*CaRtoo'N™ Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 Sporting Lisbon striker Bas Dost continues to rival Barcelona's Lionel Messi for the Golden Shoe award after scoring a hat trick at the weekend. Dost, 27, inspired Sporting to a 3-2 win over Braga and took his scoring tally for the season to 31 in 28 league matches. Meanwhile, Messi, who is a three-time European Golden Shoe winner, has 33 La Liga goals to his name this campaign, although he was not on target at the weekend. According to the European Sports Media points system, Dost now resides on 62 points while Messi has 66 with three matches left to play each. Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski is third in the list on 56 points, Borussia Dortmund's Patrick Aubameyang is fourth (54) and Barca's Luis Suarez is fifth (52). European Sports Media, a European association of football related publications, has awarded the Golden Shoe since the 1996-97 season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ibra's 38 goals last season were only mulitiplied by 1.5, because Ligue 1 wasn't among Europe's top 5 leagues using its UEFA coefficient.... here's how they do it: Since the 1996–97 season, European Sports Media have awarded the Golden Shoe based on a points system that allows players in tougher leagues to win even if they score fewer goals than a player in a weaker league. The weightings are determined by the league's ranking on the UEFA coefficients, which in turn depend on the results of each league's clubs in European competition over the previous five seasons. Goals scored in the top five leagues according to the UEFA coefficients list are multiplied by a factor of two, goals scored in the leagues ranked six to 21 are multiplied by a factor of 1.5, and goals scored in leagues ranked 22 and below are multiplied by a factor of 1.[2] Thus, goals scored in higher ranked leagues will count for more than those scored in weaker leagues.[3]" Quote
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