Euro 2024, the 17th edition of the European Championships is over: the Seer was spot on in the antepost advice.
Spain won, the strongest won. Rarely in recent decades have we witnessed such a meritocratic triumph. La Roja dominated the German European Championship, from the first to the last game, becoming the most successful selection in this event with four titles. Last night even England, in the Berlin final, had to bow to the overwhelming power of Luis De La Fuente’s men.
The last act of the event was nothing more than a vignette of the Red Furies’ journey over the past month in Germany. To the point that Oyarzabal’s decisive goal at the expiration, the one that practically handed the Henri Delaunay Cup to Morata and his teammates, seemed to be part of the order of things. Too much Spain for a timid England unable to exploit the talent at their disposal. The substitute Palmer had tried to put things back on track but it could be seen a mile away that it was an ephemeral draw. Among the best on the field for the Roja, once again, were the two terrible youngsters: Nico Williams, author of the goal of the momentary lead – the Athletic Bilbao outfielder in the second half “cracked” the game with his tears – and his “twin” Lamine Yamal, just turned 17, who served him the assist. The Barcelona talent thus rose to 4. No one has made more assists than him, not even the whole of England.
Euro 2024, the top scorers are 6 as in 2012
Yamal is undoubtedly the big star of the European Championship that just ended. And the Seer was right on the money with him, since he listed him – along with Musiala – as the best youngster of the tournament in the pre-Euro 2024 anteposts. At the time he was listed at 8.00.
Much higher, on the other hand, that related to the number of assists. Before the start of the event, bookmakers did not believe in Yamal, listed at 33.00 as the best assist-man. On the other hand, as far as the top scorer title is concerned, our “man,” England’s Harry Kane, had to share the record with five other players.
No one, in fact, managed to excel in this special ranking, since at a share of 3 goals there are also the Georgian Mikautadze, the German Musiala, the Dutch Gakpo, the Spaniard Dani Olmo and the Slovakian Schranz (six as in the 2012 edition, coincidentally always won by Spain). And the best player overall? Neither Williams nor Yamal but the invaluable Rodri, who was forced off the field yesterday midway through the first half with an injury. The metronome of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in any case confirmed that he is a fantastic, indispensable player, both in terms of quality and quantity.
Young Player of the Tournament: Lamine Yamal EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/Mb8HEU2alr
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