Messi becomes the first player to score against 19 opponents consecutively
Argentine legend & PSG star Leo Messi's record-breaking run continues; becomes the first player to score against 19 opponents consecutively, scoring his record in the current year 2023 against Angers in the French League in the first match after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Lionel Messi made his long-awaited return to PSG after victory at the 2022 World Cup as the French giants hosted basement-dwellers Angers at Parc des Princes, and he marked it appropriately by scoring the team's second goal in a 2-0 victory.
Messi's goal came against Angers in the 72nd minute of the match that at the "Princes' Park" in the 18th round of the French League championship for the current season. Messi continued to score for the 19th year consecutively since his first goal with his former team Barcelona against Albacete in 2005. Messi contributed to scoring 18 goals in the French League 1 this season, scoring 8 goals and making 10 assists.
On the aggregate level in all competitions, the Argentine star scored 52 goals in 54 matches (24 goals and 28 assists) with Paris Saint-Germain.