Fernando Torres got Euro 2012 Golden Boot, Euro 2012 top scorer

Fernando Torres got Euro 2012 Golden Boot, Euro 2012 top scorer. Fernando Torres scored a goal and did an assist in final match Euro 2012 Poland-Ukraine and he succeeded to win Golden Boot award.

Torres finished as joint to scorer along with Mario Balotelli (Italy), Mario Mandzukic (Croatia), Mario Gomez (Germany), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), and Alan Dzagoev (Russia) with three goals.

The striker of Spain National Team entered the field as Fabregas substitute when Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in final match of Euro 2012 on 1 July 2012 in Olympic Stadium, Kiev. Scoring a single goal in the match and playing for 189 minutes in all Euro matches, Fernando Torres succeeded to win the golden boot.

If there are more than a player who scores same goal, so UEFA use several criteria to decide who is the proper one to get the Golden Boot. And the criteria are :

• Player who did the most assists
• Player who played in the least minutes

With note, only goal in normal or extra time which was considered. Goal in penalty shoot out is not considered.

Top Scorer Euro 2012 :
3 goals
Fernando Torres (Spain)
Mario Gomez (Germany)
Mario Balotelli (Italy)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)

2 goals
Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark)
Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
Petr Jiracek (Czech Republic)
Michael Krohn-Dehli (Denmark)
Vaclav Pilar (Czech Republic)
Dimitris Salpingidis (Greece)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
Xabi Alonso (Spain)
David Silva (Spain)

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