The party that Argentina organized for its national team to celebrate the World Cup title achieved in Qatar had a special prize for Lionel Messi, who passed the 100-goal barrier by scoring one goal against Panama and three against Curacao, reaching 102 goals with the Albiceleste.
The Argentine is the third player to reach that figure after Iran's Ali Daei (109) and Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 122 goals for Portugal.
FIFA Ranking
1) Brazil
2) Argentina
3) France
4) Belgium
5) England
6) Netherlands
7) Croatia
8) Italy
9) Portugal
10) Spain
But the question is to verify which of the leading scorers of world soccer has scored more goals against the most important teams according to the current FIFA ranking.
So, we've taken as a reference the last statistical publication from FIFA, which was still led by Brazil after its last update.
Messi's 15 goals in the FIFA top ten
1) Brazil (five)
2) France (three)
3) Croatia (three)
4) Spain (two)
5) Netherlands (one)
6) Portugal (one)
One of the coincidences that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have in this scoring chart is that they both scored a goal the day Argentina beat Portugal 2-1 in a friendly played on March 9, 2011.
The captain of the current world champions has scored the most goals against FIFA's top-ten teams.
He scored 15 goals against Brazil, France, Netherlands, Croatia, Portugal and Spain, one more than the Portuguese. Only Belgium, England and Italy were spared by the Argentine.
Cristiano Ronaldo's 14 goals in the FIFA 'top-ten'
1) Netherlands (four)
2) Belgium (three)
3) Spain (three)
4) France (two)
5) Argentina (one)
6) Croatia (one)
Of the current top-ten in the FIFA ranking, Brazil is Messi's 'favorite' team, against whom he has scored five goals, while the Netherlands is CR7's 'victim' of choice, with four goals scored.
The Argentinian and the Portuguese have in common 'victims' in common: France, Netherlands, Croatia and Spain conceded 19 goals to these stars.
huybikpy
1235
Eight of the top 10 teams are European. CR7 met them regularly yet he scored fewer goals compared to that of Messi. If Messi were to be European and also played them the regularly like CR7 he would have scored more goals. Still Messi goals are more than that of CR7. Messi you are the real GOAT. Messi has beard as well. How can you be a GOAT without beard
kateperry1
778
quick one here, did you no Cristiano Ronaldo has lost 1 UCL final in his career. Neymar Jr has lost 1 Copa America final in his career. Kylian Mbappe has lost 1 World Cup final in his career. And all of them were defeated by Lionel Messi, THE 🐐
EXTRODINARY22
719
I'd like to post out that the 3 goals Ronaldo has against Spain came in one match. Take that Messi fans
MJ0000
542
Someone is still dreaming
FootballChief
526
I hope they tell us the full story because we all know who the king of Friendlies is [Crylaugh]
malablata
517
I think the difference here is that most of Messi goals against those top ten teams came mainly in friendly matches while CR7 goals were all scored in highly competitive games. Cr7 is by far the best of the two, no need to argue .....
richkid842
383
when it comes to individual level please stop comparing ronaldo to Messi Ronaldo is good but Messi is at another level
N0_N0NsENSE
290
THERE WERE AND WILL BE WORLD CUP WINNERS, UCL WINNERS, GOAL SCORERS AND PLAYMAKERS BUT NONE ALL IN ONE LIKE MESSI. HISTORY WILL ALWAYS ECHO THE NAME OF THE KING 👑 LIONEL MESSI AS THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. SAINTED, GOATED, IMMORTALIZED. 🐐
weuelmnu
23
I'd like to post out that the 3 goals Ronaldo has against Spain came in one match. Take that Messi fans
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even Messi scored a hat trick against Brazil
jaisoni
16
and that was a tough game, world cup. CR7⚽💪🏽🤝🏼
how many goals in wc knock out stages for cr?
richkid842
14
Eight of the top 10 teams are European. CR7 met them regularly yet he scored fewer goals compared to that of Messi. If Messi were to be European and also played them the regularly like CR7 he would have scored more goals. Still Messi goals are more than that of CR7. Messi you are the real GOAT. Messi has beard as well. How can you be a GOAT without beard
I like the Beard sentence
stanking8912
12
I'd like to post out that the 3 goals Ronaldo has against Spain came in one match. Take that Messi fans
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And Messi scores against France in a World Cup final!!!!! While your Saudi pro have never win any tournament best player before😂😂😂😂
ruybcnrtuz
8
I hope they tell us the full story because we all know who the king of Friendlies is [Crylaugh]
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so you are saying friendly matches easy and anyone can score any amount? if you are really fan of football you would categories based on friendlies. maybe you should categorise based on the rankings of the national team. got and check who scored the most goals against. top 50 ranked teams.
CallmeCJ
8
Eight of the top 10 teams are European. CR7 met them regularly yet he scored fewer goals compared to that of Messi. If Messi were to be European and also played them the regularly like CR7 he would have scored more goals. Still Messi goals are more than that of CR7. Messi you are the real GOAT. Messi has beard as well. How can you be a GOAT without beard
That and Ronaldo had to return to England to outscore Messi against the English top 6 teams. Messi never played in the English Premier League. The most forced debate that had ever existed. Glad it's finished.
SkyBlueçça
8
how many finals did he loose he wanted to retire from world cup do you remember
It is better to be second best in a tournament then not reaching a final at all. It doesn't matter how many he lost at the end he conquered