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The New Reason Why Pele Hates Messi - Lionel Beat His Unbeliavable All-Time Record

A new argument has emerged in the eternal debate about the greatest player of all time! Apparently, during the game against Maccabi Haifa, Leo Messi with all his football feats, has managed to break the seemingly eternal record of the king of football - Pele.

As you might have guessed, in today’s episode we are going to analyze whether La Pulga did the impossible once again and whether the Argentine can officially be considered the GOAT. Be sure to subscribe to our Inside Football project, and let’s get started!

Messi broke Pele's record?

During the Champions League clash against Maccabi, which took place on October 25, Lionel Messi slotted 2 goals and delivered 2 assists, making the total number of the Argentine’s goal contributions throughout his entire career increased to 1,127.

By comparison, Pele has 1,126 contributive actions for his career. These numbers were published by the OneFootball portal. If we are to believe them, then Messi has actually become the most productive footballer in the history of the game.

Naturally, when it comes to Pele's stats, different sources can provide different numbers. After all, Pele played so long ago, it was not that easy to track achievements back then. The icon of Brazilian football himself writes that he has amassed a total of 1283 goals in his Instagram Page.

In fact, his version on the matter can be considered true, Pele did score 1283 goals, but 527 of them were registered in unofficial friendlies and exhibition matches. Various articles note Pele having 756 or 757 goals in 812 official appearances. Things turn to an even more controversial side in terms of assists. Following the OneFootball piece, if we subtract 757 goals from the total, we get 369 assists. However, reliable data on assists is almost impossible to find online. We have checked several sources over the Brazilian's number of assists and some of them give other, much lower results. Some confirm the number of 369 though. Let's pretend OneFootball took the highest possible figures and waited until Messi surpassed them so that no questions were raised afterwards.

Ultimately, we can congratulate Messi with the title of football’s most productive player ever with 99 percent certainty. Leave that 1 bitty percent to the fog of history. In case you're wondering how Cristiano Ronaldo is doing, the Portuguese is not far behind mentioned top-performers. At the time of the video’s release, he has 1,048 career goal contributions, 79 fewer than Messi.

By the way, in the same duel against Maccabi, Leo not only surpassed Pele, but also became the oldest player to score 2 goals and provide 2 assists in a single Champions League game. He did so at 35 years of age. What a legend!

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