Lionel Messi: "People today focus a lot on statistics, and personally, I don’t really like statistics. I don’t think that I must make an assist or score a goal so I can reach a record, or surpass ...

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Original Title: Lionel Messi: “People today focus a lot on statistics, and personally, I don’t really like statistics. I don’t think that I must make an assist or score a goal so I can reach a record, or surpass this person or that person. In 2012, I scored 91 goals. I don’t play for that, I never cared about it.”