Four weeks and 50 matches on from the open couple of Euro 2020, we have good one game stay : Sunday ‘s final between Italy and England at Wembley ( LIVE on ESPN/ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET ). A total of 140 goals have been scored across 11 unlike cities since we kicked off with Italy ‘s 3-0 winnings over Turkey on June 11 in Rome. That ‘s a rate of 2.8 goals per game, with a goal scored once every 32 minutes on average. amazingly enough, Cristiano Ronaldo is distillery perched at the summit of the goal-scoring charts despite his affair ending with Portugal ‘s elimination in the round of 16. Ronaldo scored five goals in four games before Portugal were knocked out by Belgium, the same number as Czech Republic hitter Patrik Schick, who made one more appearance as his state reached the quarterfinals.

however, Ronaldo besides has an assist to his name — mean that the Juventus ace is narrowly ahead in the melt to win the Golden Boot due to the criteria by which UEFA rank the contenders. Should two or more players end the tournament at the top of the chart with the like number of goals, UEFA will use assists as a tiebreaker, then fewest minutes played and then, finally, goals scored in qualifying if necessity to declare a winner. With just Italy and England left in the competition, and a utmost of 120 minutes of playing time remaining, can anyone deny Ronaldo adding yet another elect award to his incredible career ? – Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus)

Cristiano Ronaldo became the top goal scorer in European Championship history at Euro 2020. Getty Goals: 5
Assists: 1
Minutes played (appearances): 360 ( 4 )
Minutes per goal: 72
Goals in qualifying: 11
Shots (on target): 16 ( 8 )
Next opponent: Eliminated Four of Ronaldo ‘s five goals at Euro 2020 came from the penalty spot. His two late smudge kicks put the gloss on Portugal ‘s opening 3-0 win against Hungary, before another two sealed a 2-2 string with France that ensured the fight champions progressed to the hard phase. Between those, however, was a a stunning effort in the 4-2 loss against Germany in which he sprinted the duration of the pitch to round off a rapid counter-attack .

Goals: 4
Assists: 0
Minutes played (appearances): 529 ( 6 )
Minutes per goal: 132.2
Goals in qualifying: 12
Shots (on target): 15 ( 8 ) After failing to score at all during the group degree, a flurry of four goals in three hard games sees Kane well-positioned to overtake Ronaldo and Schick with one game left to play. unfortunately for the Spurs striker, he needs to add at least another two goals to his run in the final examination, and do therefore against one of the meanest defences in universe football. Kane had his extra-time penalty in Wednesday ‘s semifinal saved by Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, but the England captain fired home the rebound to ensure he has scored all four of his goals from loose meet. Ronaldo netted four of his five goals at this tournament from the penalty spot. Germany legend Gerd Muller was the last european actor to claim the Golden Boot award at two consecutive major international tournaments ( the 1970 World Cup and 1972 Euros ), and it ‘s however within the kingdom of possibility that 2018 World Cup top scorer Kane could emulate that feat. Goals: 3
Assists: 1
Minutes played (appearances): 521 ( 6 )
Minutes per goal: 173.6
Goals in qualifying: 8
Shots (on target): 14 ( 7 ) Gareth Southgate ‘s side made timid progress through the group stage, but there was still room for sterling to shine. The agile forward scored the only goal in each of England ‘s 1-0 wins against Croatia and Czech Republic. Sterling ‘s goals secured England ‘s progress as winners of Group D and sent them into the round of 16, where another inspirational finish from the Wembley local anesthetic boy helped dispose of long-time tournament bane Germany. greatest has already cemented his national bomber status, but he besides came within a bewhisker of adding a one-fourth goal to his Euro 2020 score in the semifinal. however, it was Denmark captain Simon Kjaer who slid in just ahead of the Manchester City man to unwittingly divert the ball into his own goal and open the seduce on Wednesday nox. Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Minutes played (appearances): 422 ( 5 )
Minutes per goal: 176
Goals in qualifying: 0
Shots (on target): 14 ( 5 ) Italy have shared the goals out on their run to the concluding with their 12 goals spread out among six of their own players, plus one own goal. It will take truly noteworthy personal performance in a goalfest of a final for any of Roberto Mancini ‘s players to end up as top scorer, but what is football if not a space for miracles ?

Chiesa had to wait until the round off of 16 to open his account, curling in a beautiful effort against Austria to open the score in extra-time. The Juventus forward followed that up by opening scoring against Spain in a tense and thrilling semifinal which the Azzurri finally won on penalties. He may however be some manner off in the Golden Boot stakes, but Chiesa is hitting form, proving himself to be a big-game musician, and discovering a bent of chipping in with goals at important stages in crunch ties. England beware .

Goals: 2
Assists: 1
Minutes played (appearances): 390 ( 5 )
Minutes per goal: 195
Goals in qualifying: 3
Shots (on target): 17 ( 3 ) A player who sums up Italy ‘s group influence ethic, Immobile has grafted indefatigably to chase, harass and iron while besides providing a finish terror as Mancini ‘s first-choice ahead. however, despite pot-shots aplenty, the Lazio hitter has n’t scored since the group phase. other than hitting the woodwork against Austria in the round of 16, he has n’t very come close to increasing his goal reckon .

Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Minutes played (appearances): 422 ( 5 )
Minutes per goal: 211
Goals in qualifying: 3
Shots (on target): 14 ( 6 ) After scoring his inaugural finish at Euro 2020 in the open match, it took Insigne until the quarterfinals for Insigne to double his reckoning. The bantam forward has been a full of life cog in the Azzurri machine by pulling strings, dribbling at defenders and covering huge amounts of crunch defensively. While it would take a truly momentous exhibition of individual star power for Insigne to top the finish charts, the likely for him to produce something extra in the final is quite apparent .

Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Minutes played (appearances): 248 ( 4 )
Minutes per goal: 124
Goals in qualifying: 0
Shots (on target): 4 ( 3 ) While impressing with a number of energetic performances, both of Locatelli ‘s goals at the tournament came during the lapp game — a 3-0 win against Switzerland in Italy ‘s moment group-stage match. He ‘s found himself on the bench throughout the hard phase, coming on as a late substitute against Austria and Spain and not featuring at all against Belgium in the quarters. Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Minutes played (appearances): 191 ( 4 )
Minutes per goal: 95.5
Goals in qualifying: 0
Shots (on target): 3 ( 2 ) Pessina scored in consecutive matches, beginning against Wales in Italy ‘s concluding group-stage excursion and then again ( after coming off the terrace ) in extra-time against Austria. The midfielder was then an fresh substitute against Belgium in the quarterfinals before entering the fray against Spain in the semitrailer in the 74th minute .

Golden Boot for own goals?

We could n’t mention the pursuit of the Golden Boot award without giving an ethical mention to the one name which has graced the scoresheet more than any other. The real top scorer at Euro 2020 is “ own goal, ” who opened the score at the tournament by breaking the deadlock between Italy and Turkey in the very first match and going from persuasiveness to strength since then,

“ own goal ” has comfortably outperformed Ronaldo, Schick, Kane, Sterling and Benzema, scoring 11 goals at Euro 2020 so far. We saw eight players score against their own team in the group stage ( including the very first goal of the tournament and in the lapp game : Spain vanadium. Slovakia ), one in the round of 16, one in the quarterfinals, and one in the semifinals. euro 2020 has well surpassed the sum number of own goals scored at every other european Championship combined, with merely nine own goals scored across the 15 previous tournaments. If anybody deserves an award for their incredible individual contribution to the competition, it ‘s “ own goal. ”