European Golden Shoe: Don't be too quick to write off Ronaldo!
(Baonghean.vn) - With a Poker against Girona in round 29 of La Liga, the Portuguese star is making great strides in the race for the European Golden Shoe award for the 2017/2018 season.
A few weeks ago, when talking about the candidates for the European Golden Shoe, few people thought or mentioned the Real Madrid striker. Simply, the gap between Ronaldo's number of goals and players like Harry Kane, Salah, Cavani, Messi... is too big. The goal of catching up and surpassing the opponents is almost impossible for the star who is about to turn 33.
The main reason why football fans accidentally or intentionally forget Ronaldo's name in the European Golden Shoe race is not only because of the number of goals that are inferior to the opponents. Because, for a dangerous striker like CR7, scoring 3-4 goals/match is completely normal.
What makes people forget him is his scoring efficiency. At the end of the first leg of La Liga, Ronaldo only had 4 goals, equal to 1/4 of Messi's achievement (16 goals).
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| The winner of the 2016/2017 European Golden Shoe award is Messi. Photo: Internet |
That's why Marca (a newspaper close to Real Madrid) did not hesitate to say: "The race for Pichichi (La Liga's top scorer) with Ronaldo is over, no matter how impressive his return leg is."
Marca's comments did not meet with any opposition from football fans, except Ronaldo. Without responding, the Portuguese star decided to prove his point by scoring goals against his opponents.
Before round 30 of La Liga, Ronaldo had a total of 22 goals. The gap between him and his rival Messi is now only 3 goals (Messi has 25 goals).
Thus, from the beginning of 2018 until now, the player wearing the number 7 shirt of Real Madrid has scored 18 goals in La Liga alone. In the last 4 matches in La Liga (not counting the match against Espanyol because he did not play), CR7 has scored 10 goals for the Royal team.
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| Ronaldo celebrates his goal against Girona in round 29 of La Liga. Photo: Internet |
At the moment, the star born in 1985 is temporarily standing at 8th place in the race for the European Golden Shoe title in the 2017/2018 season. With a gap of 6 goals behind Liverpool striker Salah - who is leading (Salah has 28 goals), Ronaldo's chance to win the European Golden Shoe title is much clearer.
With La Liga still having 9 more rounds to go, and with a high scoring efficiency, there is no small hope for CR7.
The race for the Pichichi award has heated up again, and the race for the European Golden Shoe has become more exciting. Salah and to some extent Messi are dominating, but now no one dares to cross Ronaldo's name out./.
