{"id":3648,"date":"2021-12-23T09:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/23\/former-southampton-man-controversially-breaks-record-previously-held-by-lionel-messi\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T09:22:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:22:30","slug":"former-southampton-man-controversially-breaks-record-previously-held-by-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/23\/former-southampton-man-controversially-breaks-record-previously-held-by-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Southampton man controversially breaks record previously held by Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Tadic\u2019s Southampton stint<\/h2>\n<p>It is easy to forget that Ajax star Dusan Tadic once played for Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian appeared 162 times for the Saints, before joining the Amsterdam outfit in 2018, where his career really took off.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_847634\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-847634\" class=\"size-large wp-image-847634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GettyImages-952348716-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Former Southampton man controversially breaks record formerly held by Lionel Messi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GettyImages-952348716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GettyImages-952348716-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GettyImages-952348716-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-847634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND \u2013 APRIL 28: Dusan Tadic of Southampton celebrates scoring his side\u2019s first goal during the Premier League match between Southampton and AFC Bournemouth at St Mary\u2019s Stadium on April 28, 2018 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the three years since, Tadic has gone on to score 84 goals and provide 83 assists in 173 appearances, which is over 100 more goal contributions than he managed in England, in just 9 more appearances.<\/p>\n<h2>Tadic breaks record, or does he?<\/h2>\n<p>And, impressing in Ajax colours, Tadic has now broken a record set by Lionel Messi in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>With Ajax winning 5-0 against Fortuna Sittard on Wednesday evening, Tadic overtook the Argentine\u2019s assist record in a calender year.<\/p>\n<p>Previously standing at 36, Tadic managed 37 assists in the calender year of 2021, surpassing Messi\u2019s record, according to the official ajax account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>MOST ASSISTS. . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J74en2LjSY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/J74en2LjSY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFCAjax\/status\/1473975679716925441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, safe to say, Barcelona fans were not happy, alleging that two of those assists came in club friendly matches, and therefore did not count.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">35 for Tadic*<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Actualit\u00e9 \u2013 Bar\u00e7a (@ActualiteBarca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActualiteBarca\/status\/1473975771479916551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dusan Tadic had 35 assists in official games in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Messi had 36 assists in official games in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Those two extra assists were in club friendlies, club friendly tallies are never considered in any \u201cworld records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delete this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MC (@CrewsMat10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrewsMat10\/status\/1473976834840829955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Including Friendlies<br \/>\nMessi: 40<br \/>\nTadic: 36<\/p>\n<p>Delete! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nQ4kgmVtph\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nQ4kgmVtph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akshat (@Mysticalleo_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mysticalleo_\/status\/1473978753801801728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> | SOFA AWARDS 2021<\/p>\n<p>The second <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SofaAward?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SofaAward<\/a> today is here, as we now reveal the winner of our The Artist award! \u200d<\/p>\n<p> 61 apps<br \/>\n\ufe0f 35 assists<br \/>\n 51 big chances created<br \/>\n 233 key passes<\/p>\n<p>Du\u0161an Tadi\u0107 is the leader in all three main playmaking categories in our database in 2021.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tzKyY1ciyb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tzKyY1ciyb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SofaScore (@SofaScoreINT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SofaScoreINT\/status\/1473316025227780105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Are Barcelona and Messi fans right to be angry?<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/the-unwanted-record-lionel-messi-set-in-psgs-draw-with-lorient\/\" rel=\"v:url\">The unwanted record Lionel Messi set in PSG\u2019s draw with Lorient<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/dumb-and-dumber-some-west-ham-fans-take-aim-at-duo-during-tottenham-defeat\/\" rel=\"v:url\">\u201cDumb and dumber\u201d Some West Ham fans take aim at duo during Tottenham defeat<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tadic\u2019s Southampton stint It is easy to forget that Ajax star Dusan Tadic once played for Southampton. The Serbian appeared 162 times for the Saints, before joining the Amsterdam outfit in 2018, where his career really took off. SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND \u2013 APRIL 28: Dusan Tadic of Southampton celebrates scoring his side\u2019s first goal during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}