Messi breaks a new Barça record: 35 league goals

Barcelona (FCB).- Once again, Leo Messi proved to be decisive. He opened the scoring against Mallorca on Saturday night and set Barça on the road to victory. The goal, his 35^th in the Spanish League this season, established a new FC Barcelona scoring record for league goals in a season. Since the 2009/10 season he had shared the previous record of 34 along with former Brazilian striker Ronaldo.

The Spanish League’s highest scorer is enjoying a particularly productive run. Messi has scored for the last eight consecutive matches, including 5 in the league, accumulating a total of 18 goals in that period. So far this season Messi has scored an impressive 55 goals.

On the heels of Cocu

Messi made his 205^th league appearance against Mallorca and thereby equalled Phillip Cocu’s record as the foreigner who has made the most appearances for Barça. He looks set to surpass the record previously held by the former Dutch international and current PSV manager in the next game against Athletic Club. Fans may remember that last December Messi equalled and then passed Cocu’s record as the foreign player who has made the most official competition appearances for Barça.

Just last Tuesday, Messi smashed the long-standing FC Barcelona scoring record previously held by Cesar Rodriguez with a valuable hat trick against Granada.