Vote for the greatest striker since 2000 - last 16

Goals win matches. Or, so they say anyway.

But who has been the best European striker of the 21st century so far? It’s a tough one. In fact, there’s only one way to decide – a tournament!

BBC Sport journalists have shortlisted 32 players and they will face off in a knockout competition until you pick the ultimate winner.

To be included on the shortlist, players must have scored at least 20 goals in three seasons and their international pedigree and success has also been taken into account.

The ties have been drawn from a hat and some enthralling clashes have come out including an all-English tie between Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen and an all-Spanish clash between Raul and Fernando Torres!

Throughout Thursday 4 June, BBC Sport will ask people to vote for their winners in this page while running a live text commentary to share the results from each round and people’s memories of the strikers, using #besteurostriker.

Here’s the planned schedule for the day:

It’s over to you.

The results for the first round are in, see below, and now it’s your turn to vote for who you want to progress to the quarter-final below…

If you are viewing this page on the BBC News app please click here to vote.

Last 32 results:

Match 1: Mbappe v Kane – Mbappe wins 58%

Match 2: Bale v Del Piero – Del Piero 72%

Match 3: Villa v Lukaku – Villa 90%

Match 4: Huntelaar v Costa – Costa 66%

Match 5: Di Natale v Dzeko – Dzeko 63%

Match 6: Henry v Trezeguet – Henry 97%

Match 7: Ibrahimovic v Shevchenko – Zlatan 76%

Match 8: Shearer v Muller – Shearer 77%

Mach 9: Rooney v Owen – Rooney 72%

Match 10: Larsson v Mandzukic – Larsson 77%

Match 11: Kluivert v Totti – Totti 71%

Match 12: Ronaldo v Van Nistelrooy – Ronaldo 90%

Match 13: Toni v Van Persie – Van persie 90%

Match 14: Benzema v Berbatov – Benzema 66%

Match 15: Klose v Lewandowski – Lewandowski 78%

Match 16: Raul v Torres – Raul 70%

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