The battle for the 'Golden Shoe' culminating in the 2019/2020 season is a matter of centuries. Never before have there been so many contenders for the top scorer title, with claims to fight to the end. For at least the last decade, with the exception of the 2015-16 season that saw Luis Suarez win the Ronaldo-Messi dip, his other strikers' shoes were gradually filled with dust, one would hardly find so many names beside him. Isomile or Levadovsky? Will Ronaldo and Lionel Messi catch the train? Until the "hot" Haaland and the upstart Werner?
World-class striker
This year, in addition to the standard championship race, the interest is increased in the rankings of the top scorers, as CR7 and Leo… decided to give space to competitors to threaten and at the moment there are at least ten hot cases of world-class strikers, capable of winning the first Golden Shoe of the new decade in Europe.
Without him, Lazio would not have the slightest desire for a title. Instead, the 29-year-old is experiencing the most productive season in both personal and overall form in the Top-5 leagues, scoring 25 goals in 21 games, ie one goal per 70-minute match (!). As a result, heading into the final third of the season, he leads the race with 50 points.
Both Bayern's Polish forwards and Leipzig's German strikers have been serious contenders since the beginning of the season, having performed surprisingly well during each season. Leva has already leveled goals last season and we have February (22), Werner has already done so by the end of 2019 (20)! As the battle of the two clubs at the top intensifies, logic says they will not freeze in the most critical period.
The classic counter of the '10s
At the same time, a 19-year-old newcomer won… year due to his winter transfer and with the moment he has taken he is following in their footsteps.
The reason for Erling Haaland, the super-Norwegian who scored 16 goals in the Austrian Bundesliga (lower) with Salzburg and since being transferred to Borussia, every goal in the final is a goal. Seven more goals so far, with the Yellows and his scoring pace promising a credible underdog for the final winner.
The classic counter of the '10s has lost its intensity for the time being, but the standards that both of them have set in their scoring set a favorite for overthrow until the last moment.
Christian Messi the canons
Thanks to the excellent December-January two-month spell, Cristiano regained form and is already close to 20 goals (19) in just 17 appearances.
On the other hand, Messi has lost ground due to an injury that kept him out of the start of the championship, but with 14 goals in the remaining 17 games, he is slowly putting the machines ahead to close the gap.
City's Argentina forward was injured halfway through the season, but came back strong with 7 goals already in the new year. So he has reached 16 in 19 games and if he stays healthy until the end, he certainly has the chance to be in the top five. On the other hand, Jamie Wardy's "hot" first half with 17 goals has remained stagnant, not counting for the new year, but still holds sixth place in the Gold Shoe standings (32).
Apart from the above, potential candidates are Lukaku (16 goals), Kilian Bape (14 goals) and Wisam Ben-Jenter (15 goals). At the level of quantity is also impressed and leads the silver 20-year-old forward Flora Tallinn from Estonia, Erik Sorgca, who has scored 31 goals, but the Estonian league does not provide a double factor.
*The championships of the five countries of the ranking UEFA multiply their goals x2. From positions 6-21 x1,5 and 2 nd and below shall not multiply.
* From 1996-'96 when the player rating system changed, only two players from the top five countries in its ranking UEFA received the award: Henrik Larsson (Celtic, 200-'01), Mario Zardel (Sporting L., 1998-'99, 2000-'01). When Nikos Mahlas won with Fitesse (1997-'98), the Netherlands was 5th in the standings.
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