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Messi scores 34 league free-kicks in 2010s, 14 more than CR7, 22 more than Pirlo

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Opta shows Lionel Messi scored 34 direct free-kick goals this decade in league competition. This tally was 14 more than any other player within the top 5 European leagues in the 2010s. 

Ronaldo comes second with 20, whose Juventus partner Pjanic ranked third with 16.

Maestro Pirlo scored 12 free-kicks in the past decade, the same as Calhanoglu and Kolarov.