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England's_No7 wrote:Lionel Messi's 25 today. He's scored 281 professional goals, played for Argentina 70 times, won 21 trophies and holds 19 world records.

he hasnt played test cricket though

I am probably the only one who prefers Klose to Messi. Boy! that guy has been so damn consistent for his country in almost each and every major.

Wow Barca up 3-1 after only 16 minutes and Messi has two superb goals already.

backfootpunch wrote:

England's_No7 wrote:Lionel Messi's 25 today. He's scored 281 professional goals, played for Argentina 70 times, won 21 trophies and holds 19 world records.

he hasnt played test cricket though

Agreed, Messi cannot be considered a true legend until he scores an unbeaten century in test cricket

Messi scored his 21st hat-trick for Barcelona as they beat Deportivo 5-4. Messi has scored 44 goals in La Liga in 2012, he's broken Ronaldo's record of 43 goals in a calendar year.

86 goals in a year for Lionel Messi, a world record. Stunning.

England's_No7 wrote:86 goals in a year for Lionel Messi, a world record. Stunning.

Simply incredible

This record is amazing and he truly is a great in world football, however he has yet to consistently perform at international level. Whatever the reason he has struggled to pull his Barca form off in an Argentina shirt and that is one of the few negatives that you can put at Messi.

Messi has plenty of time to put that right, Koyomi. Maradona was 26 when he ran the world cup in Mexico. Up until then, he had a difficult world cup in Spain and like Messi, not consistently played well for Argentina, although Messi has scored approx 12 goals in his last 10 games for his country.

As for his record. Let's not forget that he has scored some great goals in those 86, unlike Gerd, who was a great goal poacher.

being fair to him the team he has around him at Barca gives him plentiful chances and with his skill goals are always likely to come his way. It seems the team is built around him at Barca but at Argentina the team isn't based around him and doesn't suit him as much. An amazing talent in football and one of a kind, he deserves his record.

Koyomi wrote:This record is amazing and he truly is a great in world football, however he has yet to consistently perform at international level. Whatever the reason he has struggled to pull his Barca form off in an Argentina shirt and that is one of the few negatives that you can put at Messi.

International football is a different mentality to domestic league football, avoiding defeat rather than going for the win and flair players get found out.

Messi is the FIFA Player of the Year for a record 4th time!

England's_No7 wrote:Messi is the FIFA Player of the Year for a record 4th time!

Yes well done

The world team made up only of players who play in Spain. With that many goals scored by Ronaldo, Messi and Falco in Spain im not sure how any defenders in Spain should make the world team

yuppie wrote:

England's_No7 wrote:Messi is the FIFA Player of the Year for a record 4th time!

Yes well done

The world team made up only of players who play in Spain. With that many goals scored by Ronaldo, Messi and Falco in Spain im not sure how any defenders in Spain should make the world team

that team was bit of a joke tbh
marcelo the best left back in the world dont think so somehow and rvp is much better than falcao