The past season, Leo Messi achieved to win the Boot of Gold, award that rewards to the maximum goleador of Europe in his respective Leagues. In a principle, everything was had so that the Argentinian forward received it this 17 December but finally, according to Sport, will be the day 18, by decision of the organisation.

In this way, Leo Messi will obtain the fifth Boot of Gold in his career surpassing to Cristiano Ronaldo, that has four. The '10' Barcelona already carries two consecutive: it does two seasons achieved it with 37 so many and, the past, with 34. Figures goleadoras that have a very important regularity.

The fight for obtaining the Boot of Gold was more equalised that never during the final stretch of the past campaign. Mohamed Salah, extreme of the Liverpool, made the season of his life annotating 32 goals with the Liverpool, something that allowed him put in check the leadership goleador of Messi and, in some days, even snatch it.

Other players like Harry Kane, of the Tottenham, Robert Lewandowski, of the Bayern of Munich or Ciro Immobile, of the Lazio, kept also in the fight during an important stretch of the season, but waned at the end, without being able to follow the rhythm of Leo Messi or Mohamed Salah. Both kept an intense fight to the end.

Leo Messi is the greater possessor of titles of the Boot of Gold of the history. The idyll of the Argentinian forward with this award began in the season 2009-10, when it obtained the prize marking 34 goals. The madness arrived in the season 2011-12, when the crack Barcelona beat all the registers and won the Boot of Gold with 50 goals.

The following season also was something out of series for Leo Messi, since it attained to approach a lot to the record of the previous season, winning it with 46 goals in favour. The two last awards of Leo Messi has obtained them the two last seasons. In spite of that now it plays something further back, the Barcelona keeps on being a goleador relentless.

The classification of the Boot of Gold 2017-18

  • 1. Leo Messi (FC Barcelona): 68 points (34 goals)
  • 2. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): 64 points (32 goals)
  • 3. Kane (Tottenham): 60 points (30 goals)
  • 4. Immobile (Lazio): 58 points (29 goals)
  • 4. Lewandowski (Bayern Munich): 58 points (29 goals)
  • 5. Cavani (PSG): 56 points (28 goals)
  • 5. Icardi (Inter): 56 points (28 goals)
  • 6. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid): 52 points (26 goals)
  • 7. Jonas (Benfica): 51 points (34 goals)
  • 8. Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona): 50 points (25 goals)