World Record: Messi exceeds Müller's record of goals in a calendar year with 86 goals.

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World Record: Messi exceeds Müller's record of goals in a calendar year with 86 goals.

With his two goals against Betis, the argentine exceeds the previous record of 85 goals achieved by Gerd Müller in 1972.

Leo Messi has achieved a world record  four decades old, today Sunday. His two goals against Betis (watch video below) have been his 85 and 86 of 2012 (between Barca and Argentina), which reached record equaling Gerd Müller in 1972 (between Bayern Munich and Germany).

Relentless scorer

Messi, one of three finalists for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012, is completing a dream year. Scorer of last season with 50 goals, Golden Boot in Europe, top scorer in the last edition of the Champions League with 14 goals and champion of the Copa del Rey with the club, is currently the top scorer in the league 2012 / 13 with 23 goals in 14 games and closed the group stage of the European competition with 5 goals in 6 games.

In addition, the '10 'Barca still has three commitments by year-end to round the goal.

74 with Barça

Of the 85 goals scored by Argentina's, 12's has achieved with Argentina and 74 with Barca (on official engagements). Distributed 56 in the league, 13 in the Champions League, three in the Copa del Rey and Supercopa 2 in Spain.

Müller, meanwhile, achieved the record in 1972 by scoring 72 goals for Bayern and Germany team with 13 in 60 games in total. Messi has done 25 years of age, while the 'Torpedo' (Muller) was 27.

Today match Barcelona vs Real Betis 2-1. The narration is in Arabe .No videos in English of this match yet available.

Source: FCBarcelona ES (Spanish version)

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