Barcelona’s Lionel Messi set to name Blaugrana scoring record to his name – La Liga News
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 has started the season in an emphatic fashion. The young attacker already has 8 goals and 5 assists to his name in La Liga thus far and has Ladislao Kubala’s goalscoring record in close proximity.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 national team captain has scored 192 competitive goals for Barcelona. He will now get the first opportunity to overtake the legendary Hungarian in the Champions League encounter against lowly BATE Borisov.
Laszlo Kubala donned the Barcelona jersey for a decade and helped himself to 194 competitive goals. Given the exceptional form the pint-sized attacker is enjoying at the moment, it looks likely he will overtake the club icon.
Time taken to reach this milestone is phenomenal and makes Messi’s feat even more praiseworthy. This achievement becomes even more endearing given the physical problems he has had.
Messi started his career with Barcelona first team back in the 2004/05 season, when he made a paltry yet very important 7 league appearances. He has not looked back ever since, shattering all records that came his way.
The diminutive attacker has taken less than eight seasons to get to the mark Laszlo Kubala set in 1961. Such prolificacy has rarely been witnessed before. Even http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Maradona-c11160 did not enjoy the consistency his heir is relishing.
In the past three seasons, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leo-c22011 has had his influence in over 50 goals each term and he looks to improve on this statistic in the current campaign.
When asked about the landmark, Messi gave a modest reply. He stated that the record is not a fixation for him and he will focus on winning the match for his team rather than concentrate on taking the goalscoring plaudits.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has come in the press to shower praise on his star man. He stressed on his statistics while making his point. "Messi's statistics are like those of a player about to retire, but he is still only 24 years old".
Messi will be a man on a mission and the hapless Bate Borisov will be at his mercy on Wednesday night. The home fans will be happy to host the Ballon d’Or winner but will pray that he does not break the record against their team.
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