Ronaldo to Donnarumma: The best and worst in Euro 2020

With Bukayo Saka’s penalty miss, another chapter of UEFA’s European Championship came to an end. Italy defeated England 3-2 on penalties to win their second continental trophy. The playing time ended in a 1-1 draw after Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci’s 67th-minute goal helped his side recover, after they had conceded the quickest goal ever in a European Championship final. 

Euro 2020 saw 142 goals scored in 51 matches, at an average of 2.78 goals per match. The tournament witnessed 14 braces, nine penalties scored against eight missed and 11 own goals.

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Portuguese talisman Cristiano Ronaldo won his first European Championship Golden Boot. The No 7 scored in all group stage games. Portuguese were knocked out in the quarter-final, the only game Ronaldo did not score. Following the Juventus forward was Czech player Patrik Schick with five goals. The former won the golden boot on other criteria UEFA uses as a tiebreaker – assists, fewest minutes played, goals scored in qualifying. 

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As winners, Italy won €10m and runners-up England took home €7m.

Here is a list of all awards and important numbers of Euro 2020:

 Prize money

Winners Award: Italy – €10m

Runner-up Award: England – €7m

Semifinalists: €5m

Quarter-finalists: €3.25m

Round of 16 Teams: €2m

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Euro 2020 individual awards

Golden Boot Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo (5 goals in 4 matches)

Silver Boot Winner: Patrik Schick (5 goals in 5 matches)

Bronze Boot Winner: Karim Benzema (4 goals in 4 matches)

Golden Ball (Player of the Tournament): Gianluigi Donnarumma

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Euro 2020 records and statistics

Most Goals Scored: Italy (13 goals) in 7 matches and Spain (13 goals) in 6 matches

Least Goals Scored: Finland, Turkey and Scotland (1 goal) in 3 matches

Best Defence: England (2 goals conceded) in 7 matches

Worst Defence: Ukraine (10 goals conceded) in 5 matches

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Euro 2020 top 5 playmakers

Steven Zuber (Switzerland) – 4 assists in 4 matches

Dani Olmo (Spain) – 3 assists in 5 matches

Luke Shaw (England) – 3 assists in 6 matches

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Denmark) – 3 assists in 6 matches

Memphis Depay (Netherlands) – 2 assists in 4 matches

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Euro 2020 top 5 goalkeepers

Jordan Pickford (England) – 5 cleansheets in 6 matches

Thibaut Courtois (Belgium) – 3 cleansheets in 5 matches

Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) – 3 cleansheets in 6 matches

Tomas Vaclik (Czech Republic) – 2 cleansheets in 5 matches

Robin Olsen (Sweden) – 2 cleansheets in 4 matches

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Euro 2020 own goals scored: 11

Merih Demiral (Turkey), Wojciech Szczesny (Poland), Mats Hummels (Germany), Ruben Dias (Portugal), Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal), Lukas Hradecky (Finland), Martin Dubravka (Slovakia), Juraj Kucka (Slovakia), Pedri (Spain), Denis Zakaria (Switzerland), Simon Kjaer (Denmark)