Morata reaches impressive milestone at EURO 2024, only losing to Platini and Ronaldo

Spain had a resounding 3-0 victory over Croatia in the opening match of Group B - EURO 2024. Alvaro Morata, Fabian Ruiz and Daniel Carvajal scored for La Roja in the 29th, 32nd and 45+2nd minutes respectively.

Morata climbed to 3rd place in the list of best scorers in EURO history. (Photo: Reuters)

Notably, striker Morata's opening goal for the Spanish national team helped this striker reach an impressive personal milestone at EURO 2024. Specifically, the striker born in 1992 has risen to the top 3 in the list of players who have scored the most goals in EURO finals. Morata has scored a total of 7 goals after only 2 EURO tournaments that this player participated in.

Up to now, the Atletico Madrid striker's achievements are on par with Alan Shearer (England national team) and Antoine Griezmann (France national team). Morata is currently only behind Michel Platini (9 goals) and Cristiano Ronaldo (14 goals).

List of the best goalscorers in EURO history (as of June 16, 2024)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal national team) - 14 goals

Michel Platini (France national team) - 9 goals

Alvaro Morata (Spain national team) - 7 goals

Antoine Griezmann (France national team) - 7 goals

Alan Shearer (England) - 7 goals

Romelu Lukaku (Belgium national team) - 6 goals

Wayne Rooney (England) - 6 goals

Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands national team) - 6 goals

Thierry Henry (France national team) - 6 goals

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden national team) - 6 goals

Nuno Gomes (Portugal national team) - 6 goals

Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands national team) - 6 goals

Source: https://vov.vn/the-thao/morata-can-cot-moc-an-tuong-o-euro-2024-chi-thua-platini-va-ronaldo-post1101814.vov