{"id":52256,"date":"2014-09-30T06:11:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T06:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=52256"},"modified":"2014-09-30T06:11:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T06:11:28","slug":"messi-hails-400-goals-for-barcelona-and-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/messi-hails-400-goals-for-barcelona-and-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi hails 400 goals for Barcelona and Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi says he “never imagined” scoring over 400 goals in his remarkable career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The four-time world player of the year, 27, passed the landmark with a brace in the Spanish side’s 6-0 home win over Granada on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Argentina captain headed in his 400th goal for club and country and then stroked in his 401st late on.<\/p>\n
“It’s like Messi was touched by a magic wand,” said Barcelona coach Luis Enrique.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think if we added together the goals we have scored on the playground it would reach 400,” Enrique told journalists in his post-match news conference.<\/p>\n
Messi has scored 359 goals for Barcelona since making his debut in 2004, plus 42 strikes for Argentina, in 506 career appearances.<\/p>\n
He is already widely considered as one of the all-time greatest players after being instrumental in helping Barcelona win 21 trophies, including six La Ligas and three Champions Leagues, in the past decade.<\/p>\n
He has also won a host of individual honours including four consecutive Ballon d’Ors, the trophy given to the world’s best player, between 2009 and 2012.<\/p>\n
“I never imagined I could achieve anything like this in my career,” said Messi on his official Facebook page.<\/p>\n
“I’ll continue working hard to reach more targets.”<\/p>\n
Messi also helped set up three goals against Granada as unbeaten Barca, who finished as runners-up last season, moved top of La Liga after six matches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi says he “never imagined” scoring over 400 goals in his remarkable career. The four-time world player of the year, 27, passed the landmark with a brace in the Spanish side’s 6-0 home win over Granada on Saturday. The Argentina captain headed in his 400th goal for club and country and then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":52257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n