Messi Overtakes Ronaldo's Champions League Record Of Goals

The duel between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is one that would never end between football fans and sportsmen but at some points, records might be the distinguishing factors in the debate,

For the first time in Ronaldo's career, he would not be participating in the Champions League and that has halted his 148 goals streak.

That gives Lionel Messi (125) who is in the competition with French giants Paris Saint-Germain an opportunity to reduce the gap between them -- as Ronaldo's goals in the Europa League won't be counted as Champions League goals.

With the Argentine's drop-off from main-man to the provider at PSG, he might not be able to score 23 goals but on Wednesday night Messi broke one of Ronaldo's records.

Messi became the only player to have scored against the highest teams in Champions League.

This happened when he scored against the opener against Maccabi Haifa to take his tally to 39.

Before the game, they were both levelled at 38, Karim Benzema at 34, Real Madrid legend at 33 and Barcelona frontman Robert Lewandowski at 31.

Messi also became the only player to have scored in 18 different Champions League seasons.

The Argentine maestro is beginning to settle at PSG unlike his debut season, he has scored four goals and seven assists.