Barcelona's star forward Lionel Messi has beaten a
40-year-old record after scoring his 86th goal in a year in a Real Betis
match at the weekend.
Messi set a record of 86 goals scored in a calendar year when he netted
his second of the night in a La Liga game at Real Betis on Sunday,
beating Gerd Müller's record of 85 goals in 1972.
The 25-year-old World Player of the Year award winner earlier equalled
the record when he picked up the ball in a central position in the 16th
minute and left the Betis defence standing, before sending an angled
shot across goal into the bottom right corner.
Andrés Iniesta's clever back-heel set the Argentine up to score again
nine minutes later with a sweeping shot that flew into the same corner
of the goal.
Favourite to secure a fourth straight World Player of the Year award
when the winner is announced next month, Messi has netted 74 times for
Barca and 12 for Argentina in 2012 – beating Mueller's total for Bayern
Munich and Germany in 1972.
Saturday's double took his tally in 15 La Liga outings this season to 23. – Reuters
Soma alichokisema kocha wa Arsenal kuhusu Messi
The Arsenal boss has given his thoughts on the Argentine superstar and admits that he did not think it was possible for someone to break Gerd Muller's goalscoring record.
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The
Argentine set a new record with his 85th and 86th goals of the calendar
year, overtaking the previous mark of 85 set by Gerd Muller back in
1972, and the French coach has sent his compliments to the 25-year-old.
“Congratulations to Messi. He is just mesmerizing. What he is doing is unbelievable," he told the Arsenal website.
"He makes it look so easy to score, and we are all tempted to say ‘let us walk on this pitch and score goals’, because it looks so easy when he does it. When you have played football, you know how difficult it is to score one goal.
“To think that one player can score 86 per year, if you think you play nine and a half months, it’s nearly 10 goals guaranteed per month. When you start the month, you know this boy will give you 10 goals, that is not bad!”
Messi may extend his record even further before the turn of the year, with the Blaugrana scheduled to play four more times before the start of 2013.
“Congratulations to Messi. He is just mesmerizing. What he is doing is unbelievable," he told the Arsenal website.
Nahodha wa Barcelona, Carles Puyol( kulia), akimpongeza Lionel Messi
kushoto baada ya kufunga bao dhidi ya Real Betis. Katikati ni kiungo
Andres Iniesta wa klabu hiyo. Barcelona ilishinda 2-1.
"Even with the biggest imagination, I would not have thought somebody would be capable of doing that. "He makes it look so easy to score, and we are all tempted to say ‘let us walk on this pitch and score goals’, because it looks so easy when he does it. When you have played football, you know how difficult it is to score one goal.
“To think that one player can score 86 per year, if you think you play nine and a half months, it’s nearly 10 goals guaranteed per month. When you start the month, you know this boy will give you 10 goals, that is not bad!”
Messi may extend his record even further before the turn of the year, with the Blaugrana scheduled to play four more times before the start of 2013.
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