Messi rises to number 1 in the European Golden Shoe race
With a hat-trick against Leganes in La Liga, Messi jumped to the top of the European Golden Shoe race alongside Mohamed Salah.
The race for the European Golden Shoe is getting more and more exciting towards the end of the season. In round 31 of La Liga, Messi made a spectacular acceleration in this race when he scored a hat-trick against Leganes.
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| Messi jumps to the lead in the European Golden Shoe race. |
With these 3 goals, the Argentine "superstar" has left the rest far behind in the race for the La Liga Golden Boot. Not only that, this player has jumped to the top of the race for the European Golden Boot with Mohamed Salah.
Currently, Messi and Mohamed Salah are both on 58 points (equivalent to 29 goals). However, the race is not limited to these two players. Because behind, the opponents are following very closely.
With his goal against Udinese in Serie A, Ciro Immobile (Lazio) is ranked 3rd with 27 goals (equivalent to 54 points). Ranked 4th is Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) with 52 points.
Other positions in the top 10 belong to Jonas (Benfica, 49.5 points), Cavani (PSG, 48 points), Icardi (Inter, 48 points), Harry Kane (Tottenham, 48 points), C.Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 46 points) and Luis Suarez (Barcelona, 44 points).
The season in Europe's top leagues is entering the final stages. There, players like Messi, Salah, Immobile are doing everything to help their clubs achieve their goals. Meanwhile, although Bayern Munich has won the Bundesliga, Lewandowski still has a certain advantage in this race because the "Gray Tigers" only face weak opponents.
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| Top 10 players leading in the race for the European Golden Shoe. |