Surprised by the identity of the top scorer at EURO 2024

EURO 2024 is approaching the final matches of the second round of the group stage. As of the matches on the evening of June 22 and early morning of June 23 (Vietnam time), there have been 21 matches taking place across Germany.

There have been 54 goals scored so far, an average of 2.57 goals per game. Only one of the 21 matches ended goalless (Netherlands drew 0-0 with France). There have been 13 matches where both teams have scored.

In the race of strikers, the interesting thing is that the top and expected names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Robert Lewandowski, Romelu Lukaku, Memphis Depay, Patrick Schick, Rasmus Hojlund... have not yet put their names on the scoreboard.

Harry Kane, Kai Havertz, Alvaro Morata, Jude Bellingham, Niclas Fullkrug, Luka Jovic scored, but not everyone had a convincing performance with their team.

Currently, there are 2 players who have scored 2 goals, the young talent Jamal Musiala of the German team and Ivan Schranz of Slovakia. They are leading the list, but for fans, leading the list is a different "character".

It was an opponent with a name of “own goal”, with a total of 5 goals. Those goals belonged to Antonio Rudiger of Germany (vs Scotland), Maximilian Wober of Austria (vs France), Robin Hranac of the Czech Republic (vs Portugal), Klaus Gjasula of Albania (vs Croatia) and Ricardo Calafiori of Italy (vs Spain).

Klaus Gjasula (8) is the first player to score and an own goal after coming off the bench at a EURO. Photo: UEFA

On social networks, fans had quite humorous reactions to this situation.

“'Own goal' is the best scorer in the history of EURO. He won the Golden Boot in almost every tournament,” one person wrote.

“Go for it 'Own goal'”, another commented.

Of course, this is just for fun and there can be no Golden Boot for “Own Goals”, but own goals also have interesting statistics.

Of the above players, Calafiori became the first Italian player to score an own goal at the EURO, Gjasula was the first player to score and score an own goal after coming off the bench at a EURO.

In addition, with the French team, they have 2 consecutive EUROs where the first goal was scored by an opposing player (in 2020, Germany's Mats Hummels scored an own goal).

The opening match had an own goal and the final match of the first round also had an own goal.

At EURO 2020, there were a total of 11 own goals (3 of which were by goalkeepers) - more than all previous EUROs. With 5 own goals so far, can EURO 2024 break the record?

Source: https://laodong.vn/bong-da-quoc-te/bat-ngo-voi-danh-tinh-nhan-vat-ghi-ban-hang-dau-tai-euro-2024-1356334.ldo