Messi-led Barcelona retains title
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May 18, 2010, Tuesday
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LIONEL Messi added the European Golden Shoe to his growing list of awards after scoring twice against Real Valladolid on Sunday, to finish the La Liga season with 34 goals.
The rankings on www.eurotopfoot.com showed the Argentina striker had amassed 68 points, 10 more than his closest rivals Didier Drogba of Chelsea and Antonio Di Natale of Udinese who scored 29 each.
Messi netted Barcelona's third and fourth goals in a 4-0 victory over Valladolid that delivered Barcelona its second consecutive league title on Sunday.
"Messi is the best I have ever seen, of this there is no doubt," Barca coach Pep Guardiola told reporters on Sunday.
"As well as being a winner he has great ambition. At 3-0 up, with the league in the bag, he continued chasing as hard as anyone else. He's impossible to emulate."
His haul of 34 in the league matched the club record set by Brazilian striker Ronaldo in the 1996-7 season, when he also won the Golden Shoe.
Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan won the shoe last season with 32 goals.
Barcelona hammered Real Valladolid 4-0 at home on Sunday to retain their La Liga crown and brushed aside any doubts that they were about to be usurped by Real Madrid as the top club in Spain.
The trophy was Barca's to lose as it started the day with a one point lead over Real and the head-to-head advantage in its favour, and it held its nerve in front of a packed and expectant Nou Camp.
Valladolid's Luis Prieto scored an own goal after 27 minutes and soon after Pedro doubled the lead before Messi wrapped up the victory in the second half.
Any hopes Real had of sneaking the title on the last day of the season disappeared when it was held to a 1-1 draw at Malaga.
Barca finished the season with coach Pep Guardiola's seventh trophy in two years and a Spanish league record of 99 points.
Real pushed Barca all the way and finished three points back in second, but empty handed despite having spent around 250 million euros (US$317.6 million) on new players in an attempt to wrest the initiative from its arch-rival.
Malaga's draw saved it from drop but Valladolid was relegated along with Tenerife which lost 0-1 at Valencia, and Xerez which drew 1-1 at Osasuna.
The rankings on www.eurotopfoot.com showed the Argentina striker had amassed 68 points, 10 more than his closest rivals Didier Drogba of Chelsea and Antonio Di Natale of Udinese who scored 29 each.
Messi netted Barcelona's third and fourth goals in a 4-0 victory over Valladolid that delivered Barcelona its second consecutive league title on Sunday.
"Messi is the best I have ever seen, of this there is no doubt," Barca coach Pep Guardiola told reporters on Sunday.
"As well as being a winner he has great ambition. At 3-0 up, with the league in the bag, he continued chasing as hard as anyone else. He's impossible to emulate."
His haul of 34 in the league matched the club record set by Brazilian striker Ronaldo in the 1996-7 season, when he also won the Golden Shoe.
Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan won the shoe last season with 32 goals.
Barcelona hammered Real Valladolid 4-0 at home on Sunday to retain their La Liga crown and brushed aside any doubts that they were about to be usurped by Real Madrid as the top club in Spain.
The trophy was Barca's to lose as it started the day with a one point lead over Real and the head-to-head advantage in its favour, and it held its nerve in front of a packed and expectant Nou Camp.
Valladolid's Luis Prieto scored an own goal after 27 minutes and soon after Pedro doubled the lead before Messi wrapped up the victory in the second half.
Any hopes Real had of sneaking the title on the last day of the season disappeared when it was held to a 1-1 draw at Malaga.
Barca finished the season with coach Pep Guardiola's seventh trophy in two years and a Spanish league record of 99 points.
Real pushed Barca all the way and finished three points back in second, but empty handed despite having spent around 250 million euros (US$317.6 million) on new players in an attempt to wrest the initiative from its arch-rival.
Malaga's draw saved it from drop but Valladolid was relegated along with Tenerife which lost 0-1 at Valencia, and Xerez which drew 1-1 at Osasuna.
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