The poles of the Barcelona magnet, curiously, are associated with a group that, to this day, fights to get out of the well of the First RFEF. Lewandowski and Ter Stegen enter the historic roster previously starred by RC Deportivo de la Coruña players Diego Tristán and Paco Liaño, respectively.
With 23 goals, Robert Lewandowski is the worst top scorer of this century, second only to the former Depor striker from Cádiz. Tristán, in the 2001/02 season he scored 21 goals, only two less than the Pole.
Lewandowski's season was on its way to becoming very remarkable. In the first 10 days he already had 11 goals, more than 1 per game. However, it seems that the sanction he received for belittling the referee in the match against Osasuna cut his scoring streak and he could no longer keep up.. However, those 23 goals have earned him the trophy ahead of Benzema, with 18 and the one who succeeds in the award, and Joselu, with 16.
It seems clear, judging by the goal figures in this league, that most teams have based their strength on defense rather than offense.. Gone are those seasons of more than 100 goals in which Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo set the tone with superhuman Pichichis of 50 and 48 goals, respectively.
Barcelona has forged its league title in a supportive defensive attitude, like the one RC Deportivo de La Coruña based on in those early 2000s. The Depor of those seasons, in which they came to win their only league and in which they were in the top 5 teams, barely fit in, just over 40 goals per season.
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Xavi's Barça, meanwhile, has been one of the least thrashed teams in the history of LaLiga. He has finished this season with 70 goals for and 20 against. And, the great person in charge has been Ter Stegen.
The German goalkeeper has been one of the best Zamora in LaLiga. In fact, until the last day he was able to surpass the record for unbeaten goals held by the sportsman Paco Liaño since the 1993/94 season.
With the 3-0 of the penultimate day against Mallorca, the German had matched Liaño with 26 goals to 0. In addition, the goals-per-game coefficient shared by Liaño (1993/94) and the rojiblanco Jan Oblak in 2015/16 also improved by one thousandth with 0.473. However, Gabri Veiga's first goal left the culé goalkeeper without Liaño's record and without the best coefficient of a Zamora in the history of the competition.
Likewise, an outstanding season for the culé team that, in addition to obtaining the League title, has managed to ensure that two of the players who form the backbone of the team are the most outstanding in their positions in a very demanding competition.