EURO 2024: The "Top Scorer" race promises to be dramatic

In less than 24 hours, the Euro 2024 ball will officially roll on the German pitches, opening the most attractive peak football festivals. The presence of 24 of the strongest teams on the continent brings about fierce competition, in which, in addition to the European championship title that is the goal of all, there will also be fierce competition between the top strikers.

Bundesliga "Top scorer"

The most highly rated player at Euro 2024 is Harry Kane, the player with the most goals in England's history and the best scorer at the 2018 World Cup. Over the past six years, Harry Kane has maintained a very high scoring form and dreams of reaching the highest victory podium at Euro 2024 both individually and collectively.

Harry Kane made an important contribution in 7 starting matches for England in the Euro 2024 qualifiers (8 goals, 2 assists). At the club level, although he did not win any titles with Bayern Munich, Harry Kane still scored 44 goals and had 12 assists in 45 matches in all competitions in the 2023 - 2024 season, becoming the first English player to win the Bundesliga "Top Scorer" title.

Harry Kane (20) and his chance to shine with England at Euro 2024. (Photo: REUTERS)

As England's main striker, Harry Kane at Euro 2024 will have support from a quality attack, including Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka and Jude Bellingham, increasing his chances of competing for the "Top Scorer" title and providing the best conditions in the championship race for England.

"Golden Boot" World Cup 2022

Equally brilliant, even somewhat surpassing Harry Kane in terms of efficiency last season, was Kylian Mbappé, the French striker who is expected to reap success in the second consecutive major tournament on an individual basis. After his sublime performance to win the "Golden Boot" of the 2022 World Cup, Mbappé continued to affirm his role as a top striker in Europe. 44 goals and 7 assists are impressive numbers created by Mbappé himself last season for PSG in all competitions, bringing home 3 domestic titles.

Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Ramus Hojlund (Denmark), Florian Wirtz (Germany), Jude Bellingham (England)... are also highly rated. If Bellingham is successful, he will likely become a strong candidate for this year's "Golden Ball" award.

Mbappé is young, strong, has speed and good finishing skills with both feet. With 8 goals in the last 7 matches of the French team, Kylian Mbappé is of course considered a strong candidate for the title of "Top scorer" of Euro 2024, ranking above many other bright names. Paddy Power offers odds of 9/2 (2 to 9) for the "crowned" of the French team captain.

39 year old superstar

It is impossible not to mention Cristiano Ronaldo, the superstar who has turned 39 and is preparing to participate in his 6th Euro in his career. The comprehensive finishing ability of the Portuguese captain is still the dream of any striker, not to mention he just had another successful season in the faraway Middle East.

Ronaldo scored 50 goals in 51 appearances in all competitions in the 2023-2024 season, in addition to contributing 10 goals for the Portuguese national team in the Euro 2024 qualifiers. Portugal will meet the Czech Republic, Türkiye, Georgia in the final round in Germany and against teams that are not highly rated for their defensive style of play, the opportunity for Ronaldo to accelerate early in the scoring race is very high.

Ronaldo was the "Top scorer" at Euro 2020 with 5 goals and if he repeats this achievement in the upcoming tournament, he is completely capable of being crowned "king" again, not to mention reaching 900 goals throughout his career as well as continuing to hold the title of "Player with the most goals" in Euro history, currently with 14 goals.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/euro-2024-cuoc-dua-vua-pha-luoi-hua-hen-kich-tinh-196240613212924402.htm