After the end of the strongest European leagues battles, it became clear that for the second year in a row and for the fifth time in his career, the European "Golden Shoe" award was won by Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Along with this title, he will also receive the "Pichichi" trophy for the fifth time, awarded to the most prolific player in the Spanish championship.
The Argentinean who scored 34 goals in the "La Liga" this season, surpassed his closest competitors in the race for the "Golden Shoe" from the Premier League - Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane, who scored 32 and 30 goals respectively. By the way, it is worth noting that this season Jonas from the Benfica club also scored 34 goals, but the Portuguese league is not among the top five strongest European leagues, where one goal scored gives two points in the battle for the "Golden Shoe", so he ended up just ninth in the final ranking.
The fifth "Golden Shoe" award is a new record for this title. Until now, L. Messi shared the leader position in the all-time ranking of these awards with Cristiano Ronaldo, who, with 26 goals in the Spanish championship this season, was eighth in the race for this title.
Interestingly, the "Golden Boot" will be awarded for the tenth consecutive year to a footballer competing in the Spanish championship. However, in the 2013-2014 season, C. Ronaldo shared this award with Luis Suarez, who was playing in the Premier League at that time.
