Euro 2012 player of the tournament so far?

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Silva is having a really good tournament, however the winner will be someone who plays for the winning team so, at this point, it's all irrelevant how they play.

The last 4 winners have been:-

Xavi
Zagorakis
Zidane
Sammer

Xavi certainly wont be winning it this time. He's been quite poor.

For me:
1. CRonaldo
2. Özil
3. Iniesta

Joleon and Gerrard have been good for England. Maybe if we get through and one of them has a good game they can be added to the list.<br /><br />-- Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:10 am --<br /><br />

Yes I did, and I considered mentioning him as well. But. If you study the two goals more closely there is quite a difference. Zlatan has plenty room to move, is not pressed nearly as hard as Mario, and can therefore maneuver his body-weight OVER the ball in time for impact. This makes it fairly easy to press the ball down, i.e a good kick, but one that plenty of players has the capacity to do once in a while.

What makes Mario's goal so special is that he has to lean deep into the defending player in order to position himself. When he hits the ball his body-weight is far BELOW the ball. He still manages to press the ball down and into goal. That is absolutely amazing and something not many, if anyone, can do after him. The Norwegian national coach who was a pundit at the broadcasting of the game here was nearly brought to tears when he saw it.

Zlatan's was a better goal. End of.

Because you said so. :) You obviously mistake 'good' for 'pretty'. A common mistake.

Carroll's header was better than both of them! The cross was sublime and it's so much harder to head a ball from 17 yards than it is to kick it. The technique on the header was superb! Goal of the tournament so far for me.