Two goal records were broken this year, one for a specific player, and one for a league as a whole. Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid broke the single season goal record for La Liga in only his second season at Real Madrid. The previous record was 38 goals in one season. Going into the last game, Ronaldo had tied that record. After scoring two goals in the last game of the season (Real went on to win 8-1), he moved up to 40 goals. So overall, he scored 40 goals in a 38 game season. That is quite outstanding, averaging more than 1 goal a game. Plus, you have to think about the fact that he didn't play in all 38 games. I'm sure in the future, we'll continue to see outstanding things from this man.
Another record broken in the last week of a season, except now we move the England. In the Premier League, there were 1,031 total goals scored this season after Week 37. With one week left, the record of 1,060 was most assuredly in reaching grasp. But for the record to be broken, there had to be an average of 3 goals scored in each game. With only stoppage time left in most of the games, 29 goals had been scored. That meant with only stoppage time left, they had tied the record. But, the Premier League has been very exciting this year, and this was no different. 3 goals in stoppage time gave this season a total of 1,063 goals. The final goal of the season was Roman Pavlyuchenko's winner against Birmingham City which is famous for something else as well. This goal gave Birmingham a loss instead of a draw, which ultimately led them to the relegation zone, and back down to the Championship. The Premier League was extremely exciting this year, and I'm looking forward to it being even more entertaining next season.
So, this poses a question, what led to so many goals this season? Is it a lack of defense, or has attacking power grown to be unstoppable? What do you think? Let me know!
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