In the 2019-20 season, Messi smashed the records for most assists in a season (21). Messi also scored in all six completions he appeared in before the calendar said 2012. ... and are on top of the table) by 8 or more points at any point in the season since the final match week of the 2011-12 season. His whole season was an entire moment and it wouldn't be fair to him and the fans to pick just one. Messi featured in an absolutely amazing 60 games for Barcelona in the season (and he also added ten appearances with the Argentinian national team) and it appeared that in every single game he played he set a new record. Messi broke the record for most goals in a single Champions League season (14) and became the only player to ever score five goals in Europe's most important competition. The 2014/15 season turned out to be a spectacular one for FC Barcelona as the La Liga giants concluded their campaign on the highest note possible, sweeping all three major trophies ( La Liga, Copa Del Rey and UEFA Champions League) they competed for.Â. For Messi, the period saw him transform into a goalscorer of few, if any, peers, with the last of Guardiola's seasons, 2011-12, seeing him score a record 50 La Liga goals. We start with a rather quirky one. Sam Cooper's View: How do you describe a season like Messi's? Messi finished the season with 58 goals from 57 games and provided a total of 27 assists across all competitions. How did he respond? Leo is 94 goals away and who is brave enough to bet against him? But that milestone simply marked the begging of the chase for first place and César Rodríguez - a record Messi would break just months later. Check all stats in details by club and country, only club, only country. Moment of the Season: It is absolutely impossible to try to pick one moment from Messi's season. FootballCritic (FC) has one main purpose - to help football fans of every level of obsession understand and enjoy the game just a little more. Messi … ... level with, you guessed it, Messi. Messi's personal best in a single Champions League season is 14 goals (achieved in 2011-12). Probably not but I still have to try to review yet another record breaking season by the little Argentine. With the aid of his new partner Luis Suarez and Brazilian sensation Neymar, the trio dubbed as MSN literally took apart every opponent that stood in their way and delivered all the major trophies that was up for grabs.Â. Top Liga scorer, second highest number of Liga assists and top scorer in the Champions League. Stats: Ronaldo hits 750, beats Messi's 70; Giroud oldest since Puskas. And much of that success can be owed to a certain little genius who has been massively responsible for their glorious achievements on a consistent basis. Despite everything Messi gave for the team last season there were a few occasions when he appeared tired and not playing at his extremely high standards. Without Messi's heroics Barcelona probably wouldn't have won a single competition (except maybe the Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup) which is somewhat discouraging for a team with so many world-class players. 2011–12 season; President: Sandro Rosell: Head Coach: Pep Guardiola: Stadium: Camp Nou: La Liga: 2nd: Copa del Rey: Winners: Supercopa de España: Winners: UEFA Champions League: Semi-finals: UEFA Super Cup: Winners: FIFA Club World Cup: Winners: Top goalscorer: League: Lionel Messi (50) All: Lionel Messi (73) Highest home attendance: 99,252 vs Real Madrid (21 April 2012) Penalty Stats for Messi and Ronaldo by Amotolongbo(f): 3:52pm On Jul 21 The competition for the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) in the world of football has been a bone of contention between these two fantastic footballers, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. FC Barcelona 2011/12 Season in Review: Lionel Messi, Koeman still searching for the right formula at Barca, Time is running out for the coach to prove he’s the right man for the job. Lionel Messi shots an average of 0.6 goals per game in club competitions. How will Barcelona line up against Real Valladolid? 25d Anirudh Menon. (Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group) I mean nobody in the history of football has ever had a season like this - and it's a long history (well, Pele will probably say he did but that's a completely different story - and continent for that matter). He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, breaking and setting new records seemingly every week. That time around, Madrid finished 1st (100 Pts) and Barcelona 2nd (91 Pts). That man is none other than the magician from South America, Lionel Messi. Well, if it is Messi is the human being that can make it happen. 