Tuesday, March 8, 2011

European Golden Shoe Weekly Update: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo moves joint first after Malaga hat-trick












Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo put in a man of the match performance in the 7-0 home win over Malaga on Thursday as the versatile forward netted a hat-trick to lift his season tally to 27 league goals.

Elsewhere, Udinese star Antonio Di Natale was unable to impress in the 1-0 victory over Bari, but the experienced attacker coolly converted a spot-kick in the 76th minute to score his 22nd goal of the season.

Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o is the newcomer in the top 10 this week following his good performance for Inter in the 5-2 win over Genoa. The former Barca star netted a brace to lead the way after the break and has now scored 18 goals.

Edinson Cavani, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Tevez, Mario Gomez, Kenny Miller and David Villa all failed to find the net at the weekend, but still find themselves among Europe's top 10 goalscorers.