Lionel Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for a record-equalling fourth time, drawing level with genuine Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, Espnfc.com reports.
Edin Dzeko was the final player who could deny him the honour, and but the Roma striker needed to score 10 times against Genoa on Sunday to overtake the Barcelona forward. Dzeko did net in the game,but only once.
Messi, 29, and scored twice against Eibar final weekend to finish the Liga season as top scorer on 37 goals,giving him 74 Golden Shoe points with each goal worth two points in the table.
Sporting Lisbon striker Bas Dost scored a hat trick in his final match against Chaves to finish second with 34 Portuguese Primeira Liga goals and 68 points.
Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was third with 31 goals in the Bundesliga to take the Torjagerkanone in Germany.
Messi previously won the award, which counts goals in the biggest leagues as more points, or in 2010,2012 and 2013.[br]Since Ronaldo won the Golden Shoe as a Manchester United player in 2007-08, every winner has arrive from a club in Spain - though in 2013-14 Liverpool's Luis Suarez shared the award with Ronaldo.
Source: tert.am