Having detailed Messi's performances against teams from the top 5 leagues, it's now time to look at Messi's performances against teams from certain continents/subcontinents, which is a good time considering Messi will return to the national team in a few days.
Overall, Messi has the following stats against South American countries: 79 games, 29 goals and 19 assists (22 counting non-Opta), which means that Messi has 48 (or 51) G/A, an average of 0.61 (0.65) per game, which is not bad.
Going country for country here are his stats:
Bolivia: 9 games, 3 goals, 1 assist. With U-20: 1 game, 2 goals.
Brazil: 11 games, 5 goals. With U-20: 2 games, 2 goals.
Chile: 9 games, 3 goals, 2 assists, 1 red card. With U-20: 1 game, no goals.
Colombia: 9 games, 3 goals, 2 assists. With U-20: 3 games, 1 goal.
Ecuador: 6 games, 5 goals, 1 assist.
Paraguay: 10 games, 5 goals, 5 assists. With U-20: 1 game, 1 goal, 2 assists.
Peru: 7 games, 1 goal. In U-20: 1 game, 1 goal.
Uruguay: 9 games, 5 goals, 2 assists. With U-20: 2 games, 2 goals, 1 assist.
Venezuela: 9 games, 4 goals, 6 assists. With U-20: In U-20: 2 games, 1 goal, 1 assist.
With this, he became the first Argentine player to score against all other Conmebol nations, and the 4th player ever to do it, which is quite an impressive achievement.
Clearly, despite the physicality that South American countries play with, Messi still performs well against them. Now with the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers and the Copa America, Messi will hopefully further increase these numbers. That is all for today, so I hope you liked this entry and I'll see you in the next blog.
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