Pele And Messi On Goal-Tally Greatest

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Pele and Messi are currently embroiled in debates and analysis on who is the greatest<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Openife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has learnt that Lionel Messi has not broken Pele’s goal scoring record for a single club and will have to score 448 more Barcelona goals to do so&comma; according to a Santos club statement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Messi scored his 644th goal for Barcelona against Real Valladolid on Tuesday last week&comma; seemingly eclipsing the Brazilian great’s long-standing record of 643 official goals for Santos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; the South American club released a statement on Sunday claiming the official tally stands at 1&comma;091 goals&comma; as the 448 scored in friendly matches should be counted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Santos claim that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a goal against Transvaal &lpar;from Suriname&rpar; has the same value as a goal scored at Real Madrid&comma; in the middle of the Santiago Bernabéu”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the accounts of the specialized press&comma; the King of Football scored 643 in competitions and the 448 goals scored in matches and friendly competitions were ostracized&comma; as if they had less value than the others&comma;” the statement read&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The argument of some analysts is that so many of these 448 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">goals<&sol;a> scored in friendly matches were faced with weak opponents&comma; such as small or regional teams&period; Even so&comma; the matches were played in official uniforms&comma; with the official rules of the game and with a score sheet&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have to remember that clubs could only play friendly matches with the endorsement of regional and national federations&comma; one of the rules imposed by FIFA&comma; the organizer of world football&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Taking subjective attributes into account&comma; such as the weakness of opponents&comma; is not ideal for compiling statistical data&period; The numbers are absolute&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Despite the debate over who&comma; between <strong>Pele<&sol;strong> and Messi&comma; holds the current record&comma; Pele posted on social media to congratulate the Argentine when he matched his tally with a goal against Valencia earlier this month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;