'Don't compare me to Messi': €200k-rated forward on beating Leo's international record

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'Don't compare me to Messi': €200k-rated forward on beating Leo's international record

"I have pretty good knowledge of football so I know there is no comparison [of me with Messi]. What I am proud of is that I have played more than 100 matches for the country," Sunil Chhetri, who has beaten Leo Messi's big international record, has told Sports Today.

"My advice to anybody who sees that goalscoring chart, my advice to them would be, be happy for five seconds, but that is about it. There is no comparison between me and Messi, the whole world is a fan of Messi, but anybody there in the list, there is no comparison, that's the truth," he added.

Chhetri has netted 72 goals in 112 appearances for India so far – only two players in the whole world have a better record for their respective national teams.

The Indian player has never really been part of a top European club as his only such experience is playing for Sporting Lisbon B.

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Messi's big international record beaten by €200k-rated forward, Cristiano far ahead

Leo Messi is now out of the top 3 on the list of the best active international goalscorers.

On Monday, 36-year-old India forward Sunil Chhetri scored a brace against Bangladesh to surpass the Argentine.

Here's the current top 8.

6. Neymar (Brazil) - 65

Let's also take a look at the all-time list.

1. Ali Daei (Iran) - 109

3. Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia) - 89

5. Godfrey Chitalu (Zambia) - 79

7. Pele (Brazil) - 77

8. Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan) - 75

10. Sunil Chhetri (India) - 74

12. Majed Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) - 72

12. Leo Messi (Argentina) - 72

How Messi, Ronaldo and Lewandowski fared without penalties since 2010: statistical comparison

Cristiano Ronaldo has never been close to Lionel Messi in terms of goals plus assists per 90 minutes without penalties starting from the 2010/11 season, let alone Robert Lewandowski.

As per FBref.com's statistical comparison, the Barcelona icon had been registering 1.8 goals + assists per 90 minutes in the 2012/13 season - Leo's best-ever ratio.

Then-Real Madrid forward, meanwhile, had produced his maximum in the 2014/15 campaign - 1.57 goals + assists per 90 minutes.

The Bayern Munich striker, for his part, has just finished his best-ever season in the terms of goals + assists per 90 minutes - 1.46.

The infographic also shows the trio's respective lowest lows.

Messi has hit the rock bottom in the 2020/21 campaign - 1.07 - while Ronaldo had registered the lowest figures in the previous season with Juventus - 0.74. Lewandowski, meanwhile, had been producing just 0.51 goals + assists per 90 minutes while at Borussia Dortmund in the 2010/11 campaign.

AuthorKosta KönigSourceSports Today via Times of India
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