Argentine Lionel Messi took the penalty kick during the match between Barcelona and his guest Valencia 2-2, as part of the 14th round of the Spanish Football League.
According to the “MisterChip” account, this is the 72nd kick that Messi has taken over the course of his Spanish league career.
#OJOALDATO Messi Iguala a Cristiano Ronaldo como jugador con más penaltis lanzados en TODA la historia de La Liga:
72 MESSI y Cristiano
71 Hugo Sánchez
52 Koeman y Penev
45 Dani
43 Quini
42 Tamudo
41 López Ufarte
40 Marañón– MisterChip (Alexis) (@ 2010MisterChip) December 19, 2020
The account stated that Messi joined his opponent, Cristiano Ronaldo, at the top of the list of most penalty shooters in the history of the Spanish Football League, where the Portuguese star had already ensured that he paid 72 penalty kicks when he was defending the colors of Real Madrid between 2009 and 2018.
It should be noted that Messi failed to score the penalty kick against Valencia, but he returned seconds later to atone for his mistake, after he followed up with a header into the net.
Source: matchtv.ru