With his two
goals against Real Mallorca lastnight Lionel Messi has just broken the most
goalscoring record in a calendar year of Brazilian legend Pele. With these two
goals Messi reaches in the second position in the list by scoring 76 goals for
Barcelona & Argentina in 2012, breaking Pele’s 75 goals playing for Santos
& Brazil in 1958. The German Legend Gerd Muller tops the list with his 85
goals in a season while playing for Bayern Munich & German national side in
1972.
Overall
2012 is going to be a great year for the Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, not
only he becomes the father of his first kid Thigao he is also in a touching
distance of scoring most number of goals in a calendar year. He has won the
FIFA Ballon Dior back to back third time in 2012. For breaking the record of
Gerd Muller he has to score 10 more goals within 48 days, regarding his current
form it has to be told scoring most number of goals in a single season is not
far ahead of him.
During
these 76 goals Messi scored six braces & a hat trick for Barcelona in la
liga while he scored a hat trick for Aregentina national side also against the
mighty arch rival Brazil in a FIFA friendly match.
Both
the legends Pele & Muller guided their team to bag the World Cup crown in
the same year or just after few years after scoring most number of goals in a
single calendar year, Pele 1958, 1962 & 1970 while Gerd Muller 1974. It
time to see if the God of football Lionel Messi can guide his national side in
the victory stand of upcoming World Cup 2014 in Brazil or not ?
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