Former Orlando Pirates Player Has Now Scored More Ligue 1 Goals Than Lionel Messi This Season

• In a remarkable turn of events, former Orlando Pirates midfielder Marshall Munetsi now has more goals than Paris St. Germain striker Lionel Messi
• Munetsi, a Zimbabwean international, scored his fourth Ligue 1 goal of the season for Stade Reims against Lille last night
• This moved him one goal ahead of the great Argentinian, who is still stuck on three after an underwhelming first campaign in France

Lionel Messi's dreadful first season in front of goals in France's Ligue 1 has been brought into sharper relief via a southern African angle.

Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Marshall Munetsi, a Zimbabwean international, has now scored more goals than the Paris St Germain striker. Munetsi scored his fourth league goal of the season last night in Stade Reims' 2-1 victory over Lille.

According to Soccer Laduma, this moved him one ahead of the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, who has managed to score just three thus in an underwhelming. Munetsi's other goals came against FC Metz and FC Girondins Bordeaux.

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Munetsi impressed at the Buccaneers, where he signed to play for them in 2016 after catching the eye of the Soweto giants at Baroka FC. He then moved to France in June 2019 for an undisclosed fee.

According to Goal, he was the third Pirates player in as many years to move to the country, following in the footsteps of Kermit Erasmus (Rennes) and Lyle Foster (Monaco), respectively.

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The great Ruud Krol could take the helm of the Buccaneers' ship once again.

As reported by Sports Brief, the former Netherlands defending titan of the 1970s era will go down in South African footballing lore after leading Orlando Pirates to the first domestic Treble by an Mzansi team in the 2010/2011 season.

Surprisingly, he was let go at the end of that campaign after his contract was allowed to mystifyingly expire.