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[h=4]2012–13 season[/h] During Barcelona's first game of the season against Real Sociedad, Messi continued his goalscoring run with a brace in a 5-1 win at the Camp Nou. Messi added another goal from a penalty in a 3-2 win against rivals Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2012 Supercopa de España in Barcelona on 23 August.[SUP][140][/SUP] He added another brace against Osasuna as Barcelona came from behind away from home to beat them 2-1.[SUP][141][/SUP] Messi added another goal from a free kick in the second leg of the Supercopa de España, as Barcelona, down to ten men, were defeated by Real Madrid on away goals.[SUP][142][/SUP] This marked his 15th goal in the Clasico Real Madrid-Barcelona derby, which made him Barcelona's top scorer in Clasico matches, putting him tied with Raúl, behind only Alfredo Di Stefano, with 18 goals.[SUP][143][/SUP][SUP][144][/SUP] Messi placed second along with Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2012 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, with 17 votes each. The award was won by Messi's Barcelona team mate Andrés Iniesta.[SUP][145][/SUP] In his third league appearance on 2 September against Valencia CF, Messi assisted the only goal of the match, by team mate Adriano, from a short corner.[SUP][146][/SUP] Messi scored two more goals in a win against Getafe on 15 September[SUP][147][/SUP] and added another brace in his first Champion's League match of the season against Spartak Moscow on 20 September, ending in a 3-2 win to Barcelona, also marking his tenth goal of the season.[SUP][148][/SUP]
On 11 November, Messi scored twice at Real Mallorca, his 75th and 76th goals in 2012, passing Pelé's milestone of 75 goals (1958) in a calendar year, and moved within nine of Gerd Müller's all-time record.[SUP][149][/SUP][SUP][150][/SUP] His 77th and 78th goals came against Real Zaragoza at Camp Nou which moved Messi seven goals away from the record.[SUP][151][/SUP] On 20 November, Messi scored twice at Spartak Moscow, his 79th and 80th goals of 2012 and moved to within five goals of the record.[SUP][152][/SUP] Messi continued his magical scoring run against Levante UD on 25 November with his 81st and 82nd goals of the year which moved him within three goals of Gerd Müller's all-time record in a single calendar year.[SUP][153][/SUP] On 1st December Messi scored another brace against Athletic Bilbao which was his 83rd and 84rd goal of the year, pulled to within one goal of the 1972 record set by German legend Gerd Muller, also that brace helped Messi being two goals shy of FC Barcelona's all time leading goalscorer in La Liga which is held by César Rodríguez with 192 goals.[SUP][154][/SUP]