Messi: To a step of his eighth Pichichi and of a new reign of the European Leagues

Lionel Messi ready to conquer a new individual challenge: attain his eighth Pichichi in LaLiga, what would turn it into the creditor of the absolute record of the big European Leagues. Until the moment, with seven awards in his have, shares the first stratum of the podium beside other legends of the European football, like the Portuguese Eusebio and the German Gerd 'Torpedo' Muller. Of this way, the Argentinian star destronaría to these legendary players.

After annotating the so much that consolidated the triumph of the FC Barcelona on the Seville (0-2). Messi already adds 19 targets in the current season of LaLiga, with 12 parties still for contesting . In his way to his eighth Pichichi, his big rival is his fellow and ex mate Luis Suárez, that with 16 goals leads the offensive power of the Athletic of Madrid, gone on down Gerard Moreno, player of the Villarreal, author of 14 targets. Between them it contests the prize like the maximum goleador of the local competition.

Meanwhile, the captain of the Barça already surpassed the past campaign in the ránking historical of LaLiga to the mythical Telmo Zarra, that conquered six trophies Pichichi dressing the T-shirt of the Athletic of Bilbao between 1945 and 1959. By behind both footballers, remained with five awards: Alfredo gave Stéfano (R. Madrid), Enrique Castro 'Quini' (Sporting/Barça) and Hugo Sánchez (Athletic/R. Madrid). To win the eighth trophy, Messi aventajaría at all less than with 3 awards to the that possessed the historical record. A difficult mark to surpass.

They have passed 40 years of history in the European football, and up to now is that the throne of the monsters of the puntería as 'Torpedo' Muller and Eusebio wobbles. The pícaro German artilleryman of the Bayern Munich proclaimed seven times like the maximum goleador of the Bundesliga: 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1978. By his part, the big Eusebio comandó the table of artillerymen in Portugal with the Benfica in: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1973.

In the accésit of the continental goal of the continental goal from does decades appear men of area of the level of Jimmy Greaves (six maximum times goleador in England with Tottenham and Chelsea), Gunnar Nordahl (five in Italy with the Milan), Carlos Bianchi (Reims and PSG), Delio Onnis (Monaco, Tours, Toulon) and Jean- Pierre Papin (five in France with the OM) and Ruud Geels (five in Holland with Ajax and Sparta of Rotterdam).

Leo, to a step to bend in Pichichi to Cristiano

The record goleador of Messi in LaLiga traces back from does more than a decade, from 2010. In 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 it was distinguished at most artilleryman of a domiciliary championship in which it had to measure in front of another predatory of the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo, to the one who even could bend in 'Pichichis' in the big Leagues, depending on how finalise the present course. For the moment, Cristiano has four distinctions at most goleador: one in the Premier League (2008) and three in the Spanish League (2011, 2014 and 2015). Now, the Portuguese star aspires to his first trophy of 'capocannoniere' in his third year in the Series To Italian. At present, 'Cr7' great 19 targets, surpassing to Romelu Lukaku, of the Inter of Milan, by two so many.