Lionel Messi smashed through the 300 goal mark after scoring a brace against Rayo Vallecano as Barcelona demolished the Madrid side 5-0 to go three points clear at the top of La Liga.
Messi's goals were the 300th and 301 of his career, a total made up of 270 for Barca and 31 for his national side Argentina in only 419 matches.
The football Messiah as he has been nicknamed is now the La Liga top scorer with 13 league goals this season two ahead of Christiano Ronaldo who also scored a brace against Malloca.
Messi has 73 goals in all competitions in 2012.
Given the statistics, the Argentine wonder boy is just two goals short of Brazilian legend Pele's75 goals for Santos and Brazil in 1959 and only 12 shy of the great Gerd Mueller's all time best record of 85 goals for Bayern Munich and West Germany in 1972.
Messi who is only 25 years and yet to reach his peak but already has three world best player trophies under his cap has been largely tipped by football pundits to smash more world records and by the look of things the football Messiah is not disappointing unless football is declared an illegal sport.
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