Lionel Messi Wins Pichichi award and Alfredo Di Stefano trophy for a fantastic 2016-17 La Liga Season

Lionel Messi Wins Pichichi award and Alfredo Di Stefano trophy for a fantastic 2016-17 La Liga Season

After loosing the 2017 Ballon D’Or to rival Christiano Ronaldo, and enduring endless trolling from Madrid and Ronaldo fans, Lionel Messi has been vindicated…sorta.

The Barcelona attacker added two more trophies to his collections after he received two awards from Spanish sports newspaper Marca on Monday.

Messi who scored a remarkable 37 goals in 34 league games last season, two more than Barcelona team-mate Luis Suarez, won the Pichichi award at a ceremony which held in Barcelona.

The Pichichi trophy, named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael ‘Pichichi’ Moreno Aranzadi, is awarded by Marca to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season.

The 30-year-old also won the best player in La Liga and was rewarded with the Alfredo Di Stefano award on Monday.

Messi was also pictured posing with team-mate Andres Iniesta, who won Spain’s Most Valuable Player award and other award winners at the Marca Sports Journal Award ceremony.

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