16.05.2010 22:38
Messi: Pichichi and Golden Boot
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Lionel Messi capped an incredible season as his two goals on Sunday saw him add the Pichichi trophy and the Golden Boot to the Ballon d’Or that he had already won.
The Argentinian international netted his 33rd and 34th goals against Real Valladolid to become the
Spanish league’s top goalscorer and also earn him the award as Europe’s best.
Drogba and Di Natale
Messi’s incredible tally earned him 68 points in the Golden Boot charts and means that
he finishes eleven points above Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and Udinese forward Antonio Di
Natale, who both scored 29 league goals each.
Ronaldo record
The 34 goal mark obtained by the Barça forward also means that he equalled the club record
number of league goals in a campaign which was previously reached by Brazilian Ronaldo in the
19096/97 season.
Out in front
The Pichichi win is Messi’s first and he finished way out in front of his nearest rival
in La Primera, Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain, who scored 27 goals.
Golden Boot ranking for the 2009/10 season.
Leo Messi (FC Barcelona), 32 goals and 68 points
Didier Drogba (Chelsea), 29 and 58
Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), 29 and 58
Gonzalo Higuaín (R. Madrid), 27 and 54
Luis Suárez (Ajax), 35 and 52,5
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), 26 and 52
Points system
According to the rules of the Golden Boot award goals scored in the German, Spanish, French,
English and Italian first divisions are all worth two points. Goals scored in Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Scotland, Greece, Holland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic,
Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine are all worth 1.5 each. In the rest of the European
leagues goals are worth 1 point each.