The Brazilian forward Raphinha is close to breaking a record set by Argentine star Lionel Messi at Barcelona. Currently, Raphinha is having the best season of his career and could become the Barcelona player with the most goals in a single Champions League edition, a record currently held by Messi, who scored 14 goals in the 2011/12 season. Despite this number, Messi failed to win the Champions League, as the team fell in the semifinals to Chelsea with Pep Guardiola as the head coach.
In that edition, Messi even missed a penalty in the second leg of the semifinals against the London team, which would have allowed Barcelona to advance on aggregate. Raphinha has 12 goals in the current campaign, still below Messi's record, but he has already become the Barcelona player with the most goal involvement in a Champions League season, totaling 21 (12 goals and 9 assists), thus surpassing Messi's 19 in 2011/12 (14 goals and 5 assists).
On the other hand, the record for the most goals in a Champions League season belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 17 goals in the 2013/14 campaign, contributing to Real Madrid's tenth title in this tournament. Raphinha has a maximum of two matches left to play, making the possibility of breaking this record an almost impossible mission.
