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2016 will go down as an extraordinary year in Lionel Messi"s career, even by his standards. It started off on a highly positive note, with the diminutive forward in fine form and basking in the glory of winning the FIFA Club World Cup for the third time, and it also concluded on a high, with Messi once again crowned the most prolific goalscorer on the planet for the calendar year.
However, his journey between these two points was far from straightforward. Indeed, arguably the most significant events occurred in the interim, namely at the Copa America Centenario in the United States.
Up until that tournament, it had been business as usual for La Pulga. He had captured an eighth league title with Barcelona, scoring 20 goals along the way and laying on a further 16: the latter figure put him atop the 2015/16 La Liga assist charts alongside team-mate Luis Suarez. Furthermore, by teeing up Suarez twice against Deportivo La Coruna, the Argentinian had become the all-ti..
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