Gerd Muller is delighted that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 has broken his record for the most goals scored in a calendar year, and described the player as the best in the world of football.
It was Messi who broke the record that stood for 40 years after he netted a brace in Barcelona's 2-1 victory against Real Betis on Sunday night. The new record now stands at 86 goals.
The Barca forward has earned the praise and admiration of Muller as he surpassed his tally of 85 goals. The German believes that there is no other player like Messi in the world of football today.
"My record stood for 40 years - 85 goals in 60 games - and now the best player in the world has broken it, and I'm delighted for him. He is an incredible player, gigantic."
Muller is the all-time top goal-scorer for Germany. His record may be exceeded by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miroslav-Klose-c26049. However, the former striker is not worried about that and is now totally focused on how many more goals can Messi score before the end of the year so that he
further extends the tally.
The former West http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 international described the Argentine as someone who is modest while at the same time is professional as well. He hopes the three-time Ballon d’Or winner gets few more goals under his belt and hold on to the record for the next 40
decades.
"He's such a nice and modest professional and I hope he gets one or two more goals in 2012 and that he can then hold onto the record for the next 40 years."
Finally, Muller said in a joking way that the only defect the 25-year-old maestro has is that he is not a Bayern Munchen player.
"He's fantastic. He only has one defect and that is that he doesn't play for Bayern Munich!"
The current FIFA World Player of the year is also on the final short-list for next month’s Ballon d’Or award.
It is widely believed that he is the favourite to lift the trophy. If he wins it this time, he will be the first player ever in the history of football to receive the prestigious award four times.
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