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The Spanish league is waiting for the final round to decide the winner of the Pichichi award, which is expected to be limited to Kylian Mbappe and Vedat Murici.
Real Madrid’s Mbappe is the top scorer with 24 goals, two ahead of Mallorca’s Muriki, who has 22, while Osasuna’s Ante Budimir exits the tournament after his tally stalled at 17.
Neither player managed to score in the last round, as Mbappe went goalless against Sevilla at the Estadio Ramon Sánchez Pisjuan and Muric went goalless against Levante at Ciutat de Valencia.
Real Madrid play their final match of the season against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday at 9pm at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, where Mbappe has a chance to add to his tally of 24 goals, including eight from the penalty spot in 30 games, if manager Alvaro Arbeloa gives him limited minutes in front of the home crowd. to Oviedo and succumb to the bugs.
It is noteworthy that last season, Mbappe won the “Pichichi” award, scoring 31 goals, ahead of Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowski, who scored 27 goals.
Meanwhile, Mallorca host Real Oviedo at the Son Moix Stadium and Muriqui will be hoping to use the match to add to his goalscoring record of 22 goals, including 5 from the penalty spot in 36 games, after scoring just 7 league goals last season. “Mallorca” enters a crucial game for survival, as it is necessary to win and wait for other results in its favor.
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If Mbappe fails to score against Athletic and Muric manages to score a brace against Oviedo, which he has done four times this season, the two players will be tied at the top of the scoring charts with 24 goals.
As the “Marca” newspaper writes, there are no criteria for breaking a tie in the “Pichichi” award ceremony, because the minutes played, assists or the number of goals scored from penalty kicks are not counted.
The newspaper explained in a report published by Miguel Angel Garcia on May 24, 2024 that “there will be two Pichichi winners” in the event of a tie.
The Pichichi Award has been awarded equally only 5 times in the history of the Spanish league, since the last time was in the 1983-1984 season, that is, more than 40 years ago, when Real Madrid’s Juan Gómez “Juanito” equaled Real Valladolid’s Jorge “Builla” da Silva with 17 goals each.
This season could see a repeat of the rare scenario, with Muric crowned La Liga’s top scorer despite his side Mallorca being relegated.
