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Hugo Sanchez Márquez has been the best Mexican striker who has played in Spanish football. Along the eleven seasons managed to get up five times as the top scorer in La Liga. Although that distinction put him in the books, winning a sixth trophy would have made him the second top winner in the history of the contest. However, there was a gunner from the Atletico Madrid that the theft all possibility.
in the season of 1988-89the golden child already had a streak four tournaments Being the top scorer in spanish football. His journey began in 1984-85, the last one with Atlético de Madrid, and continued in his first three tournaments with Real Madrid. In this sense, the goal of winning the decoration for the fifth consecutive time was raised, but Baltazar Maria de Morais Junior intervened.
“I won a Pichichi with Atlético and another four with Real Madrid, but could have been sixwhy Baltazar with Atlético scored eight more goals than me (…) I remember that it was a surprise, but after that season nothing more was heard of him. It seemed that the mission was to take that Pichichi away from me, ”he recalled with a laugh during a chat in the middle ESPN.
Better known by his first name, Baltazar He was a Brazilian footballer who came to Spanish football thanks to Celta de Vigo in 1985, but he achieved his best version supported by the colchoneros, between 1988 and 1990. In fact, in the campaign of 1988-89 staged a showy duel with the Pentapichichi So, in addition to flag different teamsthey became the most competitive gunners.
In the scoring table there were more than two representatives of the main powers such as Real Madrid and Barcelona. On the contrary, Baltazar’s case was unique at Atlético de Madrid. The impetus he showed inside the Vicente Calderón Stadium was commendable, because at the end of the year he was able to register 35 targets and far exceeded the statistics of 27 registered by the Mexican.
It was thus that he became worthy of the Pichichi trophy and denied Sánchez Márquez the chance to win the award for fifth consecutive time. With the achievement, the Spanish fans positioned him as the favorite to win his second individual recognition in the following season, but his performance was far from what was projected twelve months earlier.
“The problem is that I scored too many goals and people got used to it. The following season I scored 18 and got kicked out. The average was fine, but people got used to more goals”, Baltazar recalled in space.
Contrary to expectations, the Mexican striker once again took the scoring initiative in the campaign 1989-90 and he got the long-awaited trophy that made him the legendary Pentapichichi. In that occasion pierced the nets 38 times, while Baltazar stayed in third place under the Austrian striker Anton Polster, who was then playing for Sevilla.
After that performance, the Brazilian striker left Spanish football to join the ranks of FC Porto, as well as Stade Rennes from France, Goiás from Brazil and Kyoto Purple Sanga from Japan. In none of those teams was he able to shine again like with Atlético de Madrid.
For its part, Hugo Sánchez managed to stay with the meringues for two more seasons, but did not raise the Pichichi again. In this way he remained in third place among the historical winners along with Alfredo Di Stéfano and Enrique Castro Quini. The second place is occupied by the Spanish Telmo Zarra and the summit belonged to Lionel Messi.
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