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PELE AND MESSI

MESSI HAS JUST PELE IN FRONT OF HIM AS HIS DOUBLE VS BETIS CLOSES HIM ON A STUNNING RECORD

WHAT IS THE STORY?

Lionel Messi scored a double against Real Betis on this weekend which takes him  to the second spot after the Brazilian legend Pele for most number of goals scored for a single club. Messi goes past Gerd Muller after scoring the second goal against Real Betis on La Liga.

 Leo still has some years left in his career and with goal ratio will he go past Pele?

Lets check some stats between these football wizards.

SOME STUFFS BETWEEN MESSI AND PELE;

Pele the Brazilian legend of football has played his most of the club matches for Brazilain club Santos FC. Pele has a stat that says he has scored more than one thousand goals in his career,this includes friendly matches,can also include Brazilian national team and New York Cosmos matches. However, In official matches for Santos FC Pele has scored 643 goals in 18 seasons and that is the current standing record.

 The majority of the goals came from ''Campeonato Paulista'' which is the league run by the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil. But Pele also scored in Brazilian National League as well as Copa Libertadores,Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Meanwhile Messi on the other side is not far behind from the great Brazilian. After scoring the first goal against Real Betis Messi tied up with the German legend Gerd Muller on 565 goals and later after scoring his second he went past the German legend. With 566 goals for a single club in official matches Lionel Messi is just behind Pele by 77 goals.

Messi's average goals in a calendar year for FC Barcelona is 47 goals in last three years.

If we take that stat into the action Pele's record should be broken in two years of time. And very few people will doubt that.

CONCLUSION:

Frankly we don't believe in comparing greatest sporting personalities but in a competitive sport there will be comparisons here and there.

Pele played the sport when there was no offside rule was mentioned in rule books. With 1000 and more goals in Pele's career there are so many things that we can say about today's football and football played in between that time.

With generation, football also has changed and improved over the time.    

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