In football, there are defensive tactics, the supporters of which achieve results not by scoring goals, but by building a reliable echelon defense. However, fans mostly do not like tactical subtleties, but rather beautiful goals. It is not for nothing that the main stars, the favorites of millions, are the attackers, goal scorers with a developed sense of acute moments. The Euro is a competition not only between teams, where only one will become the champion, but also between attacking players who try to find out in absentia which of them is the most dangerous for the opponents.
Bookmakers accept bets not only on the winners of individual matches, totals and handicaps, but also on who will become the best scorer according to the results of Euro 2024. The coefficients are already available on the মোস্টবেট অফিসিয়াল ওয়েবসাইট – based on them, you can already draw conclusions about who is expected the most. A selection of the most likely winners in this nomination is presented in this article immediately with quotes, so that it would be easier for those who will bet to orient themselves.
Kylian Mbappe – 5
Not yet twenty years old, this boy was already considered an extremely promising striker – he was predicted to be the one who would break the hegemony of Messi and Ronaldo in the fight for the Golden Ball. The Portuguese is already openly playing, and the Argentine, although he sometimes shares the trophy, but not with the Frenchman, who at 25 still has not won the most prestigious individual award. However, this is the only argument against why Mbappe will not become the best scorer at the Euros.
Instead, there are a lot of reasons why it is Kilian who will win this nomination. First of all, this is one of the two most expensive players in the world right now – he is estimated at 180 million euros, such price tags for an adult (and not just a promising) football player simply do not hang like that. It is known that Mbappe is moving to Real Madrid in the summer – that is, the team, which managed to win the Champions League again without the Frenchman, still needs the help of a star striker. Statistics are also on the side of the forward: this season he scored 8 in the Champions League (shares the first place with Kane), 27 in Ligue 1 (the leader by a huge margin), 9 in the qualification for the Euros, and this is not even counting the less significant tournaments.
In addition, expectations from the French national team speak in favor of Mbappe’s prospects in the fight for the title of the best scorer. This is the second most likely winner of the tournament with odds of the same 5; that is, the Gaelic Roosters are expected to play a lot of matches, and every time is a chance for Kylian to score more. The second most expensive line-up of the draw (total cost – 1.23 billion euros) provides for a wide selection of high-quality potential assistants, but a place at the point of attack for our hero is practically guaranteed.
Harry Kane – 6.7
The player of amazing talent is incredibly unlucky: being a universally recognized scorer, he has not won a single trophy in his almost 31 years. This could also be attributed to the relatively low average level of Tottenham, where he spent most of his career, and the Englishman brought his “curse” with him to Bayern, which for the first time in many years did not win either the Bundesliga or the German Cup with him.
However, it would be strange to hang all the dogs on Harry, who did everything in his power to ensure that the team achieved the best possible results. In the Bundesliga, Kane scored an incredible 36 goals in the first season – more than one per game, and it was not his fault that it did not help Bayern to become champions. He managed to win the Champions League 8 times – here the Englishman shares the first place with another superstar who did not manage to win this tournament, Mbappe. The forward added 8 more goals in qualifying for the current Euro, so his scoring talents, despite his not very young age, do not cause doubts.
In terms of team support, Kane’s situation is about the same as Mbappe’s, and England is not just one of the contenders for the title, but the main favorite with a coefficient of 4.1. English fans will be disappointed even with elimination in the semi-finals. Harry’s partners are of the highest quality, because all together they are worth 1.78 billion euros. A certain problem for the forward will be that he does not have as much of a defining role in his team as Kylian does for the French, and others can pull the blanket over him.
Cristiano Ronaldo – 14
In the last few years, you can regularly hear the opinion that Ronaldo is already old, he has given up, is slowly ending his career and is about to stop playing altogether – or at least for the national team. On the one hand, Cristiano is already 39 years old, and even in Saudi Arabia, he is given, to put it mildly, not all the trophies, on the other hand, the coaching staff of Portugal still considers him useful, so he invited him to the next tournament.
The current goalscoring feats of the Portuguese should be evaluated very carefully: no matter how carefully football in Asia is strengthened, the leagues there do not reach the European top 5 in any way. Therefore, 35 goals in the championship of Saudi Arabia and 6 in the AFC Champions League – the argument is not so strong. 10 goals in qualifying for the current Euro seem much more important – the same Mbappé and Kane could not achieve this.
Ronaldo’s presence in the list of potential top scorers is due to the fact that he is still the owner of five Golden Balls – albeit not young, but one of the best in his time, and in all history. The problem, however, is that he represents “only” Portugal. There are also enough top players here, but it is difficult for them to compete with the English or French in terms of depth, and every injury to one of the leaders can slightly skew the game. The Portuguese won the Euro eight years ago, but they are unlikely to be disappointed if they are eliminated in the conditional semi-finals. This means that Cristiano has less chance to stand out, despite the fact that in every game the opponent’s defense will be more serious than what he is used to in the Middle East.
Conclusion
Mbappe looks the most promising – he is a very important performer in the team that plans to play all matches, including the final. All gears will go to him, and Kylian himself will do everything possible for the long-awaited Ballon d’Or.