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Player suffers freak hand injury
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- Galatasaray forward Noa Lang sustained a freak hand injury when he caught his thumb on an advertising hoarding in his team's 4-0 loss to Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Lang was taken to a hospital due to the deep wound, Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk said, and it may require surgery.
The Netherlands international writhed in pain near Liverpool's goal with blood streaming from the injury and was comforted by Liverpool players before being carried away on a stretcher.
Lang was challenging Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones for the ball in the 75th minute when he stumbled backward into the hoarding at Anfield. He appeared to trap his thumb between two hoardings and immediately clutched his hand in pain.
Liverpool advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 aggregate win.
Messi scores 900th goal
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Lionel Messi has reached another milestone, getting his 900th career goal in the opening minutes of Inter Miami's CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 match against Nashville on Wednesday night.
The back-to-back Major League Soccer MVP, eight-time Ballon d'Or winner and World Cup champion got it as would be expected -- with his left foot, like the majority of his career goals for club and country.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the only other men's player with more than 900 goals -- at least, by official counts. There are some who have suggested Brazilian legend Pele topped 1,000 goals for his career, though his "official" total is closer to 800.
Different sources, counting different sets of games, list Pele's goal totals anywhere from around 650 in league matches to somewhere near 1,300 in all matches -- some against low-level competition.
It was a night where Messi surely didn't feel like celebrating. Nashville tied Inter Miami 1-1, advancing to the tournament quarterfinals on an away-goal tiebreaker. The teams played to a 0-0 tie in Nashville last week, the opening leg of the Round of 16 matchup.