The extraordinary record shared by Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez

After three years, the South American Qualifying rounds were held. While playing for their respective national squads, both Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez improved their shared record of being the all-time-South American Qualifiers-top scorers, just ahead of legends of the caliber of Ronaldo or Gabriel Batistuta.

With his goal against Chile in Uruguay's 2-1 victory at Centenario stadium, Luis Suárez, the Diego Simeone's Atletico de Madrid striker, reached 22 goals in Qualifiers. Just the same amount of goals was scoped by Barcelona's number 10 when scoring his penalty shoot against Ecuador in Argentina's 1-0 victory at the Bombonera.

Both players share the first place in the historic all-time scoring list in this competition, ahead of players like Pelé, Maradona and Enzo Francescoli. Just behind them, completing the podium, stands Hernán Crespo, who scored 19 goals and the got retired from professional football in 2012. Now, he is a head coach in the Argentina's Liga Profesional.

Back to the Qualifiers, Argentina will face Bolivia next Tuesday in La Paz, the capital Bolivian city, which is located 3,640 meters above sea level. Meanwhile, Uruguay will face Ecuador in Quito, in this case located at 2,850 meters above the sea. Messi and Suárez will seek to increase their goal-scoring spells and get rid of the other at the top of the list. Which of the will retire as the Qualifiers all-time-top scorer?