While the football world celebrates Lionel Messi's world record of 88 goals in a calendar year, breaking German Mueller's 85 in 1972, there happens to be someone with over 100 goals who has not been honoured so far.
Zambia claims that Godfrey Chitalu scored 107 goals in 1972
Well time will tell whether the recent Zambian claim is correct or otherwise of their player and striker Godfrey Chitalu. But the question remains that when German striker Mueller made headlines in 1972, why did not Zambia objected to it as their claims of 107 goals also pertain to 1972 - the same year attributed to Mueller's world record.
However the Zambian spokesman asserts:
"We want to make it very clear that it is not a question of authenticating, or trying to verify or see if he actually scored the goals - that is not in question."
"What is in question now is why has he not been recognized, and that is what we are looking at now."
The claim is interesting and we wait and see how FIFA reacts to its after sifting its archives.
Read more about it at: BBC Sport
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