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Ronaldinho congratulates former teammate Messi on scoring record

Reuters

The tributes continue to pour in for the greatest goalscorer Spanish football has ever seen.

With three goals in Barcelona's 5-1 victory over Sevilla on Saturday, Lionel Messi surpassed Telmo Zarra atop the all-time La Liga scoring list with 253 tallies.

As expected, the football world stopped for a moment to congratulate the Argentine start on his incredible achievement. Among others, former teammate Ronaldinho took to his Instagram account to offer a congratulatory message to the man who supplanted him as the undisputed king of the Camp Nou.

Parabéns meu amigo , você merece... Fazer parte desta história é muito gratificante e te ver hoje é motivo de muito orgulho, você conquistou a todos nós com sua humildade e talento!!! Parabéns Leo, parabéns família e parabéns barça, vocês são geniais!!! .. Congratulations my friend, you deserve it... Being part of this story is very rewarding and seeing you today is a great pride, you conquered us all with your humility and talent!!! Congratulations Leo, family and Barcelona, you're awesome!!! .. Felicitaciones mi amigo, te lo mereces ... Ser parte de esta historia es muy gratificante y verte hoy es una fuente de gran orgullo, que nos ganó con su humildad y talento !!! Felicidades Leo, familia, barça, ustedes son geniales!!

The photo was accompanied by the following note:

Congratulations my friend, you deserve it... Being part of this story is very rewarding and seeing you today is a great pride, you conquered us all with your humility and talent!!! Congratulations Leo, family and Barcelona, you're awesome!!!

It's fitting really, considering that Messi's first-ever La Liga goal was set up by none other than the magical Brazilian midfielder.

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