Germany has found its best game at the right time. After several years of debate about where the national team’s game should go, Toni Kroos and Ilkay Gündogan have known how to find the key so that the hosts in this Euro Cup are considered one of the rivals to beat along with Spain. A team that is leaving very good feelings that has a very simple explanation based on statistics and that still has to make a last effort against Switzerland if it wants to be the group leader.
These are the Interwetten odds for Switzerland-Germany:
- Swiss 5.50
- Tie 3.65
- Germany 1.70
Possession is from Germany
Pep Guardiola himself would fall in love with Germany’s statistics. The Die Mannschaft They have managed to lead several records in the game that are making them a truly fearsome rival. Julian Nagelsmann’s team is the one that accumulates the most possession in these first two games with an average of 70.5%above its most immediate pursuers such as Portugal, Croatia or Denmark.
A fact whose explanation lies in the pairing of Toni Kroos and Ilkay Gündogan, the driving forces at different times in Germany’s game. The Real Madrid player has taken over the engine room and He is already the one who has made the most completed passes on the German team with 227 of 247 complicated passes. A selection that He stands out for having made more than 100 passes than his rivals (1,684) and has been able to move the ball the most throughout the field..
The other important person is the midfielder of FC Barcelona and former Manchester City player. The German has the key to the offensive game that is concentrated in the last quarter of the field, being he the one most capable of playing in this fine stretch of the field. In fact, They have completed up to 570 passes in this quarter, almost more than 150 than their closest pursuer, Portugal. Some data that, together with the number of shots that Güngogan takes in the game, only surpassed by Leroy Sané and at the same level as Mittelstad, Musiala and Wirtz.
These are the Interwetten odds of how many assists Toni Kroos will make:
- 1 or more 2.95
- 2 or more 17.00
The intrahistory of the Kroos-Gündogan duo
“Toni is an exceptional player. We all know his qualities with the ball. It is fun to be on the field with him,” said Jonathan Tah, another of the protagonists of the engine room, before the game against Switzerland. A return of Toni Kroos to say goodbye at the top or try, which has been explained by Gündogan in an interview with ‘Bild’: “We had very, very good and open communication from day one”he said about the conversation that the Germany captain had with Julian Nagelsmann before the Euro Cup.
“He informed me in advance about Toni Kroos’ decision, got my opinion and explained my new role on the pitch”, he also said. A trust towards his 33-year-old captain that he has repaid with a spectacular performance alongside Toni Kroos. They won against Scotland with the largest win by a host debuting in the Euro Cup (5-1) and they did it again against Hungary (2-0). A final result that they now hope to achieve against their most difficult rival, Switzerland.