2011/12 Outlook: What to expect from Messi?Well, he will continue to play at an "out of this world" level which should lead to more records. Speculations of the iconic no.10 finally departing his boyhood club after ten years of playing at the highest level made the headlines and Messi eventually felt hurt for being pushed into the limelight for wrong reasons. Alex Collado on target in Barcelona B win, A big three points for García Pimienta’s men, Five talking points from Barcelona 2-2 Valencia, Ronald Koeman’s men drop points yet again, Dembele gives Barca fitness boost ahead of Real Valladolid clash, Tusquets gives Koeman his backing at Barcelona. I could go on and on, citing records and achievements he set in the season but you should just click on the link here and be amazed at everything that he achieved. Lionel Messi: 2011/12: 14: 11: 5: José Altafini: 1962/63: 14: 9: 7: Lionel Messi: 2010/11: 12: 13: 7: Lionel Messi: 2018/19: 12: 10: 7: Cristiano Ronaldo: 2012/13: 12: 12: 7: Cristiano Ronaldo: 2016/17: 12: 13: 7: Ferenc Puskas: 1959/60: 12: 7: 7: Ruud van Nistelrooy: 2002/03: 12: 9: 7: Mario Gómez: 2011/12: 12: 13 Is it even possible for a human being to post better numbers than he did? Records And with their historic second treble under new manager Luis Enrique, the club from Catalonia cemented their legacy as the only club that has ever managed to achieve this extraordinary feat. 2011/12 season perhaps is a testament to this fact as after winning his first treble with Barca, the 28-year-old continued to dazzle the footballing globe with his inhumane statistics and even though Barca fell short of capturing any of the major trophies in that campaign, Messi stacked up an incredible 73 goals and also lead the assists charts with 29 which is his personal best till date. Lionel Messi has now had 45 direct free kick shots in the last 41 games in all competitions for Barcelona and scored just once (vs. Osasuna in July 2020). Lionel Messi Vs Espanyol (Home) La Liga 2011-2012 720p English Commentary The last match of Pep Guardiola in Camp Nou as a coach of Fc Barcelona... #GraciesPep Messi scored 78 of his 91 goals inside the penalty area, including 14 penalties. Barça will have. Manchester United beat Istanbul Basaksehir 4-1 and PSG beat RB Leipzig 1-0 at home. Hailing from Barca’s revolutionary youth academy La Masia which has built its reputation for producing prodigies time and again, Messi, since his arrival in the senior team, has taken the footballing world by storm and has fortified himself at the pinnacle of the game for the past six seasons. Messi will continue to break records and continue to make Cristiano Ronaldo curse his luck to be playing in the same era as the Argentine wonder-kid. At the very beginning of the season you knew this season was going to be something special as in the 5-4 aggregate win over Real Madrid in the Supercopa de España Messi scored three goals and assisted on the other two and then went on to score the game winner in the UEFA Super Cup. Lionel Messi statistics – 33 years_old Barcelona Attacking Midfielder (Centre, Right) / Forward. That may seem average when compared to his numbers back in 2011/12, but his performances helped Barca collectively as well. Lionel Messi’s goalscoring record came in the 2011/12 season, with 50 strikes in 37 games | Photo by Cordon Press / Miguelez Sports via Imago Besides, after his brace and assist on Sunday, Messi, according to some sources of statistics, has participated in 1,000 official goals during his career: 703 goals and 297 assists in 867 matches between Barcelona and the Argentine national team. Soon after the La Liga season began Messi surpassed László Kubala to become Barça's second highest scorer in official competitions. Leo has every record going. These were goals 44-48 in Messi’s record-breaking 73-goal season, an accomplishment that has never been matched in high level soccer before or after that 2011-12 season. Filter by season: Overall balance 20/21 19/20 18/19 17/18 16/17 15/16 14/15 13/14 12/13 … ... between 2004/05 and 2011/12). In the club he scored 9 goals ( La Liga, Champions League, Friendlies). But whatever number of goals Messi scores and creates he will be absolutely vital for any (potential) success (or failure?) Breaking down Messi’s stats of the 2011/12 and 2014/15 seasons respectively: Several transfer rumours involving Messi began to emerge during the initial portion of 2014/15 season and cracks began to appear on the unbreakable bond between the Argentine and the club that nurtured and developed him into the player that he is today. Leo is a wonder and he is only 25. The 2011/12 season may have been a slightly flat one by Barcelona’s standards as they only won the Copa del Rey – but it was a phenomenal campaign personally for Messi. 2012/13 Outlook: Can we even ask Messi to improve next season? "Don't write about him, don't try to describe him," Guardiola said, "watch him." The stats show that Ronaldo consistently has more shots on goal than Messi, totalling 3155 shots in the league and Champions League since 2009/10, compared to Messi's 2513 shots. Messi vs Ronaldo all time goals scored by season, year and age. Lionel Messi has been considered the best soccer player in the world over the last decade. 4. While that last statement is an exaggeration it is not by much. Even a player that appears to play every game in every season can set a career high in appearances. Lionel Messi - All 73 Goals and 28 Assists ( 2011/2012 ) (via Kortmanovicic) Stats: The "Detailed stats" tab shows a player's total appearances, goals, cards and cumulative minutes of play for each competition, and indicates the season in which it occurred. (Copa Del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, Club World Cup,UEFA Super Cup) Messi even reached the 50 goal mark in 2011/12, with Ronaldo coming close to matching that figure in 2014/15, when he scored 48. The Argentine is well on his way to becoming the greatest player to ever grace the field, only international success eludes him, and his last season was his greatest. Barcelona