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Barcelona congratulate Lionel Messi after he breaks Pele’s record

Barcelona has sent a message of congratulations to Lionel Messi after the GOAT made even more history during Argentina’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Ecuador.

The 34-year-old netted a superb hat-trick to overtake Pele and become South America’s top male international scorer with 79 goals.

Top goalscorer for a South American country.
Brilliant, Leo!

@Argentina pic.twitter.com/7tHWkt1uBV— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 10, 2021

It’s Messi’s 55th hat-trick and his seventh for Argentina. Barcelona legend has also now scored an incredible 751 times in his career.