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Torres gilds the lily with Golden Boot award

Published: 02-Jul-12 06:34PM | By

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Spain's Fernando Torres holds his son Leo after an award ceremony as Spain won the Euro 2012 soccer championship final between Spain and Italy in Kiev, Ukraine, early on Monday, July 2, 2012.

 

KIEV (AFP) - Spanish striker Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot award for top scorer at Euro 2012 edging out Germany's Mario Gomez Uefa announced on Monday.


The 28-year-old - whose goal in the 4-0 win over Italy in the final made him the only player to score in two Euro finals - like Gomez scored three goals and provided one assist during the tournament.


However, Uefa gave it to him on the tiebreak of having had less game time during the finals, the Spaniard having had 189 minutes on the pitch compared to Gomez's 280.


Four other players also ended up with three goals, Italian striker Mario Balotelli, Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo, rising Russian star Alan Dzagoev and one of the revelations of the tournament, Croatia's Mario Mandzukic.

 

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