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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi take aim at Raul's UCL scoring record

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, two giants of the world game, are competing for yet another prize as the rivals take aim at the Champions League's all-time scoring record.

Both have 68 goals in Europe's top club competition as they aim to catch former Madrid legend Raul, who scored 71 during a glittering career.

Ronaldo may have a better chance of getting there first as Real Madrid play Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets in Group B on Wednesday, with Messi having scored his 68th at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.

The Portugal forward looks primed to increase his goal haul in Sofia after scoring 10 goals in his past six matches, including one four-goal performance and a hat trick.

Messi, meanwhile, scored a brace to reach 401 goals for club and country -- his 248th in the league -- in Barcelona's 6-0 rout of Granada on Saturday before making it 402 in France, and is closing on the all-time La Liga scoring record held by Telmo Zarra, who netted 251.

Ronaldo and Messi's latest two-man contest comes after they have shared the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the past six years and have taken turns leading the Champions League in scoring for the past seven seasons.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

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