Pichichis

Poor results again for Spanish sides in Europe, with Real Madrid dumped out of the Champions League after a 1-1 draw against Olympique Lyon, and the two participants in the Europa League being held to home draws. Cristiano Ronaldo did give Pellegrini's side hope with his seventh goal of the tournament, but Lyon equalised later on to leave Madrid out of the competition at the first knock-out stage for the sixth year in a row. Later in the week Atlético Madrid were held 0-0 by ten man Sporting Lisbon, and Valencia drew 1-1 against Werder Bremen, Mata getting an important equaliser despite having had Banega sent off earlier on.

A low scoring weekend in the league, at least until the last two games on Sunday when Argentinian internationals Messi and Higuaín helped themselves to hat-tricks in their respective fixtures. Messi's three all came in the second half against third placed Valencia, and Higuaín got his after Cristiano Ronaldo had opened the scoring at Valladolid. None of our other Pichichis were able to score, although Nino and Jurado make it in to the chart this week, the Tenerife striker netting twice against Espanyol on Sunday evening and the Atlético midfielder scoring the only goal against Osasuna on Monday. (15.03.10)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total (Penalties)
Messi (Barcelona) 22 3 4 29 (2)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 15 0 7 22 (2)
Higuaín (Real Madrid) 19 0 2 21 (0)
Villa (Valencia) 17 0 3 20 (2)
Llorente (Athletic) 9 1 8 18 (3)
Forlán (Atlético) 12 3 2 17 (4)
Soldado (Getafe) 12 4 0 16 (3)
Pedro (Barcelona) 7 4 5 16 (0)
Ibrahimovic (Barcelona) 12 1 2 15 (1)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 9 4 2 15 (1)
Agüero (Atlético) 9 1 4 14 (0)
Rossi (Villarreal) 5 2 5 12 (3)
Negredo (Sevilla) 7 2 1 10 (1)
Mata (Valencia) 6 0 4 10 (0)
Diego Castro (Sporting) 9 0 0 9 (3)
Aduríz (Mallorca) 8 1 0 9 (0)
Nilmar (Villarreal) 8 0 1 9 (0)
Nino (Tenerife) 8 0 0 8 (0)
Pandiani (Osasuna) 7 1 0 8 (0)
Diego Costa (Valladolid) 7 1 0 8 (0)
Benzema (Real Madrid) 7 0 1 8 (0)
Kaká (Real Madrid) 7 0 1 8 (3)
Jurado (Atlético) 6 2 0 8 (0)
Kanouté (Sevilla) 5 1 2 8 (2)
Navas (Sevilla) 3 3 2 8 (0)
Maxi (Atlético) 2 5 1 8 (0)