Off Topic World Football

[Ollie]

Well I guess congratulations are in order for the greatest footballer to ever grace the planet.

Messi has just set a new record of winning 4 Ballon d'Ors!!

This is what Messi accomplished in 2012

• Most goals in a calendar year: 91
  
• Most goals in a season: 68
  
• Most goals in a European Cup season: 14 (jointly with Jose Altafini)
  
• Most goals in a La Liga season: 50
  
• Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8
  
• Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 (with Gerd Mueller)
  
• Most goals in a single European Cup game: 5
  
• Most goals scored in Spanish Super Cup: 10
  
• Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 10
  
• Most goals in Club World Cup: 4 (held jointly with Denilson)
  
• Barcelona's top goalscorer in all official competitions: 286
  
• Barcelona's record goalscorer in Champions League: 56
  
• Most La Liga hat-tricks: 15
  

And also here is the Fifa World Team of the Year - Team Madrid, Barce + Falcao

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

Dani Alves (Barcelona) Gerard Pique (Barcelona) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Marcelo (Real Madrid)

Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid) Xavi (Barcelona)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

[anfieldsquirrel]

Could someone get me a list of ALL of Messi's career achievements? Just like Ollie's list but for his whole career?

Cheers

[Franco]

How can Messi get the most goals in Club World Cup in 2012 when Barca didn't play in it in 2012?

[Ollie]

I think it includes the 2011/12 season plus everything he has done in 2012

Could someone get me a list of ALL of Messi's career achievements? Just like Ollie's list but for his whole career?

Cheers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi#Honours That is pretty up to date

[anfieldsquirrel]

Cheers Ollie that helps me with something!

[rafa]

Pato moved to Corinthians, looking forward to the next transfers update from SI

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1468235-pato-why-moving-from-ac-milan-to-corinthians-is-just-the-beginning

[Lewiitom]

The team of the year was all Liga BBVA - shows how good Barca and Real Madrid are

[football20]

AC Milan are nowhere near as good as they were.

Also Boateng may leave after racism.

At least they have got Bojan though.

[Macca]

Chelsea win the Champions League

Bayern Munich reached the CL Final for the 2nd time in 3 years

Juventus go something like 54 games undefeated...

All the team of the year is La Liga...biased.

[Franco]

Was only 49 games unbeaten for Juve

[the united guy]

But still that is alot of game to go unbeaten in, and i do agree it is biased

[Franco]

Not as much as 54, don't give them too much credit.

[anfieldsquirrel]

How's it biased? All those listed were TEAM achievements. You have to play well as an individual and be part of a successful team which all 11 players were.

[samhardy]

It isn't biased at all, they are the best players on the planet and have had the best year.

[Obika]

Honestly I think though that Bayern deserve proper credit as they never win in the CL finals. It wasn't biased, how could it be, but it would be better to see a wider range of players acknowledged.

[Ollie]

The people who do the voting and things have to take into account;

- How they performed in the league

At. Madrid, R. Madrid and Barcelona were much more successful league wise compared to Bayern and Chelsea but were probably worse off or par to Juve.

- How they performed in the national cups

Other than knowing that Chelsea and Barce won theirs, I am not sure on how the others performed during them

- How they performed in the Continental Cups

Juve didn't do so well. At. Madrid won the Europa League. Barcelona and Real Madrid both out played Bayern and Chelsea and all for of those made it to the semis/final

- How the team performs as a team

Just look at how Barce and Madrid play in which they almost dominate every match.

- How the individual players play as a team

The same reasoning as above

[rafa]

Corinthians should have a couple of players there

[Ashez]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/rivaldinho-rivaldos-son-signs-for-corinthians/

Please, please, please be on the January update!!

Great goal btw

[Lewiitom]

Anyone see the DR Congo goalkeepers celebration after they scored? You don't see celebrations like this in England! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwmZsv9VdXQ&feature=youtube_gdata&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

And his hair + beard combo :lol:

[Ashez]

Haha that's class!!

[rafa]

That was the same keeper and same celebration from the Club World Championship where Mazembe defeated Internacional from brazil and went on to the final against Inter Milan.

http://youtu.be/4MIS1XYdvsg

[football20]

LOL

[Lewiitom]

Peru U-20 will be without their star centre back, Max Barrios, after it was discovered he was actually Juan Espinoza, a 25 year old Ecuadorian :lol:

[Ashez]

Lmfao!! Madness

[rafa]

Hahahahah!!!!!

[rafa]

Neymar, incredible...

[anfieldsquirrel]

Wow!

[Lewiitom]

Wow

[Lewiitom]

Anyone else remember Sherman Cardenas? He's playing for Athletico Nacional now - shame he hasn't lived up to his early potential, I mean, his goalscoring record for the Colombia youth levels is phenominal, even more so for a midfielder, 31 goals in 27 games!

[Lewiitom]

Burkina Faso vs Nigeria final in the Cup of Nations, not what everyone expected so should be an interesting match