Last season Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe shared the Golden Boot in the Champions League – and both men are hunting again.
The man who surpasses the goals in the objective often requires that their team will go deep into the tournament and a large number of the large batters will return in the coming days. Currently, the frontman of Borussia Dortmund Serhou Guirassy leads the only man in double digits.
The new format in the tournament means that some teams have played two extra games so far after they have to negotiate the play-offs of the knockout phase. Although it is not ideal for teams, it certainly helped certain individuals their target homes.
Kylian Mbappe, who keeps an eye on his very first Champions League ever, now he is in Real Madrid, scored four times in two games against Manchester City. That helped him to return to the race.
By Tuesday and Wednesday, each team will contain that presents the most productive players in the tournament with an opportunity to add to their count. By creating the Golden Boot in Europe's top competition, the player can participate in a list of an illustrious company.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominated the prize for a decade, but also if Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandowski, Kaka and Andriy Shevchenko have been suitable in the past.
We look at how the runners and riders are on their way to the knockout phases.
1. Serhou Guirassy – 10 goals
De Guinese has been a big hit with the German side that joined them in the summer of Stuttgart. He has already hit the 20 goal in all competitions, even though Dortmund is struggling. He scored in Sporting Lisbon while the Germans saw them in the play-off round, but also found the net in six of the eight group matches on his part.
The issue for Guirassy is perhaps how long he stays in the tournament. His side is Lille in the last 16, but then has the prospect of a quarterfinals against Barcelona, which would require enormous effort if they would repeat the run to last year's final.
2. Robert Lewandowski – 9 goals
The pole is a former winner of the Golden Boot and the Champions League and now wants to do that again with Barcelona. Since the tournament formatted again, Ronaldo has been a top scorer and a winner with two separate clubs, but the Catalans are among the favorites. They are confronted with Benfica in the last 16 – against whom Lewandowski scored twice in their meeting earlier this season – and he is not shortly for service in a barcelona -littered side.
3. Raphinha – 8 goals
The teammate of Lewandowski has also been in sensational form and scored more goals than many perhaps expected. His peak was without a doubt his hat trick who saw Bayern Munich a few months ago.
However, he continued to come with big goals and scored in a stopping time while Barcelona defeated Benfica 5-4. The Brazilian winger is deadly cut off his wing and Barcelona is on the observed half of the draw with another collision against the Portuguese side that would come.
3. Erling Haaland – 8 goals
A man who will not add his count is the No. 9 of the city. He lagged behind the couch because the English side from the tournament in the Spanish capital was dumped, but the Norwegian has a pedigree with this prize and will probably be on hunting again. Haaland won it in Manchester and in Dortmund and helped the men of Pep Guardiola by scraping the competition phase.
5. Harry Kane – 7 goals
The Englishman claimed this prize last year in his debut season with Bayern Munich and he will hope that firepower will continue when the Bavarians Bundesliga adopted Bundesliga Rivals Bayer Leverkusen, which will not be an easy task. Kane is the highest scoring Englishman is the history of the tournament and scored four of his seven goals in a 9-2 victory over Dinamo Zagreb. He also scored against Celtic in the play-off round with Inter Milan probably their last eight opponents when they move forward.
5. Kylian Mbappe – 7 goals
He shared the Golden Boot with Kane in recent term and seems to have clicked Real after a slow start in gear. The ex-PSG man showed what a devastating finisher he can be against City, scored a hat trick with a variety of different finishes.
He, like Los Blancos, was slow to get started in Europe, but now looks ready while they are preparing to take on the chased defense of Atletico Madrid with a potential semi -final that would come against Liverpool. His migration of goals against the Manchester outfit helped him enormously in the target race.
5. Vinicius JNR – 7 goals
Before Mbappe arrived, he was perhaps the most exciting player in the ranks of Madrid and he has shown that he is still as productive as always. In the last success of last season and the Brazilian, Vinicius scored with big goals, scoring a hat trick to see Dortmund and then in Italy, while the defending champions beat Atalanta. Atletico will now look to suppress him in the last third part.
5. Vangelis Pavlidis – 7 goals
The Greek international scored twice in Wembley for his country while she recently defeated England and his impressive form continued in the European stage. Benfica will have to go against Barcelona if Pavlidis goes beyond the last 16, but the attacker scored in both legs to see Monaco in the play-off round. This year he took a hat trick in a losing effort against Barcelona – and also in the statement victory at Juventus.
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