In the legend: with a new title of top scorer in the Spanish championship gleaned this Sunday, the fourth consecutive, FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has overtaken the legendary Telmo Zarra, the legendary ex-attacker of Athletic Bilbao, to become the only player in history to total 7 "Pichichi" trophies.
After a last double Sunday, on the occasion of the large victory of the Blaugranas against Alavés (5-0), the Argentinian ends this 2019-2020 season with 25 goals in the Liga.
A sweet and sour flavor trophy
A title that does not fully delight Captain Blaugrana since at the finish, it is the enemy of Real Madrid who finishes champion with five points ahead of Barça. “Personal rewards and goals are secondary. It could become an important record, because it could make seven trophies [top scorer in the championship], but I would have preferred it to come with a La Liga title, "reacted the Catalans captain after his match at Alavés .
👑🏆 Leo #Messi becomes the first player in the history of @LaLiga to finish 7 times top scorer! Congratulations Pichichi! pic.twitter.com/VR3B7inHcC
- FC Barcelona (from 🏟) (@fcbarcelona_fra) July 19, 2020Messi finished first ahead of Real Madrid's French center-forward Karim Benzema (21 goals) and Villarreal striker Gerard Moreno (18 goals). And he accompanied his season with a new title, that of best Liga passer with 21 offerings this season in the league. This allows him to remove from the list the record season of Thierry Henry, who had signed 24 goals and 20 assists in 2002-2003 at Arsenal.
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