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By Rich Jones Lionel Messi has passed 500 career league goals after scoring twice for Inter Miami in their 5-0 demolition of Orlando City in Major League Soccer. Messi scored twice in five minutes in the second half to surpass the 500-goal milestone in just his 587th league match. The Argentinian reaches the milestone just over a year after Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated the achievement. But Messi can boast bragging rights over his long-time rival. While he has reached the 500 league goal mark 13 months later than his Portuguese adversary, it took Ronaldo 654 matches to reach the figure – 67 gam…