2023-12-11 14:13:59
Three weeks before the end of the calendar year, uncertainty still hovers around who will finish top scorer in 2023. Currently injured, Erling Haaland is in the lead but Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane are in the running. lookout.
It is neither a goal nor a line on the prize list. At best an honorary title. But in less than three weeks, we will know the name of the top scorer for the 2023 calendar year (club and national goals). At the top, you will inevitably find only very heavy things. With only a handful of matches remaining before switching to 2024, the crown should be played out between four huge stars well ahead of the competition: Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé.
The first is in the lead with 50 goals scored with Manchester City and Norway. But the Cyborg is only one goal ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane (49 goals each). These three goleadors are under threat from Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, author of 48 goals with PSG and the Blues in 2023. So much for the score as of December 11.
Haaland in the lead but…
If we look ahead, Erling Haaland might pay dearly for his foot injury. Forfeited once morest Lutonou, he will be absent once morest Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola also confirmed that he will not be fit once morest Crystal Palace on Saturday in the Premier League. If he is operational, which the Catalan coach has not guaranteed, he therefore has two “shooting windows” left in the Club World Cup to ensure he finishes top scorer in 2023. Manchester City will play their first match on December 19 ( once morest the winner of the Club Léon-Urawa Red Diamonds match) before the final or the match for 3rd place.
Cristiano Ronaldo has the wind at his back
Criticized for his choice to join Saudi Arabia a year ago, Cristiano Ronaldo was not only a pioneer in launching the enormous wave of arrivals in the summer transfer window but he also managed to maintain, at 38 years old, a very high level in a championship that is certainly much less competitive. Already the author of 16 goals in 15 appearances in the Saudi Pro League this season, CR7 will be entitled to four matches with Al-Nassr, one match more than Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane, to make the difference. And if his club does not grant him a vacation during the holidays, he will have until the last hours of 2023 to increase his stats. The Portuguese might indeed play on December 26 and 30 once morest Al-Ittihad, Karim Benzema’s club, and Al-Taawoun.
Kylian Mbappé under pressure at Dortmund
Tied with CR7, Harry Kane (49 goals with Bayern and England) will return to his country this Tuesday. He will come up once morest Manchester United’s crumbly defense in the Champions League. The top scorer in the German championship will end the year with two Bundesliga matches once morest Stuttgart and Wolfsburg. With one goal less (48), Kylian Mbappé also has three games to at least reach the symbolic mark of 50 goals in a calendar year. The first will be the most important since PSG will play its future in the Champions League on Wednesday on the pitch of Borussia Dortmund (live on RMC Sport 1). Then Mbappé will come up once morest the solid defense of Losc at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium before ending the year at the Parc des Princes once morest Metz. For an ultimate goal fest?
TOP SCORERS FOR THE YEAR 2023
1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City-Norvège) → 50 caps
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr-Portugal) → 49 buts
3. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich-England) → 49 goals
4. Kylian Mbappé (PSG-France) → 48 goals
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