06/14/2020 - 10:23
- Clarín.com
- sports
After more than three months without football, Lionel Messi met the ball again and it was very clear that the relationship between them is still intact. With two assists and a goal, Leo was one of the figures of Barcelona in Culé's 4-0 win against Mallorca, in the first match of both teams after the suspension due to coronavirus. The goal of the Flea , who was in charge of closing the scoreboard, was not only special for being the first post-pandemic, but also helped him achieve another impressive mark within the League.
With his conquest against the island team, Messi reached 20 goals in the Spanish championship, which has him as the absolute leader in the table of top gunners.
But the transcendence of that sum, in reality, is the number of times he got it. With this, there are already 12 consecutive seasons in which Leo converted 20 or more goals per tournament . Yes: another record that only he could achieve.
How many scored 10 in previous seasons?
2008/2009: 34 goals
2009/2010: 31
2010/2011: 50
2011/2012: 46
2012/2013: 28
2013/2014: 43
2014/2015: 26
2015/2016: 37
2016/2017: 34
2017/2018: 36
2018/2019: 20
2019/2020: For now, 20 ...
Messi is heading to stay with Pichichi again this season, where Karim Benzema is his escort with 14 goals. If achieved, he would reach a new record, because he would reach the seven awards and surpass Telmo Zarra in the table of maximum winners of the Pichichi. In addition, he would equal Hugo Sánchez as the footballer who has achieved it the most times consecutively (four times).