The Argentine Leo Messi, Barcelona forward, who did not play on the last day in Ipurúa against Eibar, was proclaimed, after playing the last two games, the top scorer in the Spanish league for the fifth consecutive season and for the eighth time in his career.
After the dispute between the Granada-Getafe and Sevilla-Alavés matches, Messi was once again crowned as the main gunner, this time with thirty goals, seven more than Gerard Moreno and the Frenchman Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), who equaled the forward of the Villarreal with the goal he achieved in the direct duel between the two.
The Uruguayan Luis Suárez sealed Atlético de Madrid’s eleventh League title with his twenty-first goal of the course and the Swedish Alexander Isak the classification of Real Sociedad for the next Europa League.
Messi, the top scorer in the history of the league, has been the top scorer in the 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. and leads Telmo Zarra by two and other legendary strikers by three such as the Hispanic-Argentine Alfredo di Stéfano, Enrique Castro ‘Quini’ and the Mexican Hugo Sánchez.
The scoring account, which was opened on the opening day by Venezuelan Yangel Herrera (Granada), was closed in the last game by Argentine ‘Papu’ Gómez, Sevilla’s winter reinforcement, who thanks to that goal beat Alavés and set a new record of points in its history. EFE. (JL).