Trio share scoring plaudits
Friday, July 27, 2007
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Three players finished joint top scorers with three goals in Austria: Germany's Anis Ben-Hatira, Kévin Monnet-Paquet of France and Greece's Kostas Mitroglou.
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Three players finished level at the top of the goalscoring charts after the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final in Linz, with Germany's Anis Ben-Hatira, France striker Kévin Monnet-Paquet and Kostas Mitroglou of Greece all managing three goals during the final tournament in Austria.
One-goal final
The latter would have taken the honour outright had he converted either of the presentable opportunities that fell to him during the final at the Linzer Stadion, but instead it was Spain midfielder Daniel Parejo who struck the only goal of the game seven minutes before half-time, his first of the finals. Ben-Hatira and Monnet-Paquet both tasted defeat in the semi-finals, leaving five goals as the highest total ever recorded in a U19 final tournament. That mark was set by Paulo Sérgio of Portugal in 2003 and equalled by Serbia and Montenegro forward Borko Veselinović in 2005 and Spain's Alberto Bueno and İlhan Parlak of Turkey a year ago in Poland.
2006/07 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Top Scorers (after five matches)
