An eighth Pichichi trophy is well in Lionel Messi's sights after his double against Getafe on Thursday night.
The Argentine moves on to 25 goals for the season in LaLiga Santander, putting himself four goals clear of Karim Benzema in the scoring charts. Gerard Moreno is back on 20, while Luis Suarez has 19.
Having finished top scorer in Spain's top tier in 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20, Messi is on course for an eighth Pichichi of his career.
Getafe also became the seventh team in LaLiga Santander to concede a double to Messi this season after Athletic Club, Granada, Alaves, Elche, Huesca and Real Sociedad.
Inspired
Messi's first goal against Getafe came in the eighth minute of the game, which is his fastest strike of the season so far in LaLiga Santander.
He has scored earlier into a Champions League game, though, finding the net in the fifth minute against Dynamo Kiev in the group stage.
What's more, Messi was scoring against one of his favourite opponents on Thursday, having notched 15 goals from 24 meetings with Getafe before.
intisarahallunimessi
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another award goes for messi The real GOAT
ZeeshanAwan
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Messi is going to win pichni award this year again
gozzysab
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Benzema after watching messi scoring two goals
GobindaRanaXettri
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Name me ANY other player in the world who would’ve given Griezmann that penalty despite being in the race for top goalscorer and hat trick as well.. My captain doesn't care about Individual awards and stats, All he cares is about team and team mates Moarle❤️🥰
Longlife2000
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2015: Messi was on a hattrick but gave Neymar the penalty because he hadn't scored. 2021: Messi was on a hattrick but gave Griezmann the penalty because he hadn't scored. The 🐐 is also most humble player in the world...
ZeeshanAwan
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Messi will win 8th pichni award I repeat it messi will win 8th pichni award this year
D10S_LM10
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To be frank Messi never care for Pichichi.. All he wants is Laliga title.. Hope Barcelona can win. If his focus is Golden boot or Pichichi he wouldn't have given penalty to Griezmann.
ZeeshanAwan
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Barcelona fans running towards messi after his classic performance
Maoabisyz
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Comparing Messi with any player is to show respect to football entirely if not Messi is incomparable
Zadeenyero10
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Would you invade a pitch just to kiss Leo Messi’s boots⁉️ 👟✨
Kissbabys
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Great player with a pure heart, he didn't care about hat trick or pichichi race with benzemq and gave a penalty to Griezman to boost his confidence. Messi the real goat
AbubakarrKulakoSesay
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MESSI IS THE SOLUTION OF FOOTBALL PROBLEMS
ZeeshanAwan
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If there had award of unselfish player in football Messi had won it no of times
Seun10
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A lot of fans called him finished just few months ago but now they have forgotten we even have a player called Pjanic. Exceptional consistent performances from Sergio.
Govt99
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G.O.A.T. IN THE MAKING
RogerCule
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#LIONEL_ANDRES_MESSI: 738 GOALS 310 ASSISTS 1048 GOALS+ASSISTS IN 914 MATCHES!!! MOST GOALS+ASSISTS IN FOOTBALL HISTORY! UTMOST LOVE & RESPECT TO #CRISTIANO_RONALDO 🌹🌹🌹
ZeeshanAwan
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And rest is the history
tanbdeoprz
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Would you invade a pitch just to kiss Leo Messi’s boots⁉️ 👟✨
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Cristiano Ronaldo also kissed Messi boots that's why Ronaldo came in his prime form