KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Only Robert Lewandowski, it appears, can restrain his own goal-scoring talents.

The Pole achieved a two-goal match-winning performance for Bayern Munich’s in the Club World Cup semi-finals against Al Ahly three days after keeping the German champions atop the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win away to Hertha Berlin.

However Lewandowski missed a penalty in that game which ended his Bundesliga record sequence of having scored at least one goal in 11 successive matches.

His tally of  24 goals means FIFA’s Best Player of 2020 still leads the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings from Kasper Junker of Norway’s Bodo/Glimt on points though Junker has scored more goals (27).

This is because the Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s end-of-season rankings. Thus marksmen from among the top five nations benefit from a multiple of 2.0, the next batch (places six to 22 ) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.

Scandinavian leagues which traditionally play to a calendar-year schedule always provide the initial leaders before being overtaken in due course by the superstars of western Europe.

Last season’s winner was Lazio’s Ciro Immobile.

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 24 x 2 = 48

2. Kasper Junker (FK Bodø/Glimt) 27 x 1,5 = 40,5

3. Amahl Pellegrino (Kristiansund BK) 25 x 1,5 = 37,5

4. André Miguel Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) 17 x 2 = 34
5. Paul Ebere Onuachu (KRC Genk) 22 x 1,5 = 33
6. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 16 x 2 = 32
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 16 x 2 = 32
— Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 16 x 2 = 32
— Luis Alberto Suárez (Atlético Madrid) 16 x 2 = 32
10. Giorgos Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
11. Philip Zinckernagel (FK Bodø/Glimt) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
12. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 14 x 2 = 28
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 14 x 2 = 28
Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 14 x 2 = 28
Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale Milano) 14 x 2 = 28
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 14 x 2 = 28
17. Christoffer Nyman (IFK Norrköping) 18 x 1,5 = 27
18. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais) 13 x 2 = 26
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Manchester United) 13 x 2 = 26
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 13 x 2 = 26
Andrej Kramaric (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 13 x 2 = 26
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 13 x 2 = 26
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) 13 x 2 = 26
25. Aaron Boupendza (Hatayspor Kulübü) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Thomas Henry (Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
27. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) 12 x 2 = 24
Veton Berisha (Viking FK Stavanger) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Boulaye Dia (Stade de Reims) 12 x 2 = 24
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 12 x 2 = 24
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 12 x 2 = 24
Kevin Volland (AS Monaco) 12 x 2 = 24
35. Rauno Sappinen (FC Flora Tallinn) 23 x 1 = 23
36. Mushaga Bakenga (Odds BK) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Astrit Seljmani (Varbergs BoIS) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
38. Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 11 x 2 = 22
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Silas Wamangituka (VfB Stuttgart) 11 x 2 = 22
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 11 x 2 = 22
43. Jens Petter Hauge (FK Bodø/Glimt) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Kristijan Lovrić (HNK Gorica) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Moses Ogbu (Mjällby AIF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves ‘Pote’ (Sporting CP) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Isaac Kiese Thelin (Malmö FF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
48. Ludovic Ajorque (Racing Strasbourg Alsace) 10 x 2 = 20
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale Milano) 10 x 2 = 20
José Luis Morales (Levante DU) 10 x 2 = 20
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) 10 x 2 = 20
Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) 10 x 2 = 20
Karl Toko Ekambi (Olympique Lyonnais) 10 x 2 = 20
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa FC) 10 x 2 = 20
Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) 10 x 2 = 20
57. Gianni Bruno (SV Zulte Waregem) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Anders Christiansen (Malmö FF) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Leke James (Molde FK) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Junior Fashion Sakala (KV Oostende) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5
Yuma Suzuki (Sint-Truiden VV) 13 x 1,5 = 19,5

** The Golden Shoe is administered, computed and formulated by the European Sports Media group whose members comprise: A Bola (Portugal), ElfVoetbal (Netherlands), Fanatik (Turkey), Foot Magazine (Belgium), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy), GoalNews/Sentragoal (Greece), Guerin Sportivo (Italy), Kicker (Germany), Marca (Spain), Nemzeti Sport (Hungary), SoFoot (France), Sport Express (Russia), Telegraaf/Telesport (Netherlands), Tipsbladet (Denmark), World Soccer (England). Affiliated members: Kick Off (South Africa), Titan Sport (China), Netease (China), SportalKorea (South-Korea).