Following his goal in PSG's Ligue 1 match against Strasbourg on Saturday, Lionel Messi has now scored more goals than any other player in history in the top five leagues in Europe.
With Messi surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo's career total of 495 league goals, Les Parisiens nearly won the French championship.
Taking advantage of a soaring through pass from Danilo Pereira, Kylian Mbappe saw Messi's run and he shot past Matz Sels to win his latest honor.
When he scored against championship rivals Lens last month, the Argentine managed to tie Ronaldo's record, but it took him some time to surpass his Portuguese adversary, in part because he was serving a club suspension for traveling to Saudi Arabia on a training day.
However, Messi came back to his best this past weekend, and he concludes it as the highest scorer in the history of our continent and a two-time champion of France.
In 2020, when he and Ronaldo were directly vying for the record, Messi said: "I think less and less about scoring goals.
"Of course, I enjoy scoring goals, and if the opportunity arises, I'll take it, but every time I step onto the field, my attention is divided between the game and goal-scoring. I've never had a goal obsession.
Messi has a hefty offer to join Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League, but he is most likely going to return to Barcelona this summer despite the opportunity.
Paris Saint-Germain eventually won Ligue 1 on Saturday night, ending the race that would have required many things to go wrong in the final two gameweeks of the season for them to lose.
After Lionel Messi's goal secured PSG a 1-1 draw against Strasbourg, taking a four-point advantage over nearest rival Lens before the season's final game, the somewhat caustic atmosphere at Parc des Princes will temporarily be forgotten.
Cristiano Ronaldo's record for the most goals scored in Europe's top five leagues is broken by Lione
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