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O Festejo de Viktor root
After one Hat-trick in the 3-1 win against Moreirense last Friday, Viktor Gyökeres took second place in the Golden Boot race. Ahead, the Swedish international already has Mohamed Salah.
Root Leads the list of I Liga’s best markers with 34 goals, twice the most direct stalker, Pavlidis, from Benfica, which pointed out 17.
On the national scale, this seems impressive… but the European scale is still more. At this moment, only the Portuguese championship coefficient prevents the Swedish striker from being ahead in the gold boot race – which awards the player with the most goals, in the European championships.
In this race, the goals of the Portuguese Championship only count x1.5 goals – unlike what happens in Big Five (Spain, England, Germany, Italy and France), where the goals are worth bending.
The table is currently led by Mohamed is wrongfrom Liverpool, which adds ‘just’ 27 goals; But, as it benefits from the fact that the goals scored in the I English League are valued with an X2 coefficient, sum 54 points.
In turn, Gyökeres, with the goals of the Portuguese championship to be worth only X1.5, adds 51 points, ahead of Robert Lewandowskifrom FC Barcelona, which has 25 goals and 50 points.
Salah maintains the leadership of the gold boot but Gyokeres ⬆ rose to 2nd place in the classification – the last time a player won the award to play in 🇵🇹 was in 2002 (Jardel, Sporting)
— Playmaker (@playmaker_PT)
There are five games left for the end of the English League and six to the end of the Spanish League, while, in the I Portuguese League, the Sporting striker will only have Four more opportunities to add goals and points, against Boavista, Gil Vicente, Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães.
Borges is confident
This Monday, at the press conference in advance to the game against Rio Ave, for the Portuguese Cup, the Sporting coach, Rui Borgesadmitted that Believe that Gyökeres will win the gold boot.
“I believe, because it is very competitive. Not only at stake, in training is exactly the same. It is hungry for what is a goalfor what is the ability to reach the opposing goal, ”said the lions coach.
Even without being asked about the possible departure of Gyökeres in the next transfer market, Borges admitted that “it is enjoying it as we can have this opportunity” and has made the player’s commitment to the team’s goals.
“I see the player completely focused and with a Hunger and ambition Also being able to help the team be champion again and, in this case, to be possibly playing in the Portuguese Cup final, ”he said.
Sporting and its scorers
The last player to play in Portugal and winning the gold boot was also a lion: Mário Jardelem 2001/02when it marked 42 goals. At that time, Sporting was champion.
The Argentine Héctor Yazaldewith your 46 goals, in 1973/73it was the first sportinguist to win this award. The lions were also champions.
