05/06/2024【Feature】Marco Materazzi - Euro Championship Champion and Top scorer analysis

Marco Materazzi – Euro Championship
Former Italy international defender Marco Materazzi played at the 2004 and 2008 Euro Championship.

Champion
I have two favourites in the tournament, France and England. France because in my opinion has 30/40 players on the same level that would play as starters in all the national teams and then they have the strongest striker in the world in my opinion at this moment. England has a very young and talented team, the only unknown are the big competitions as they never achieve great results. After these two teams I would put Spain, Italy and Portugal. Italy won the last European Championship, so they will have to defend their title. Spain and Portugal on the other hand are the ones that in my opinion play better. Germany has got much better and is the host, it has a lot of quality but the unknown factor is the pressure to play at home.

Top scorer
As for the top scorer I put Mbappe at the top and after him I see Thuram, he is playing very well at Inter and I think he is ripe to do a great European. After this pair I put Lewandowski, Bellingham, Kane and Füllkrug, they are very assorted and are supported by compact teams. For Spain I really like Morata, in my opinion he will score at least 4 goals in the tournament and he is technical, fast and has now acquired the right maturity as captain, but I cannot see past Mbappe for golden boot.

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