Kylian Mbappe has won the European Golden Shoe for the first time in his career after a stunning debut season for Real Madrid. The France international swapped Paris Saint-Germain for Madrid last summer and has scored 42 goals in 55 games in all competitions this season.
Kylian Mbappe has won the European Golden Shoe for the first time in his career
Although Mbappe’s 31-goal haul in La Liga was behind Viktor Gyokeres’ tally of 39 in the Primeira Liga for Sporting CP, the 26-year-old claimed the coveted honor as goals are worth two points for teams in Europe’s top five leagues, as opposed to 1.5 for clubs outside those divisions, like the Portuguese one.
Kylian Mbappe has now become the only player in world football to win the European Golden Shoe, the World Cup Golden Boot, and the Champions League Golden Boot.
Following his brace against Real Sociedad, Kylian Mbappe has now become the only player in world football to win the European Golden Shoe, the World Cup Golden Boot, and the Champions League Golden Boot. He is also the first French player to win the European Golden Shoe since Thierry Henry, who claimed the award back-to-back in 2004 and 2005.
Salah needed three goals to share the award with Mbappe and four to win it outrightly, but could only find the back of the net once in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw.
Robert Lewandowski was the last of Mbappe’s competitors
A whopping six goals behind at kick-off, Robert Lewandowski was the last of Mbappe’s competitors to take to the field on Sunday and scored twice inside the opening 17 minutes to give himself a glimmer of hope.
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However, the Poland international missed several opportunities to add to his tally and had been substituted off by the time Barcelona got a late penalty, which Dani Olmo converted.
Lewandowski ended the season on 27 league goals, four behind Kylian Mbappe, confirming the Frenchman’s status as winner of the European Golden Boot award.
The French talisman has managed to turn his fortunes around as the season has progressed
Although his start to this season was rather disappointing, the French talisman has managed to turn his fortunes around as the season has continued to progress.
After December he understood his position and after working on the number 9 characteristics, he became lethal in front of the goal and managed to become the highest scoring debutant striker in the white and black jersey.
