{"id":18872,"date":"2018-08-27T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonsoccer.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=18872"},"modified":"2018-08-27T13:55:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T17:55:02","slug":"lionel-messi-barcelona-spain-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2018\/08\/27\/lionel-messi-barcelona-spain-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Projecting How Many Goals Will Lionel Messi Score This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s a player who can score every match day, it&#8217;s Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<h1>How Many Goals Will Lionel Messi Score This Season?<\/h1>\n<p>But everyone knows that nobody doubts about the five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner. However, it remains to be seen if the Argentinean can reach the 30 goals in La Liga one more time. Messi, 31, was Europe&#8217;s top goalscorer last season with 45 goals; though, FIFA did not include him in the three finalists for the 2017-18 Best Player.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain&#8217;s domestic league, Messi has an advantage: Cristiano Ronaldo is no longer with Real Madrid, so that means the Barcelona striker easily win the Pichichi as La Liga top scorer. Messi has 10 straight seasons scoring at least 20 goals and it seems nothing will stop him to do the same this season.<\/p>\n<h3>Superb Pace<\/h3>\n<p>La Pulga has scored eight goals in his last seven games at club level, including last season matches, where Messi earned the Pichichi award as La Liga goalscorer with 34 goals.<\/p>\n<p>This season the Argentinean is looking for redemption as Barcelona has been knocked out in the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals for three straight years. So that means Messi will be more threatening for other teams than the years previous.<\/p>\n<p>Messi does not play as aggressively as he used to; instead, he accelerates when is due, creates chances for others but more importantly, he\u2019s always there to score.<\/p>\n<h3>2018\/19 goalscoring prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Messi has become a better player throughout the years, and this season he\u2019s about to prove why he deserves to be the greatest player ever.<\/p>\n<p>The Barcelona forward has taken his free-kick taking ability to another level; in fact, seven of Messi\u2019s 34 goals last season came from a direct free kick, which is his career best in a single season.<\/p>\n<p>Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/2018\/08\/20\/barcelona-messi-2018-goals-la-liga\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Argentinean started this season scoring his first goal from a free kick<\/a> in the 3-0 win against Alaves.<\/p>\n<p>Messi began last season scoring nine goals in the first five games, if he has such explosive start this season, <strong>he will surely reach the 35-40 goals rate in La Liga<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"o95rZZoqRLJV6J8Xjlsgqw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1024133124\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'o95rZZoqRLJV6J8Xjlsgqw',sig:'7oH8Z7epXztJNdCjIK3-6tjlFkEoqAy7h03ib23eSe0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1024133124',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s a player who can score every match day, it&#8217;s Lionel Messi. How Many Goals Will Lionel Messi Score This Season? But everyone knows that nobody doubts about the five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner. However, it remains to be seen if the Argentinean can reach the 30 goals in La Liga one more time. 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