Lionel Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for a sixth time after Kylian Mbappe failed to hunt him down on Friday night.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker had one game to catch Messi but he was always likely to come up short given he needed four goals to move level and five to usurp the Barcelona star.
In the end, Mbappe scored one to take his tally to 33 as PSG lost 2-1 to Stade Reims, leaving Messi to win the award for the third successive year with 36 goals.
Messi's first Golden Shoe arrived in 2010 when Pep Guardiola was on the bench. He scored 34 goals. In 2012 he won it again, this time with a staggering 50 goals.
Messi still had more to give and in 2013 when the award with 46 goals in the only season he played under Tito Vilanova, despite some injury problems.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez shared the prize out between 2014 and 2016, but Messi has returned with a bang to win it in 2017, 2018 and now 2019.
In Luis Enrique's final season he reached 37 goals, last season he won it with 34 strikes and this year he beats Mbappe with 36 goals.
САМО_МЕСИ
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golden shoe loading......COMPLETED. ballon d'or loading..... 98%
Cuucil
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Messi= 6 Ronaldo=4 who is the goal machine now....
DecloresRose
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Haters will still hate but we love you 😍😍😍
Muhaimin
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The Goat...
allfootballuser
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messi>modric,ronaldo,griezmann
allfootballuser
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Fomdeistu
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let's just enjoy these guys please.
Moomin17
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I will leave this as it is
Sahiljaan
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👑 HISTORY 👑 🏆👟 2009/10: 34 goals 🏆👟 2011/12: 50 goals 🏆👟 2012/13: 46 goals 🏆👟 2016/17: 37 goals 🏆👟 2017/18: 34 goals 🏆👟 2018/19: 36 goals • @leomessi wins his 6⃣th GOLDEN SHOE! 🌟
dibit_singh
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Cristiano - 3 (1 Shared With Suarez) In 2009-2018 (9 Years) Messi - 5 (+1 2019 = 6) In 2009-2018 (9 Years) So LaLiga Is A Farmers League Right ? That's Leo Liga For You ! 👽🐐⚽💣💥🙏
dibit_singh
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The Dark Clouds Won't Stay Forever, There Will Be A Time When We Will See Him, The Real Him Back !🙏
tiybiklotz
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I never hear any football pandits ever saying cr7 is best... Because he isnt.. He is lole top 5 of all time.. He is good.. Messi is at level no one has reached... Dont be obsessed cr7 fans.. Just see the reality
dnshaheer
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I really dont understand what peoples expect from Messi.... We all praised messi when he scored brace against Liverpool and we repeated it on many occasaions. So now everyone want to blame Messi because we lost the match. Please do understand the logic. Messi scored and we praised, we cannot praise coutinho or Suarez for Messi's goal. And likewise if it is lost, the truth is nobody can hide. Everyone are responsible. Peoples are dumb they expect Messi to go, defend, get the ball, move forward and score. When there are quality defenders and quality forwards, defenders and midfielders should take the ball and pass it to the forward. They should score . But what if Messi is sorrounded by four or five members. He will easily get disposessed. So team should concentrate on other players and score. If messi is trapped, its over, they leave the spirit and lose the ball like school youth boys. So if Messi is free, team can shine. He does the things nobody does, if he is in a trap, plz change the tactics and play. Let the opponents concentrate on messi, others will have lot of free space. Let them score. Its a team sport. Like wise in Argentina, let us take the final of 2014,if Higuain did not miss the one to one chance, Argentina would have won and they would have lifted the world cup... Now will u accept Messi as a GOAT? NOPE.... you will have another reasons now. If Jordi Alba did not commit any mistake and If Barcelona defended Liverpool to go through finals, will u accept MESSI AS GOAT? NOPE.... you will alwayz create another reason. Please dont watch highlights and scoresheet. Do watch a complete match. Only then you will understand how the little magician dominates the game..... Dont tell now Ronaldo, Pele and maradona woyld have gone to the opponents half, defend the ball, takes the ball forward and score the goal all alone and Messi didnt do it.... It would be a joke.Also dont talk about moving to other leagues. You will understand it only if you are loyal to your wife/gf. Else you will never be able to understand those emotions.
Jomkmpy
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Is BARCA set up to make MESSI win awards or to make the club win trophies. The truth is that they are not objective at all.. Try don’t know what they want. They believe that with MESSI in the club, with other top stars, the battle is won. NO, NO, NO. Football now is more technical and technological.and every player move along with the timing .lf they are not careful, they will face a stiffer opposition next season for which MESSI will not make any impact because other defenders are doing more research on how to curtail him. I pray they don’t fall flat like RM.Football should not be a 1 Man show but a collective effort.
yasheel
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Messi= 6 Ronaldo=4 who is the goal machine now....
before:ronaldo got moreclub goals thats makes him the goat now:ronaldo got less goals than messi that makes him the goat ronaldo fans logic😂😂