The Argentinean maestro has eight appearances left with Barcelona in the calendar year and he is edging close to beating the German legend’s record.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 is widely hailed as the best player on the planet, and the pace at which he has been beating all the records can testify this fact.
The Argentinean maestro was able to score 73 goals only in a single season, and that is one of the reasons why he is considered as a favourite to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or award, even though he could not guide his team to victory in the UEFA Champions League
and Spanish La Liga last season.
The most recent record which the Argentinean star is about to beat is of the German legend, Gerd Muller, who was able to score 85 goals in a single calendar year, something which the Argentinean has come close to.
Messi was first able to break the record of the legendary Brazilian player, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pele-c40189, and in his most recent outings, he has come close to beating the all-time highest goal-scoring record of the German star, Gerd Muller.
Last night http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 faced Spartak Moscow while being away from home and Lionel Messi was able to score a brace in order to take his goal-scoring tally to 80 in a single calendar year.
The Argentinean star is only five goals short of reaching Gerd Muller’s record and considering the pace at which he has been performing, it will not take him more than two games to become the top goal-scorer in a single calendar year.
However, when he was asked about his thoughts on breaking Muller’s record, the Argentine said that he is not thinking about it.
“Muller's record? I'm not thinking about that. For me, the team is more important.”
Messi also spoke about Barcelona’s approach during the game against Moscow.
“We knew we had to start strongly today and try to avoid what happened at Celtic.
“It wasn't easy to play on this [synthetic] pitch, but we did well. We controlled the second half really well.”
Barcelona have now qualified for the pre-quarterfinal stage of the UEFA Champions League and are also at the top of La Liga, eight points above the current Spanish champions, Real Madrid.
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