By his last goal against Real Sociedad in a match which
ended in a draw both teams 1-1 in the second leg semi-final of Copa del Ray, the Argentine
star Lionel Messi lifting tally to 335 Barcelona shirt, and became the top
scorer for a Spanish club.
At the age of just twenty-sixth player crowned Golden Ball
award four times, in the face of Thursday 335 goals was scored by Telmo
Zaraonaye "Zara" in 354 official games Basque player between 1940 and
1955 with Athletic Bilbao played.
It took 405 games to Messi with official Catalan shirt to
achieve his objectives, which varied between domestic leagues, continental and
international, in order to reach 335 visits to the net with the first team for
Barca, who played with it for the first time in 2004.
And the "Flea" yesterday raises tally to 29 goals
in Copa Del Ray, added to the 226 in the Spanish league, 65 in the Champions
League, and ten in the Spanish Super Cup, four in the Club World Cup, and one
goal in the European Super Cup.
The achievement of the record in the (Anoeta) stadium, where
Messi has scored just one goal through the last four visits.
Although he missed this season for a total of 14 appearances
for his suffering from muscle problems during the first round, the tango captain
has 24 goals so far in the three major tournaments (the league and Copa Del Ray
and Champions League).
After becoming the first scorer with a Spanish club shirt,
Messi has the chance to sight smashing another record owned by his compatriot
Alfredo Di Stefano, as the leading scorer in the history of El Clasico match
between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Di Stefano Scored 18 goals in (Clasico) meetings, the same
as (Flea), which looms in front of him for the remainder of the current season
opportunity to outdo the legend of the club through the second round match of
the Liga, as well as the cup final, which combines the two teams on 19 April.
Also, Messi is the fifth top scorer in the history of La
Liga, and is close to excel on the former three-Real Di Stefano (227 goals) and
Raul Gonzalez (228) and Mexican Hugo Sanchez (234), while still some way off
top scorer of the historic championship Zara who has 251 goals.
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