Lionel Messi made his first start for Inter Miami CF on Tuesday and, having assumed the role of captain, lived up to the armband as his new team ran out 4-0 winners over fellow MLS side Atlanta United in the group stage of the Leagues Cup.
Lionel Messi couldn’t have asked for a better start to life at Inter Miami. Shortly after scoring a clutch free-kick on his debut, the Argentina star scored a boost in his first start.
Cruz Azul was his first victim in the 2023 League Cup and it didn’t take long for Atlanta United to suffer Leo’s magic as well. The 7-time Ballon d’Or winner, with his goals against MLS opposition, can boast having scored against 100 different teams in his career.
Sevilla were his favorite victims as they received 38 goals from Messi. Needless to say, most of his goals have been against Spanish teams, but now he’s starting to add MLS and Liga MX clubs to the list.
The 100 teams that received goals from Lionel Messi
- Sevilla 38
- Atlético Madrid 32
- Valencia 30
- Athletic Bilbao 29
- Real Betis 26
- Real Madrid 26
- Osasuna 25
- Espanyol 25
- Levante 24
- Getafe 21
- Deportivo 20
- Eibar 20
- Rayo Vallecano 18
- Real Sociedad 18
- Villarreal 17
- Mallorca 16
- Granada 15
- Zaragoza 14
- Celta Vigo 14
- Almería 13
- Alavés 13
- Málaga 13
- Racing Santander 12
- Leganés 11
- Arsenal 9
- Real Valladolid 8
- AC Milan 8
- Celtic 8
- Elche 7
- Bayer Leverkusen 7
- Manchester City 7
- Ajax 6
- Córdoba 6
- Paris Saint-Germain 6
- Sporting Gijón 6
- Lyon 6
- Tenerife 5
- Panathinaikos 4
- Huesca 4
- Manchester United 4
- Spartak 4
- PSV 4
- Bayern Munich 4
- Girona 4
- Las Palmas 4
- Chelsea 3
- Viktoria Plzen 3
- Copenhague 3
- Montpellier 3
- APOEL 3
- Lille 3
- Maccabi Haifa 3
- Stuttgart 3
- Dynamo Kyiv 3
- Nantes 3
- Recreativo Huelva 3
- Juventus 3
- Shakhtar Donetsk 3
- Clermont Foot 2
- Hércules 2
- Basel 2
- Club Brugge 2
- BATE 2
- Liverpool 2
- Tottenham 2
- Roma 2
- RB Leipzig 2
- Santos 2
- Gimnàstic 2
- Numancia 2
- Nice 2
- Lens 2
- Atlanta United 2
- Ajaccio 1
- River Plate 1
- Sporting Lisboa 1
- Slavia Praga 1
- Ceuta 1
- Lorient 1
- Benidorm 1
- Troyes 1
- Cádiz 1
- Porto 1
- Angers 1
- OM 1
- Cultural Leonesa 1
- Rangers 1
- Napoli 1
- Ferencvaros 1
- Benfica 1
- Estudiantes de La Plata 1
- Albacete 1
- Olympiacos 1
- Atlante 1
- Toulouse 1
- Borussia Dortmund 1
- Werder Bremen 1
- Borussia Mönchengladbach 1
- Strasbourg 1
- Cruz Azul 1
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