Legendary Lionel Messi who has already broken Pele's record of 75 goals and is now in pursuit of leveling or even breaking the 85 goals record, scored in a calendar year, by German striker Gerd Muller has his time running out as the deadline finishes December 31.
Messi [centre] has broken Pele [right] record. Would he break record of 85 goals by Muller [left] till 31 December?
Messi has already scored 84 goals this year and is just one goal short of equaling the present world record, made in 1972.
But it seems less likely as his injuries may mess up with Messi'd pursuit of leveling the record of most goals in a calendar year. In the last match against Benfica, Messi was called in the second half when 30 minutes remained, and the crowds cheered for him.
But with his present injuries, and with a few minutes left to play, Messi stepped away from a lunging keeper to chip the ball towards goal and fell to the ground clutching his knee. Messi was later evacuated out of the field on a stretcher.
Would he be able to recover before his next match and score at least one goal? We wish him luck!!
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