32 European strikers were shortlisted
A random draw pitted them head-to-head, for you to ultimately pick your winner
Ronaldo beat Henry in final
Villa and Rooney out in quarters
Mbappe and Shearer knocked out in last 16
Kane, Bale and Owen were first-round casualties
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A classic Twitter exchange in response to our Match of the Day tweet. Jon J's stubbornness and Nick's attempts to explain the rules are admirable.
Jon J: Zidane is better than all of them even though it was in 1998.
Nick: Zidane isn’t a striker....
Jon J: Still won a World Cup final by himself.
Nick: Again the question is best striker...
Jon J: And again I really don't care.
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Raashman: The result I have most issue with from the round of 32, is Larsson > Mandzukic, especially with 77% of the vote. I went for Mario on that one.
Results
Ronaldo penalty gives Portugal early lead
If you're just tuning in, or asking where Ruud van Nistelrooy is, here's how you voted in the first round this morning:
Match 1: Kylian Mbappe v Harry Kane – Mbappe wins 58%
Match 2: Gareth Bale v Alessandro del Piero – Del Piero 72%
Math 3: David Villa v Romelu Lukaku – Villa 90%
Match 4: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar v Diego Costa – Costa 66%
Match 5: Antonio di Natale v Edin Dzeko - Dzeko 63%
Match 6: Thierry Henry v David Trezeguet – Henry 97%
Match 7: Zlatan Ibrahimovic v Andriy Shevchenko – Zlatan 76%
Match 8: Alan Shearer v Thomas Muller – Shearer 77%
Mach 9: Wayne Rooney v Michael Owen – Rooney 72%
Match 10: Henrik Larsson v Mario Mandzukic – Larsson 77%
Match 11: Patrick Kluivert v Francesco Totti – Totti 71%
Match 12: Cristiano Ronaldo v Ruud van Nistelrooy – Ronaldo 90%
Match 13: Luca Toni v Robin van Persie – Van Persie 90%
Match 14: Karim Benzema v Dimitar Berbatov – Benzema 66%
Match 15: Miroslav Klose v Robert Lewandowski – Lewandowski 78%
Match 16: Raul v Fernando Torres – Raul 70%
Mbappe becomes France's youngest tournament goalscorer
Image source, Angel MartinezGareth Bale
Gareth Bale has just seen his result in round one...
Gareth Bale does not want to come back to the Premier League and is likely to finish his career at Real Madrid, his agent Jonathan Barnett says.
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You have until 13:00 BST to vote. Results will be announced around 13:30 BST and then we'll be down to the last eight...
Robert Lewandowski v Raul
Two European titans, prolific goalscorers. Lewa has 64 goals in the Champions League, Raul 71...
While we're talking strikers, Shane Long has just signed a new two-year deal at Southampton. He'll outplay us all.
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Oliver Fenn: Zlatan must win! Goat!
Coatsy: Anyone other than Henrik Larsson wins #besteurostriker then you all don't have a clue!! #KingOfKings
Robin van Persie v Karim Benzema
Another tight match-up, in my eyes anyway. Benzema has the Champions League pedigree but he's never won the Premier League has he...
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DoctorJokier: Cristiano is the best player of all time, so it stands to reason that he is also the best European striker. Won the league in 3 countries, won 5 champions league, A European Cup, and scored 20+ goals in the EPL, La Liga and Serie A.
Francesco Totti v Cristiano Ronaldo
Another hospital pass of a draw for Totti here. A magician and a one-club legend but he'll have to pull off an almighty upset to shade this one.
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You have until 13:00 BST to vote. Results will be announced around 13:30 BST and then we'll be down to the last eight...
Wayne Rooney v Henrik Larsson
I know I mentioned this earlier but it was one of my favourite TV quiz moments...
Henrik Larsson answer wins Pointless
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Chuzzawozza: Villa every time. Costa was a beast, but Villa contributed to Spain's international glory, played his part for Barca AND didn't cause problems in the dressing room/for the manager - so he'd get the nod for squad harmony.
Factoring squad harmony is brilliant.
Wayne Rooney v Henrik Larsson
A match-up who DID play alongside each other, albeit very briefly.
Who was the better striker though?
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Abubakar: TOTTI TOTTI TOTTI!
Think that's a vote for Francesco Totti.
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You have until 13:00 BST to vote. Results will be announced around 13:30 BST and then we'll be down to the last eight...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic v Alan Shearer
Another duo that I would have liked to see play alongside each other! A right handful.
This is very tough to call. Zlatan has 271 league goals in the top five leagues while Big Al has 260.
Plus some pre-Premier League of course. Call it a draw.
If all of Zlatan's clubs get on board he'll walk this.
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