The first phase of the European Championship showed that football has become very equal, that modest teams like Georgia or Romania are capable of looking anyone in the eye, and the data reflects this. Spain turned towards a more vertical game and not with as much possession, something already reserved for Germany and Portugal.
Of course, Luis de la Fuente’s men are the only ones in the entire Euro who have kept a clean sheet in all three matches. At the same time, the great scorers did not appear and that has allowed other less known ones to emerge. An increasingly democratic and orderly football, with speed and resistance at the height of quality.
These are some data that Europe reveals in the middle of its journey:
-The highest scoring team was Germany, with eight goals. Croatia was left out having scored three and France is classified, which did one less.
-Germany dominated ball possession in terms of average of the three games: 64.34% equal with Portugal. Spain is striking, finishing in seventh position on this list with 54%, less than in other tournaments. Goergia, his rival in the round of 16, averages only 41.67%.
-The team with the most passes and also the most precise was Germany. His reliability with the ball is 93%. Spain is close with 90%. The Germans also shot more than anyone else. 57 shots. Behind them, Portugal (54) and Türkiye (50).
-The team that traveled the most kilometers together was Italy with a total of 357.74. Very good information about Spain too, which was third in terms of effort with 353.15 kilometers among all its players.
-On an individual basis, the Albanian Ramadani is the one who accumulated the most kilometers in the first phase: 37.51 between the three matches played. Barella, the Italian, adds 37.03.
-Mikautadze, with three goals, leads the list of scorers. They are followed by Füllkrug, Gakpo, Marin and Musiala with two. The big scorers have barely appeared: Mbappé (1), Kane (1) and Cristiano (0).
-There have not been great attendees either. The classification is very divided between those who manage to give two: Aké, Budimir, Freuler, Kucka, Man…
-Cristiano does lead the classification of the players who shot the most. In total, he left 12 attempts in Portugal’s three games, although he did not score. Eriksen scored 10 for the Danes.
-The great ball retriever of the Euro Cup was Marc Guehi. The Englishman, like the Hungarian Orban, intercepted 26 balls. The centre-back will be able to continue increasing his records from the round of 16 onwards.
-Several players finished the group stage with 100% accuracy in their passes. The Romanian Alibec, the Georgian Altunashvili or the Slovakian Benes They are some of those who did not lose a single ball.
-The fastest player in the Euro was, so far, the Slovenian Sesko. He reached 35.9 kilometers per hour in the race. It is a little more than Mihaila, who reached 35.8.
-Georgia is the team that has played the most duels in its matches (55). Their meetings, therefore, are blocked and with friction. Also those of Austra (51). The Georgians also lead the list of recovered balls (134).
-Mamardashvili is without a doubt the goalkeeper of the tournament. Between the three meetings he made 20 stopsfour more than the next on the list, the Poland goalkeeper.
-The only team to have kept a clean sheet in all three games is Spain. Belgium, England and France follow with two. The rest of the teams have conceded at least one goal in all of their games.
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