Ajax Tweet About Dusan Tadic Breaking Lionel Messi's Incredible Record, But Here's Why Twitter Disagrees

Confusion reigned supreme on Twitter as several fans said that two of Dusan Tadic's assists came during friendlies and shouldn't be counted.

According to a tweet from Dutch football club Ajax, Serbia midfielder Dusan Tadic has broken Lionel Messi's record of providing the most number of assists in a calendar year. The Argentine forward had set the record of 36 assists in 2011 when he was playing for Barcelona. With 37 assists this season, Ajax said that the former Southampton playmaker has now broken the Paris Saint-Germain star's decade-old record. But confusion reigned supreme on Twitter as several fans said that two of Tadic's assists came during friendlies and shouldn't be counted. MOST ASSISTS. pic.twitter.com/J74en2LjSY Dusan Tadic came so close to matching Lionel Messi's record for most assists in a calendar year pic.twitter.com/MKJZnbHtGK His 2 Assists Came from Friendly matches:- 16-7-2021 Ajax vs RSC Anderlecht (Tadic -1Assist) 05-08-2021 Ajax vs Leeds United (Tadic 1 Assist) If we consider the assist from friendly matches too... messi had 40 Assists in 2011. pic.twitter.com/SS1IiDGrMR https://t.co/7BpdlYNi2Z You're the joke

Here are some of the reactions:

Taking the assists in friendlies into consideration, some users suggested that Messi had recorded 40 assists that season.