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Barcelona: 4 spectacular Lionel Messi stats from 2018/19

By Atharva Khadilkar

BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 13: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his side's 3rd goal during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais at Nou Camp on March 13, 2019 in Barcelona, . (Photo by Eric Alonso/MB Media/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 13: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his side's 3rd goal during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais at Nou Camp on March 13, 2019 in Barcelona, . (Photo by Eric Alonso/MB Media/Getty Images) /
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Lionel Messi is once again leading the way for Barcelona- who look to be very well aligned in order to compete for a third treble in their history.

Lionel Messi is single-handedly leading Barcelona to potentially another treble and has taken Europe by storm once again. The Argentina international is on a whole new level alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, proving yet again the fortune of everyone witnessing two of the greatest footballers in history, arguably.

The Barcelona captain struck twice and set up two more to as Barcelona ripped Lyon 5-1 on their way to sealing a passage to the UEFA Champions League’s quarter finals, on Wednesday. Messi has not looked back for another season and is breaking records and setting up eye-catching statistics at will- here’s a look at six of them.

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On course for a sixth Golden Boot

Lionel Messi is on track to win an unprecedented sixth Golden Boot at the end of this season, courtesy of his exploits in Spain’s top flight. He has scored 26 times already and his next closest challenger is Kylian Mbappe on 24. Fabio Quagliarella, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Aguero and Robert Lewandowski all follow the Little Genius.

Leading Europe’s assist charts as well

Whenever we talk about the GOAT debate, Messi’s involvement in a game being lot more than scoring goals is a point which always favours him and that statistics speak for Messi. The 31-year-old has set up 12 goals this season, with Chelsea’s Eden Hazard following closely behind with 11 assists to his name.

Competing with Luis Suarez against Real Madrid’s goals

Real Madrid are enduring a rough patch in La Liga throughout this season and their results have been anything but satisfactory. The Whites have scored just 47 times across the Spanish top flight this season and risk being embarrassed and overtaken by Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, who have 17 and 26 goals respectively, totalling to 43.

Scoring free-kicks for fun

Lionel Messi may be struggling to bury penalties, but he does make free-kicks look like penalties for a normal player. The Barcelona captain scored 10 times from dead ball situations from outside the box in 2018. That places him above Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Liverpool among others.

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