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04.05.2010 22:43

Messi closes in on Golden Boot

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The Golden Boot, awarded to Europe’s leading goal scorer, is one of the few individual awards Leo Messi has yet to claim, but his two goals against Tenerife have taken him closer to taking it for this season.

Messi’s goals mean he now has 62 points, well clear of the nearest challenger, Ajax’s Uruguayan striker Suarez whose season is finished, whilst in Spain he is on course to take the leading scorer award with 31 goals, six clear of Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid).

Challengers well back

Only Di Natale (Udinese) with two games to play and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba with just one game left and both on 52 points could threaten Messi in Europe, but they’d both need to score five goals each while the Barca star failed to find the net in the games against Seville and Valladolid.

Into Barca’s top 10 scorers list

Messi’s 44 goals this season have also taken him into the club’s top ten goal scorers list, overtaking Kluivert and Mariano Martin and still at only 22 years old, he is well on course to break many more club records with his goal scoring feats.

124 goals

The top ten scorers for the club are: César (235 gols), Kubala (196), Samitier (178), Escolà (164), Alcántara (137), Arocha (134), Rivaldo (130), Eto'o (130), Messi (124), Martín (123) and Kluivert (123).