Messi continues with the goal scoring record...scoring two more in the 2 nil Copa Del rey win over Cordoba...he's now at 88 in a calendar year,won't bet against him reaching a nicely rounded figure of 90 that will probably never be eclipsed in our lifetime

fifa will reject it pap, they have to protect the hype they have created around messi, the hype is very friendly to their pockets

Zico's record is 89, Messi is currently on 88. So by weekend that will be gone.
The Zambian record ni mambo ngumu. Who is he?

for 40 years nobody hyped muller for holding the record, if a zambian has scored more goals don't you think he deserves the recognition, but wait nobody knows about him and if recognized the whole messi goal thing will take a back seat.

fifa gets much of its cash through adds - the more people talk about football the more they can price their adds.
brazil 2014 will be all about messi, if argentina makes it and believe me that will influence the cost of adds, tv rights and ticket prices.

@Nakujua.....First of all FIFA gets most of its funding through sponsorship deals, football is the most popular sport in the World so they really don't need Messi to get the deals done. Btw its the Media who are 'hyping up" Messi and not FIFA. On the issue of the Zambian record, how do you expect the World to recognize a record which has only been seen in Zambia. Hata CAF were not aware of such a record. Besides they themselves are not even sure of how many goals were scored, "they've commissioned an independent team to go back into the archives and record minute-by-minute each of those goals then calculate all of those goals". I don't think they'll achieve much with that because i don't believe in 1972 Zambia had the resources to record each game. I'm also yet to establish the purpose of all this, Messi is clearly better than the Zambian and scored goals against tougher opposition.....why bring up this issue of goals tally just when he has 2 games to go? You don't need to hype Messi, he's just great.