The Spaniard has taken out time to voice his opinion regarding the individual achievements of the Barca number 10, insisting that the player is not focused on chasing personal glory.
Barcelona head coach, Tito Vilanova, has expressed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 is not dreaming about breaking records and has only the benefit of the team in his mind. According to the trainer, the Argentine star plays for the team and not for himself.
Messi is on the verge of breaking Gerd Muller’s record of the highest goals in one year. So far the player has scored 83 goals in 2012, whereas Muller’s record is 85 goals. Hence, the left-footed forward is only 3 goals away from becoming the highest goal
scorer in one year in the history of the beautiful game.
La Pulga still has 6 appearances to make for the Catalan giants before the current year comes to an end. Experts are convinced that the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 skipper will have no trouble in breaking the record as he is currently enjoying a spectacular run of form and
has scored twice in his last three matches for his side.
This will not be Messi’s first individual record, in fact the attacker is already the highest goal-scorer in the history of Barcelona. In addition, the footballer holds the record for scoring the maximum amount of goals in the Spanish La Liga.
The record for the highest number of goals in Europe also belongs to the 25-year-old.
However, Vilanova has opined that his star player is not interested in individual achievements. He also stressed that if the player wanted to break the record, he would have wanted to play against Alaves.
“I do not think Messi is playing and thinking of getting this record, but rather to win. The other day he could have scored more goals at the end of the match but preferred instead to let other players who were in better positions to have a shot. If breaking
Muller’s record was the only thing on his mind, he would have asked me to play him against Alavés. Messi is just 3 goals away from the German’s record with 6 games still to play not including the match against Alavés.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 versus Alaves will take place on Thursday.
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