Miami 4-2 Comeback Victory, Messi Scores Twice, 70th Career Free Kick Goal Ties for Second Place with Pelé, Trails First by Seven

On the morning of March 2nd, Beijing time, in the second round of MLS, Inter Miami came from behind to defeat Orlando City 4-2 away. In this match, Messi scored a brace, including a stunning free-kick goal in the 90th minute to seal the victory.

Statistics show this is Messi's 70th career free-kick goal, tying him with the other football king, Pelé, for second place, and he is now seven goals away from the top spot.

Top 10 Players for Free-Kick Goals:

• 1st: Juninho Pernambucano, 77 goals.
• Tied for 2nd: Pelé, Lionel Messi, 70 goals.
• Tied for 4th: Rogério Ceni, Ronaldinho, 66 goals.
• 6th: David Beckham, 65 goals.
• 7th: Cristiano Ronaldo, 64 goals.
• Tied for 8th: Diego Maradona, Zico, 62 goals.
• 10th: Ronald Koeman, 60 goals.

At 38 years old, if Messi plays for two more years, catching up to Juninho to become the king of free-kicks is not out of reach. Messi is the highest mountain and the longest river in football, perfect and irreplicable, a once-in-a-century talent, the greatest of all time. Messi is the decoder of all football statistics. At 38, he has not stagnated but continues to advance. As a technical player, his skills do not diminish with age; instead, like fine wine, they improve. Just like his free-kicks, they become more magical with age.