Lionel Messi has set a new record of 86 goals in a calendar year after
surpassing Gerd Muller's record of 85
strikes in Seville on Sunday night. The Barcelona man achieved the feat
with two fine strikes in the first half
an hour against Betis, meaning he has
notched up the tally of 86 in 66 games. It took Muller just 60 appearances to
set the previous record in 1972. The Argentine started 2012 with two
goals against Osasuna in the Copa del
Rey, and regularly notched up doubles
and trebles throughout the year for
both club and country. He scored exactly two goals on 20
occasions, and at least three strikes
nine times, including a five-goal haul
against Bayer Leverkusen in the
Champions League. Muller hit 42 Bundesliga goals in 34
outings to fire Bayern Munich to the
German title in 1971-72 and
eventually 1972-73, and he also
played an integral role in West
Germany's European Championship victory. He scored five goals in the
four finals games it took die
Mannschaft to lift the trophy under
the old format. Muller was also boosted by Bayern's
run of 21 matches in 37 days during
the traditional pre-season period.
Due to the summer Olympics that year,
the German domestic football season
was pushed back until September 16, so a new competition - the DFB-
Ligapokal (League Cup) - was hastily
introduced to ward off rustiness. Muller scored 12 goals in five games in
that maiden campaign, while he
scored 10 goals against Galatasaray
and Omonia Nicosia in the opening
stages of the old European Cup.
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MESSI? ...That should be another word for EXTRAORDINARY ...They should add that to English dictionary.. 'God will do MESSI with SUPER Eagles at AFCON 2013'

fingard02k: MESSI? ...That should be another word for EXTRAORDINARY ...They should add that to English dictionary.. 'God will do MESSI with SUPER Eagles at AFCON 2013'

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World best player, Just too much.