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After setting a seventh Pichichi record, Lionel Messi is not obsessed with scoring a seventh, but is more concerned about the lack of fans inside Spain’s soccer stadiums.
The Barcelona forward scored 25 goals over the course of the LaLiga Santander campaign, finishing four goals ahead of Karim Benzema in second place. Now that he has his seventh title in his hands, no one has won more Pichichi trophies than Messi in LaLiga history.
Messi sat down with MARCA to remember his victory.
Isn’t it surprising to have won seven Pichichi Trophies?
The truth is that I never would have imagined that I would win so many and overcome [Telmo] Registry of Zarra. It is a very happy feeling.
At the moment you have fewer goals than when you won the Pichichi. Are you already thinking about the eighth trophy?
I don’t know, I’m not really thinking about it. It is not something that worries me. I’d rather win LaLiga again, something we didn’t do last season, than win the Pichichi, so we’ll fight for that.
This season we have seen a big difference between Barcelona in the Champions League and Barcelona in LaLiga Santander. Do you think the team can win both competitions?
We are going to try to win everything, as it always happens with this club. We are improving little by little. It is true that we have taken a while to get going in LaLiga. We shouldn’t have lost so many points.
I think we deserved more in the games against Alavés and Gefate, and also against Real Madrid at the Camp Nou. In those three games we created a lot of scoring chances, and if we had converted them, the situation in those games would have been different.
Is there a formula to get back on track in LaLiga Santander?
Now the important thing is to have a streak of good results in a few games in order to move up the table. This takes time and with the pandemic all games are very difficult. The truth is that football has changed a lot and it is difficult for everyone, but things will be fixed little by little.
It has been nine months of empty stadiums in the pandemic. Is it difficult for you to play without fans?
If much. It’s horrible to play without fans. It is not a pleasant sensation. Not seeing anyone in the stadium makes it like training, and it’s hard to get into the game at first. That is why we see such even games. It is very difficult to beat whoever you are playing.
The pandemic has made football change a lot, and for the worse. We are seeing it in games. Hopefully after this is all over, we can get people back to the stadiums and back to normal.
He recently scored a special goal after which he paid tribute to Diego Maradona.
It was a very special day and I was able to pay a small tribute that I had prepared. I was able to show his shirt. It is a wonderful memory of a day when Diego is no longer with us.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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