Who will finish 2017 as Europe’s tip scorer?
On Sunday, Lionel Messi spurned a possibility to pierce behind out in front as a tip European marksman of 2017 after blank a chastisement in Barcelona’s 4-0 better of Deportivo on Sunday.
The Argentina brazen unsuccessful to kick goalkeeper Rubén MartÃnez from a mark and also strike a woodwork on 3 occasions as he remained on 53 goals for bar and nation in a calendar year. He continues to share tip mark with Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo, who drew turn with Real Madrid’s leader in a FIFA Club World Cup final on Saturday.
Messi and Ronaldo will come face to face in their final possibility to find a net this year when Liga leaders Barcelona revisit Madrid in Saturday’s Clásico. Bayern’s Lewandowski and Paris striker Edinson Cavani both competition their final games of 2017 in midweek, while Tottenham’s Harry Kane has dual fixtures remaining to locate his rivals.
50 goals or some-more in 2017*
53 Robert Lewandowski (54 appearances, 0.98 goals per game)
53 Cristiano Ronaldo (59, 0.90)
53 Lionel Messi (63, 0.83)
52 Edinson Cavani (61, 0.85)
50 Harry Kane (50, 1.00)
Twelve into 3 won’t go
All 5 players are shortlisted for a UEFA.com fans’ Team of a Year 2017 along with Karim Benzema, Antoine Griezmann, Paulo Dybala, Radamel Falcao, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Dries Mertens. But we can usually select dual or 3 so who is it to be?
*For bar and country, incompatible bar friendlies