How many free kick goals does Messi need to surpass David Beckham's record?

Lionel Messi is already living his first weeks as a new Inter Miami player. The Argentine player has placed himself in an important way in his debut with the club during the Leagues Cup, where he has already registered 7 goals. Two of them have been free kicks, something reminiscent of the club's owner, David Beckham, who amazed everyone with his class to make these shots.

The Argentine soccer player enlists with his Miami club to face the quarterfinals of the competition against Charlotte FC. Lionel Messi has established himself as the most dangerous player of the moment and everything indicates that the footballer may end up as the top scorer of the tournament. But, if he continues to take free kicks, can Lionel Messi surpass David Beckham's record?

In his debut game against Cruz Azul, the Argentinian gave the MLS team the victory in the final seconds with an impressive charge from the angle. Days later, Messi repeated the dose now against FC Dallas in the Round of 16 of the tournament. So how many goals would Messi need to surpass Beckham?

The goals Lionel Messi needs to beat David Beckham

His annotations in the Leagues Cup, in addition to being very valuable for the Florida club, allowed La Pulga to climb the historical list of the players with the most goals from free kicks, since he is already in fifth position with 64 (50 with Barcelona , 10 with Argentina, two with PSG and two with Inter Miami). In his career, Beckham managed to score 65 goals from direct free kicks, so Lionel Messi will need two more to surpass the English legend.