The Brazilian club Santos, on its website, published a statement refuting the rumors that the Barcelona star, Lionel Messi, broke the record for the legendary player Pele, for the number of goals in the ranks of one team.
Santos club said in a statement: "They are trying to write off 448 goals, which the legend (Pele) scored in official matches and tournaments against the strongest teams."
The statement continued: "Club America (from Mexico) and Colo Colo (from Chile) each received 9 goals from Pele. Italian Inter Milan, which was one of the most prominent European teams in the 1960s, received 8 goals from the king."
He concluded the statement: "The list of Pele's victims is huge: River Plate, Boca Juniors, Racing, Universidad de Chile, Real Madrid, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Benfica, Anderlecht, and even Barcelona, where Messi now plays, his net has met four goals from Pele in four matches." .
He continued, "Some analysts argue that many of those 448 goals scored by Pele in friendly matches were against weaker regional competitors, even though the matches were held officially, with the official rules of the game and with data entered into the protocol."
He concluded: "Santos insists on the following position: taking into account subjective characteristics such as the weakness of opponents is not ideal for collecting statistics. The numbers speak for themselves. The goal against Eibar is equal to a goal against Valencia. The goal against Transvaal (from Suriname) is the same value as a goal against Real Madrid in the stadium. Santiago Bernabeu".
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