Serie A Year in Review: Top 5 moments of 2016

#1 El Pipita breaking Gunnar Nordahl’s record

He may be a villian in Naples now, but Gonzalo Higain will never forget this moment

Serie A is a hard league to score in. A century of defensive nous has been drilled into the most callow of youngsters for generations, leaving very little space for forwards to work with. Paulo Dybala has played with Lionel Messi and is of the opinion that he and Cristiano Ronaldo would struggle to replicate their 50-goal-a-season hauls in Italy.

Gunnar Nordahl set the Capocannoniere record in the 1949/50 season for AC Milan with 35 goals, and since then, just two footballers (Antonio Valentin Angelillo and Luca Toni) have breached the 30 goal mark. That tells you just how incredible it was that Gonzalo Higuain broke a 66-year-old record with 36 goals for Napoli in 2015/16, despite missing three games.

And then you go and look at how El Pipita broke the record, and your jaw drops. Words do not suffice to describe this:

Is there any wonder Juventus smashed the record transfer fee in Serie A to bring him to Turin?

No.