" This is no time for Immobile " headlined the Corriede dello Sport on July 16 a day after that Ciro Immobile (Torre Annunziata, Naples , 1990) added his third straight game without scoring a goal. The return after the confinement had weighed down the hopes of the Italian, who saw how Cristiano Ronaldo approached him more and more every day in the scorers table. The transalpine had only added two goals after the return and accumulated 29, while the Portuguese had seen the door seven times and had 28. " Juve-Lazio is also a Christian against Immobile", warned in Italy about the meeting on July 20 .

In Turin, Juventus, with a CR double, took the duel 2-1, with a solitary goal and insufficient by Immobile for a draw at 30 with one of the greatest scorers in history. They had four days left to decide the capocannoniere (top scorer in Serie A) and, perhaps, approach the 34 of Lewandowski, apparent owner of the Golden Boot, the pichichi of Europe.

And to the surprise of almost everyone, it was Immobile, and not Cristiano, who will be crowned the best continental scorer of the season . In the last three days, played in just six days, the Italian has scored five goals: one against Cagliari , three against Verona and another against Brescia , the important one, which placed him with 35 goals, more than anyone. The Portuguese, for his part, has only been able to score against Sampdoria and seems to have given up in the race for the trophy. He would have to put 4 on his last day. Never say never, but ...

From the bench of Pizjuán to a historical figure

Thus, the man who left Seville through the back door because Emery preferred Gameiro and Llorente is now the most effective attacker in the world. He arrived at Sánchez-Pizjuán from Dortmund in exchange for 11 million in 2015. A good start in the Bundesliga had come to fruition , but the team had a bad streak and he was one of the indicated. He passed through Spain like any other. He played 15 games, with two goals in the League and two in the Cup, and asked to leave to "meet again." I couldn't show myself. If I did well, I always stayed out . I did not protest, I just asked to be released, "he explained to the UEFA website.

From Seville he jumped to Rome, to Lazio , after passing through a Torino that had launched his career two years earlier (22 goals on 13/14). At the Olympic in the capital, he found the confidence he had lacked in Germany and Spain, in a situation that forces one to think of other forwards who are only capable of yielding in their countries of birth. This is Immobile, which performs well, and performs well, but within its borders: 23 goals on 16/17, 29 on 17/18, 15 on 18/19 and 35 , with one game to go. the Golden Boot of 19/20.

A trophy that an Italian will lift for the first time since 2007 ( Totti ) and that will travel out of the Spanish league after 12 years (Cristiano at United). Since 2008, Europe's top scorer had always played in LaLiga: Messi (6), Ronaldo (3), Suárez (1) and Forlán (1), reflecting the absolute scoring dominance of the two stars of Barça and Madrid. The Argentine's slump this season (25 goals), has made Lewandowski (34) storm the podium and Immobile, in a scandalous course, inherited a throne that only spoke Portuguese and Spanish.

Also, it is not a cheap Golden Boot . The 35 are in the messianic average of the last three years (36, 34 and 37) and are history of the 21st century football: Immobile has equaled Higuaín and Suárez (36 and 40 in the 15-16) as the only players not called Ronaldo or Messi who reach 35 goals in one of the big leagues.

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