{"id":2775,"date":"2025-07-29T18:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/what-does-lionel-messi-need-to-be-the-best-free-kick-scorer-in-football-history\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:21:13","slug":"what-does-lionel-messi-need-to-be-the-best-free-kick-scorer-in-football-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/what-does-lionel-messi-need-to-be-the-best-free-kick-scorer-in-football-history\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Lionel Messi need to be the best free-kick scorer in football history?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"capital-letter\">t<\/span>The football record is intended to be broken, and Lionel Messi says he&#8217;s very close to becoming a top free kick scorer in football history.<\/p>\n<p>But what will the Argentine star become the best free kick taker in world soccer?<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion ue-c-article__media-video-responsive ue-c-article__media-video-responsive--16-9\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Cole Palmer was tired of Donald Trump celebrating with them<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">What does Lionel Messi need to be the best free-kick scorer in football history?<\/h2>\n<p>With the goal he scored from a free kick, Lionel Messi scored 69 goals from the set piece, just nine goals behind Brazil&#8217;s Marcel\u00edo Carioca, and thus became the top scorer in football history with 78 free kick goals. Before reaching or exceeding Marcel\u00ed\u00f1o Carioca, Lionel Messi has Juni\u00f1o Pernam Bucano (72 goals) and Roberto Dinamite (75 goals) before him.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Another brace from Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer (MLS)<\/h2>\n<p>Lionel Messi recorded another brace in Intermiami&#8217;s 5-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night, July 19, 2015. His sixth brace in his final seven games reached 18 in the current MLS season and achieved 874 lifelong goals in 1,113 career games so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/mls\/2025\/07\/20\/687ccaa2ca47413e478b4579.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tThe football record is intended to be broken, and Lionel Messi says he&#8217;s very close to becoming a top free kick scorer in football history. But what will the Argentine star become the best free kick taker in world soccer? 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