Harry Kane turned one in all six gamers to share the Euro 2024 Golden Boot, regardless of failing to search out the web in Sunday’s ultimate.
Kane has come beneath hearth for a sequence of underwhelming performances on the Euros this summer time and was changed by Ollie Watkins after simply an hour in England’s 2-1 defeat to Spain within the ultimate on Sunday.
However even in poor kind, Kane was in a position to contribute three very important objectives to England’s trigger. The Bayern Munich striker netted in a 1-1 group stage draw with Denmark and scored a significant extra-time winner towards Slovakia within the spherical of 16, earlier than changing a penalty in Wednesday’s 2-1 comeback win over the Netherlands within the semi-final.
That was sufficient to see Kane sit degree atop the scoring charts alongside Spain’s Dani Olmo, Georgia’s Georges Mikautadze, Ivan Schranz of Slovakia, Bayern Munich teammate Jamal Musiala of Germany, and Liverpool’s Dutch ahead Cody Gakpo.
Assists have been used because the tie-breaker within the Golden Boot race at earlier European Championships. Underneath these parameters, Olmo would have taken the crown after notching two assists alongside his three objectives.
Nonetheless, Uefa introduced (through BBC Sport) that this 12 months’s award can be determined solely on objectives scored, which means 5 gamers share the honour.
Spain and Man Metropolis midfielder Rodri was named Participant of the Match, whereas fellow Spaniard and Barcelona wonderkid received Younger Participant of the Match.
Harry Kane provides one other particular person achievement to the checklist
That is Kane’s second Golden Boot award of his worldwide profession after scoring six objectives in England’s run to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals.
These awards sit properly on his shelf amongst a bunch of different particular person accolades, together with three Premier League Golden Boots, the Torjägerkanone (Bundesliga Golden Boot) and the 2023/24 European Golden Shoe and UEFA Champions League high scorer crowns.
Kane can be England’s all-time high scorer with 66 objectives in 98 caps so far — a minimum of 13 greater than some other participant.
After all, Kane would gladly commerce all of these particular person achievements for a group trophy, with the striker now dropping in 5 separate main finals for membership and nation and failing to style glory up to now.
“One other powerful second for the group and for me personally,” Kane instructed BBC Radio 5 Reside after Sunday’s loss in Berlin.
“A tricky event bodily and mentally. You get so near the best of the highs, the top of our careers, now everyone seems to be on the lowest of the lows. We haven’t discovered a solution to win that trophy and it’s going to damage for a very long time.”
