have fulfilled therefore 15 years of that mythical date.

To Messi no gives him badly the Dynamo of Kiev

This is the third time that Messi confronts to the Dynamo of Kiev, and in the two previous occasions the Argentinian was able to see goal. The first time gave during the phase of groups of the edition 2009-2010 with Pep Guardiola in the bench. In that first appointment (2-0), in the Camp Nou, Messi opened the marker after an assistance of Iniesta. In the turn in Ukraine, to four for the end, attained to beat to the ones of the Ukrainians of a shot of fault.

Mark or no, Leo Messi wishes whenever the FC Barcelona go out victorious in his duels and thus it tries to contribute his granite of sand, was by means of goals, assistances or creation of played offensive. For now, at least in League of Champions, is contributing to that the team of Ronald Koeman lead with solvency the Group G of the UEFA Champions League 2020-21.