Lionel Messi's records in La Liga will be hard to break once he decides to call it quits, especially because he's close to owning every single one of them.
The Argentinean ace scored against Las Palmas thanks to some poor goalkeeping by Javi Varas, who left the ball loose inside the box as Messi approached for the tap in. That goal would have gone down in history as just another token of Messi's quickness, but it will be remembered because this was Messi's 35th victim in La Liga, something achieved by only one player before.
"Record: Messi matches Raul's tally as the only player to score against 35 different opponents in La Liga history."
RÉCORD HISTÓRICO - Messi iguala a Raúl como el jugador que le ha marcado a más equipos diferentes (35) en TODA la historia de #LaLiga.
— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) January 14, 2017
Messi had scored against 34 teams prior to this match, surpassing names such as legendary Mexican striker Hugo Sánchez or Espanyol's Raul Tamudo.
Scored to more different teams in #LaLiga history
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) January 14, 2017
35] MESSI, Raúl González
34] Julio Salinas
33] Hugo Sánchez, Tamudo
If Messi wants to be the only owner of this record, a team from the Segunda División which he's never played before needs to get promoted...and "La Pulga" would have to score against them.