Lionel Messi can’t ever match it: Al-Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo breaks goalscoring record soccer had never seen before

On a difficult night for the club in Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo added another goal to his staggering career total—one that quietly pushed him beyond a personal boundary soccer has never seen crossed before.

From Riyadh to Miami, the eternal comparison still frames modern soccer. Cristiano Ronaldo continues to defy age, logic, and history, while Lionel Messi remains the sport’s most natural genius. Yet even in a season where trophies have proven elusive and results uneven, a single moment has once again tilted the long-running debate.