Klose takes Golden Shoe
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-11 09:05 After 64 games packed with goals and non-stop
action, Germany's Miroslav Klose carried off the adidas Golden Shoe award as the
top scorer at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany.
Germany's Miroslav
Klose (L) and Philipp Lahm celebrate after their World Cup 2006 third
place soccer match against Portugal in Stuttgart July 8,
2006.[Reuters] |
The striker notched five goals in seven matches to take his total FIFA World
Cup tally to ten.
Finishing in second and third place respectively were Argentina's Hernan
Crespo and Brazil's Ronaldo, providing both with some consolation for exiting
the tournament at the quarter-final stage.
Although the two were tied on three goals and one assist each, it was Crespo
who took the silver having spent just 305 minutes on the pitch compared with 409
for Ronaldo.
Klose's five-goal tally is the lowest winning total since the 1962 FIFA World
Cup, not that it makes his achievement any less worthy. With two goals against
Costa Rica, a further brace against Ecuador and a fine header in the
quarter-final with Argentina, Klose moved into third place in the list of top
German goalscorers at the FIFA World Cup finals.
Ronaldo, who beat Klose to the coveted award at Korea/Japan 2002, will take
away another unforgettable memory from Germany 2006. His three goals took him
past German striking legend Gerd Muller to move to the top of the all-time FIFA
World Cup scoring charts with 15 goals.
The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer at the FIFA World Cup. In case
of a tie, the positions are decided by the number of assists made by each player
during the tournament. If two players are still tied, the one who has played the
least number of minutes will be declared the winner. The FIFA Technical Study
Group (TSG) decides which assists should count as such.
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