Top scorers share adidas Golden Boot
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Spain captain Javi Rodríguez and Portugal's Joel Queirós both struck in the final to share the adidas Golden Boot award for the top scorer with Azerbaijan's Biro Jade and Saad Assis of Italy on five goals.
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Spain captain Javi Rodríguez and Portugal's Joel Queirós both struck in the final to share the adidas Golden Boot award for the top scorer with Azerbaijan's Biro Jade and Saad Assis of Italy on five goals. The adidas Golden Boot is the official award for the leading marksman of the UEFA European Futsal Championship.
Prize shared
Since Assis's side were eliminated in the quarter-finals and Biro Jade, who netted for Azerbaijan against Portugal in the semis, missed the third-place play-off defeat by the Czech Republic through suspension, neither man appeared on the last day of the championship. That allowed 35-year-old Javi Rodríguez, one of a clutch of players on four goals before the final, to join Assis and Biro Jade in first place with a clever back-heel, his 99th international strike.
Joel honours
Later in the showpiece match, Joel also found the target to move onto five goals, although he could not prevent Spain beating Portugal 4-2. In addition, Joel's effort made him the ten goal joint-top scorer for the tournament including qualifying, level with Italy's Clayton Baptistella who registered four times in Hungary.
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