Wednesday, February 8, 2023 – 8:21 PM
From / Ahmed Zahran ..
ABU DHABI, 8th February / WAM / With the arrival of the local leagues in most European countries to the second half of the season, competition has flared up in most of these leagues for the top scorer list, and the competition between the strikers for the top of this list has become no less important than the competition between the championship teams for the league title. Himself.
Despite the presence of a number of strikers in the clubs of each of these leagues belonging to the national teams of these countries, foreign strikers imposed their domination on the top scorers lists in most of the major European leagues.
And following entering into a strong competition with the Polish Robert Lewandowski and the Czech Patrick Cech for the top scorer list in the German League last season, the young Norwegian striker Erling Haaland moved to the English Premier League to impose his control on the top scorer list, while Lewandowski moved to the Spanish League to also lead the tournament’s top scorer.
Haaland did not find it difficult to top the list of English Premier League scorers this season following his departure from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City, with the player scoring 25 goals in the first half of the season.
Haaland set a number of records in the first half of the season and tops the Premier League scorer list with 25 goals, 8 goals ahead of Harry Kane, the historic scorer for Tottenham and the England national team.
And Haaland became a candidate for many records and awards if he continued to perform with the same strength and scoring capabilities in the second half of the season.
In Spain, the Polish Lewandowski presented outstanding levels, which were a natural extension of what he presented over many years with Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the German League.
Although it was a new experience for him, the 34-year-old veteran Lewandowski took advantage of his great experience and topped the Spanish championship list in the first half of the season with 14 goals despite being suspended in 3 of his team’s matches, and only Joselu, the Espanyol striker, came close to him with 11 goals.
Nigerian Victor Osimhen, 24, the Napoli striker, also imposed his dominance on the top scorer list in the Italian League, and contributed to his team leading the competition, with merit, by a large margin from its closest competitors.
Osimhen tops the list of scorers with 16 goals, a difference of 4 goals in front of his compatriot Ademola Lukman, 25, who was born in England and star of the Atalanta team.
Argentine Lautaro Martinez, 25, Inter Milan striker, shares second place with Lockman, with the same balance.
In France, the young Englishman Florian Balogun (born in the United States of America), Stade Reims striker, is at the top of the scorers list, with 14 goals compared to 3 goals for the French Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) and Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain).
The only exception to this rule in the 5 major leagues in Germany was the Bundesliga, where German international Niklas Volkrug, Werder Bremen striker, holds the top scorer list with 13 goals, but he also faces fierce competition for the lead from Leipzig striker Christopher Nkunku, who ranks second in the list. With 12 goals.
Dutchman Anastasius Dovikas tops the list of top scorers in the Dutch league, with 11 goals, just one goal behind young Dutch striker Brian Broby.
In Portugal, Spain’s Fran Navarao, striker Gil Vicente, leads the list of scorers with Portuguese Goncalo Ramos and Joao Mario Lappi, Benfica, with 12 goals each.
Mustafa Badr Al-Din / Ahmed Zahran
