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#5 Youngest Player to score 50 Goals in the Champions League
On 3rd April 2012, Lionel Messi scored a brace against AC Milan in the second leg of the Quarter Finals of the Champions League at Nou Camp, as Barcelona won 3-1. The game was a milestone for Messi for various reasons.
The Argentinean had started the game with 12 goals already that season and when he scored from the penalty spot in the 11th minute, Messi scored his 50th UEFA Champions League goal of his career.
At 24 years, 9 months and 10 days, Messi became the youngest player in the history of the tournament to reach that milestone. However, there was more history on the cards for the game.
Messi scored his second of the night in the 41st minute, again from the penalty spot and equalled the tournament record of most goals in a season, 14, set by Jose Altafini in 1962/63 season while playing for Milan.
That record has since been broken by Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 17, but Messi still retains his incredible achievement of being the youngest player to reach 50 goals in the tournament.