snatched a very crucial 3-1 win away at the Bernabeu in the first La Liga Clasico of the 2011-12 season. Spanish Supercup, UEFA Supercup, FIFA Club World Cup, Copa Del Rey. Report: Can anything more be said that hasn't been said before about Lionel Messi? Barcelona's top scorer in official matches, highest number of goals scored in a single Champions League match, the fourth player to win three Ballon d'Ors and the second player to win three in a row, a Liga record of 50 goals and an unmatched 73 goals in all club competitions in one season. By The Numbers brings you the best stats from Tuesday night's Champions League action. Messi has also scored the most league goals in a season (50 in 2011-12). He appeared to be coasting in a deeper position and not work as hard as he does almost every other game. ... Chelsea have won four consecutive CL matches for the first time since the 2011-12 … Lionel Messi - All 73 Goals and 28 Assists ( 2011/2012 ) (via Kortmanovicic), Record with Lionel Messi in the starting lineup: 42-11-4. Oh, and Erling Haaland continues to do Erling Haaland things - his Borussia Dortmund beat Club Brugge 3-0 to go top of Group F. Here are the best stats of the night: 2. But that being said, even in those he was still probably Barcelona's best player on the pitch. Once again he will be on the pitch for almost every game and every game he will be giving his all. Messi has been unstoppable after that. My hopes for next season, Messi breaks Paulino Alcántara's record of 369 goals in all games. We provide exclusive analysis and live match performance reports of soccer players and teams, from a database of over 225.000 players, 14.000 teams, playing a total of more then 520.000 matches. More goodness fo(u)r (sorry) the London side -- Olivier Giroud is the first Chelsea player to score four goals in a game since Frank Lampard in March 2010 vs. Aston Villa. Quite simply you describe it as record breaking. And they didn't even need Lionel Messi. Esta web pertenece a Leo Messi Management S.L.U., compañia española con código de Identificación Fiscal(C.I.F) B-65073694, inscrita en el Registro Mercantil de Barcelona en el Torno 41.224, Folio 191, Sección, Hoja 383226, Inscripción I/A 1. Stats: Messi's career first 8, Liverpool's record 63, Monza's first in 7083. But hamstring problems began to hamper Messi’s numbers in the following season as Barca endured a rare trophyless 2013/14 campaign. However, Messi converts a higher percentage of his shots, scoring a goal with every 5.07 shots , whereas Ronaldo scores a goal with every 6.41 shots . Messi’s game continued to evolve and just got better with each passing season. Well, that wasn’t a secret behind closed doors as he made sure his reply was heard all over the world by getting back on to the pitch and kickstarting Barca’s road to success. Having averaged 50 goals a calendar year for club and country for the most part of his career, Lionel Messi had his most prolific form under Pep Guardiola’s management in the 2011-12 season. Lionel Messi this seasons has also noted 2 assists, played 1420 minutes, with 14 times he played game in first line. Messi's goal on Sunday was his 600th for Barcelona wearing their number '10' . If Messi’s statistics are anything to go by, he has already joined the ranks of the greatest of all time.. Lionel Messi stats are the stuff of legends. He has also scored 9 goals in all competitions wearing jersey number 30 and 33 goals as jersey number 19. The Argentine has claimed the Ballon d’Or on four occasions which in itself is a record, and along with his Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo, has been head and shoulders above the rest of the lot. Messi’s game continued to evolve and just got better with each passing season. So here you have a video of his 73 goals and 28 assists. He converted all 10 of his La Liga penalties and two of his three tries in Champions League play. Also won him the 2011-12 Golden Boot. Chelsea have won four consecutive CL matches for the first time since the 2011-12 campaign, when they went on to win the competition. Last season his average was 0.67 goals per game, he scored 30 goals in 45 club matches. Messi, since his arrival in the senior team, has taken the footballing world by storm and has fortified himself at the pinnacle of the game for the past six seasons. They were helped by an unlikely source—Cristiano Ronaldo himself. Messi also equaled Barça records for scoring in consecutive games (10) and scoring in consecutive away games (7). But as long as La Pulga is playing the way he is playing nobody is really complaining - but surely Messi would appreciate some help. He scored more goals than anybody ever did in European football (73) and scored more league goals than anybody in the history of all European League competitions (50). Messi’s 2011-12 season, when he scored 73 times in 60 games for Barca in all competitions, remains an astonishing high water mark. Questions of Messi losing his interest in the game were raised by critics and after an agonising defeat in the 2014 FIFA World Cup final against Germany, the story was no different in Barca colours as the Catalans commenced their new season in an unconvincing fashion with Messi and co still giving the impression of a side that were playing well below their potential. 56 League goals scored by Messi in 2012. He had scored 4 of 12 taken before that.