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After a relatively quiet 2014/15 season (relative to his own exploits, of course), Lionel Messi stormed back this year with 37 league goals to pick up the European Golden Shoe for the first time since the 2012/13 campaign – thereby breaking the duopoly of Luis Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo in recent years.
Barcelona’s era of dominance has finally come to an end and questions will be asked of their future. But Messi is still doing his best to carry the team and is still the undisputed leader of the team in terms of the impact he makes in the squad. Fans were all set to mourn for Edinson Cavani when he was set to be robbed of the Golden Shoe due to Ligue 1’s low co-efficient but Messi scored two more than the Uruguayan striker to win it outright anyway.
On the left is none other than Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese forward looks all set to win another Ballon d’Or should he lead Real Madrid to the promised land by becoming the first team to defend their European crown in the Champions League era and his hat-tricks against Bayern and Atletico in the knockout stages only show that he is far from being finished.
25 goals in the league is his lowest return in a white shirt ever since his move to Madrid and he looks all set to finish with less than 50 goals (in all competitions) for the first time since his debut season in SpainLa Liga. But with Karim Benzema misfiring and Gareth Bale out injured half the time, Ronaldo’s role and position in the team has evolved and it does look like he will finish his career as a centre-forward rather than a wide one.
