One more than Ronaldo: Messi wins fourth 'Pichichi' award

Lionel Messi ended the season having stolen a
march once again on great rival Cristiano Ronaldo
after ending the LaLiga season with 35 goals to
earn a fourth top-scorer 'Pichichi' award.
The Barca icon has outscored Ronaldo by 37 goals
to 25 to win the personal battle, although the Real
Madrid man, winner of the 'Pichichi' on three
occasions, is celebrating winning LaLiga and has a
Champions League final to look ahead to.
As is now customary for Messi, this year has seen
records fall at his magic feet, having racked up 500
goals for Barca with his last-gasp Clasico winner
that helped push Madrid to the very end of another
Spanish slog.
The Argentina star scored twice as Barca came
from two goals down to beat Eibar 4-2, but it was
not enough for the club to retain LaLiga as Ronaldo
added to his own haul in Madrid's 2-0 beating of
Malaga – which saw Madrid win the league title
for the first time since 2012.
Messi draws level with Madrid icon Ferenc Puskas
with four 'Pichichi' wins. Telmo Zarra, who Messi
overtook as LaLiga's record scorer in 2014, holds
the overall record with six.
The Pichichi winner has also won the European
Golden Shoe in each of the past eight seasons,
with Messi's tally likely to win the continental
award for the fourth time, with closest rival Bas
Dost starting Sunday four goals behind before
Sporting CP's Primeira Liga concluder against
Chaves.