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Whenever a major tournament rolls around plenty is said about who’s going to win it, and who’s going to be the leading scorer, which makes the race for Player of the Tournament at Euro 2024 a potential gold mine.
Only once in the seven European Championships in which the award has been presented has the winner of the Golden Ball also won the Golden Boot – that was Antoine Griezmann in 2016.
Coincidentally the Frenchman was also the only player to have claimed the title despite having not having won the tournament – France lost the final in extra time against Portugal.
The fact that despite all this information, the odds for this prize follow those for the Golden Boot very closely might mean there is value to be found here.
Let’s take a look at the names in the frame, shall we?
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Kylian Mbappe (France)
Yes, him. The face of football.
Mbappe has scored 12 goals across two World Cups as Les Bleus lifted the trophy in Russia 2018 and then were edged out in the Qatar Final 2022, despite his hat-trick in the final.
However the 25-year-old failed to score at all as France picked up five points from their three group games at Euro 2020 before being dumped out in the Round of 16 on penalties by Switzerland.
France are narrowly behind England in the battle for favouritism with the bookmakers to lift the trophy in Berlin’s Olympiastadion on July 14 – Bastille Day.
You have to think if they make it to the latter stages then much will depend on Mbappe. The fact that Griezmann, now 33 and, let’s be frank, rather on the wane eight years after his star showing on home soil is the second favourite Frenchman in the running for the major individual awards to land the big prize at 22/1+ tells a story. The fact Ousmane Dembele and Olivier Giroud are next best at north of 50/1 tells…
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Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-06-12 08:00:42
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