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Lionel Messi kisses the Champions League trophy after Barcelona won 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League final against Juventus Turin at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, June 6, 2015 [AP, Martin Meissner]

Lionel Messi is an amazing player.

To put it into perspective, if you started playing football today and scored 40 goals for the next 15 seasons, you would still need 72 more goals to sit on Messi’s table.

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