Torres bags Golden Boot with big finale

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Fernando Torres has been confirmed by UEFA as the winner of its prestigious Golden Boot award for Euro 2012.

By ESPNSTAR.com staff
Torres's goal and assist in the closing six minutes of Spain's 4-0 triumph over Italy in the final took him to three goals and one assist for the tournament - level with Germany's Mario Gomez who also has three goals and an assist.
However, Torres took home the Golden Boot prize by virtue of having played fewer minutes (189) at the tournament than Gomez (282).
Netherlands striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar finished Euro 2012 as the overall top scorer despite not scoring in the finals because of his 12 goals in the qualifying campaign.
Michel Platini's nine goals at the 1984 UEFA European Championship finals for France still remains the top scorer record for a single tournament.
UEFA Euro 2012 final tournament top scorers
3
Fernando Torres (Spain)
Mario Gomez (Germany)
Mario Balotelli (Italy)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
Mario Mandžukić (Croatia)
2
Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark)
Cesc Fàbregas (Spain)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)
Petr Jiráček (Czech Republic)
Michael Krohn-Dehli (Denmark)
Václav Pilař (Czech Republic)
Dimitris Salpingidis (Greece)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
Xabi Alonso (Spain)
David Silva (Spain)
UEFA Euro 2012 overall top scorers
12
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands)
10
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Miroslav Klose (Germany)
9
Mario Gomez (Germany)
7
Antonio Cassano (Italy)
Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
Mikael Forssell (Finland)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland)
Robin van Persie (Netherlands)
David Villa (Spain)