Messi, Pele, Chelsea, Arsenal, Mourinho: Football records that ‘may never be beaten’

Some football records are so mental that they are unlikely to be beaten…

Football, like all sports, has record holders for a plethora of different categories that can be either sorted by team or individual player, we’ve seen some pretty ridiculous things on a football pitch.

Records are constantly changing hands as new stars emerge from the shadows and take the main stage by storm, but there are some that just seem impossible to beat.

B/R Football on Twitter have detailed the craziest records in a thread under the premise ‘A look at some football records that may never be beaten’, and you can see why! So let’s dive into the records…

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What better place to start than the 2004/05 Chelsea side that flourished under Jose Mourinho. They conceded a stupidly low 15 goals all season which is simply mind-boggling to think about. This record led straight into another…

Petr Cech kept 24 clean sheets that season, the most in a single season of Premier League action, and it doesn’t look like it will be broken anytime soon!

Talking about incredible seasons, the Arsenal Invincibles were always going to make it onto this list. The season prior to Chelsea’s virtually unbreachable back line, The Gunners went on a 49-game unbeaten run, the longest in the history of the league which included not losing a single game in the 2003/04 campaign.

It would be frankly rude not to dedicate a full section to the mesmerising magician who is almost unanimously the greatest player of all time. A few Cristiano Ronaldo fans would argue otherwise, but most would side with the World Cup winning captain.

Back in 2012, Lionel Messi had a calendar year like no other. He played a whopping 69 matches in the 12-month period, but that isn’t the record. Messi managed to find the back of the net 91 times, simply ridiculous, something that surely can’t be beaten?

Carrying on, in the 2012/13 season, he scored in 21 consecutive LaLiga games. That meant he bagged against every side in the division as he notched 33 goals across the 21 outings. The Argentinian really is an alien on the football pitch!

Now it’s time to look at a pair of players who defy convention, playing well into their twilight years. First of all, Brazil’s Formiga played at seven World Cup tournaments, a record that surely can’t be beaten!

On the other hand, Japanese icon Kazuyoshi Miura continued his record of being the oldest man to ever play professionally, signing for Oliveirense on loan, a second division Portuguese club.

Goalkeepers aren’t renowned for hitting the onion bag, so when it does happen it is a sight to behold, who can forget Alisson’s expert header for Liverpool the other season? Well his countryman Rogerio Ceni has the record for most goals scored by a ‘keeper. His expert free-kicks helped him wheel away in celebration 131 times, that’s not a typo… 131.

Sticking with Brazil, the 1950 World Cup final saw the largest official attendance at a match as 173,850 fans entered the Maracana in Brazil, but it wasn’t a jubilant day for the host nation as Uruguay won their second world crown.

Two tournaments later, the record for the most goals for a single player in a World Cup tournament was set, and it’s one that may never be beaten. France’s Just Fontaine somehow managed to score over two goals a game as he bagged 13 times in his six outings.

Just like Messi earlier, Pele simply had to make it to this list, so what better way to round it off than with the late great? His record may be matched, but it is unlikely to ever be broken. The Brazilian legend won three World Cups. It would take an unprecedented spell of dominance to see that topped.

Source: givemesport