No Ronaldo's Name, Is This Team Of The Tournament Or Team Of The Final Four Euro 2020?

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JAKARTA - The Italian champions and runners-up England dominate the 11 best players in the Team of the Tournament Euro 2020 that UEFA announced on Tuesday. However, there is no name for the tournament's top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo on the list.

Italy, who won their second Euro trophy at Wembley on Sunday, July 11, were represented by five of their players including goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma who was named the Euro 2020 Player of the Year and the aging defender Leonardo Bonucci who scored and became the star of the match. final match.

Three other names from the Gli Azzurri squad that entered the Team of the Tournament Euro 2020 are full-back Leonardo Spinazzolla, anchor midfielder Jorginho and winger Federico Chiesa.

Meanwhile from England there are two defenders namely Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire and winger Raheem Sterling.

Spanish talent Pedri, who won the Euro 2020 Best Young Player title, was also selected in the Team of The Tournament.

Danish midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg completes the trio of midfielders selected by UEFA's technical reviewers, while Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku has been selected to fill the front line of the Team of the Tournament.

The UEFA technical review team, which included former England coach Fabio Capello and current West Ham United manager David Moyes, chose the 4-3-3 formation for the Team of The Tournament because the scheme is often used by teams participating in Euro 2020.

However, the question is, where is the Euro 2020 top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo? Do the names chosen have to be players from the Euro 2020 semifinalist team?

If so, wouldn't it be better to just call it Team of the Final Four instead of Team of the Tournament?

In fact, it is not without reason if we question the name Ronaldo. The Portugal captain won the Euro 2020 Golden Shoe award for five goals throughout the tournament.

Patrik Schick's five goals could have been matched by Ronaldo, but the Czech forward needed five games to reach the same number, while Ronaldo has only played four.

What's more, Ronaldo also added to his tally with one assist - which since Euro 2012 counts for the determination of the Golden Boot - in a total of 360 minutes of appearances compared to Schick's five goals without assists in 404 minutes.

Ronaldo's achievement of the Euro 2020 Golden Shoe was accompanied by his success in sharpening himself as Portugal's top scorer with 109 goals while equaling the international record for most goals by Iranian legend, Ali Daei.

An additional five goals at Euro 2020 also made Ronaldo the most fertile player in the European championship with a total of 14 goals in appearances in five editions.

Unfortunately, Ronaldo failed to bring his country to qualify for the quarter-finals after being defeated by Belgium 1-0 in the round of 16. That's why Capello, Moyes and other UEFA technical reviewers did not glance at the former Real Madrid star.

In any case, the decision has to be accepted, here is the UEFA Euro 2020 Team of the Tournament line-up:

Introducing the official Team of the Tournament for #EURO2020 Who would be your captain? pic.twitter.com/goGLi6qQzj

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) July 13, 2021

Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy); Kyle Walker (England), Leonardo Bonucci (Italy), Harry Maguire (England), Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy); Jorginho (Italy), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Denmark), Pedri (Spain); Federico Chiesa (Italy), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Raheem Sterling (England)