Based on some key stats below is my team of the Euros so far.
- Hradecky (Finland) had a clean sheet faced against an xG of 1.9
- Semedo (Portgual) had 2 key passes, 90% pass rate, 104 touches, 1 box touch, 2 aerials won, 7 tackles won, a blocked cross and a clean sheet.
- Varane (France) won 3 aerials out of 3, 1 tackle out of 1, had 9 clearances, 2 interceptions, 2 blocked shots, a 93% pass completion rate and a clean sheet.
- Arajuuri (Finland) won 6 aerials (60%), 2 tackles out of 2 won, had 8 clearances, 2 interceptions, 2 blocked shots, 91% pass rate and a clean sheet
- Spinazzola (Italy) had 2 shots (both on target), a key pass, 10 box touches, 2 interceptions, a blocked shot, 2 blocked crosses and a clean sheet.
- Koke (Spain) had 2 shots, 2 key passes, 103 accurate passes, 93% pass rate, 128 touches, 3 box touches, 1.153 touches per pass and won 2 out of 2 tackles
- Pereira (Portugal) had 90% pass completion, 84 touches, 1 box touch, 1 out of 1 aerial won, 3 out of 3 tackles won, 2 clearances, 2 interceptions, a clean sheet and 3 points.
- Kroos (Germany) had 2 shots, 1 key pass, 100 accurate passes, 94%, 127 touches, 1.198 touches per pass and 7 tackles won.
- Pedri (Spain) had 97 accurate passes (92%), 113 touches and least touches per pass of any starting midfielder at 1.076
- Ronaldo (Portugal) had an xG per 90 of 2,1, scored 2 goals, had 4 shots at goal, 87% pass rate, 49 touches and 8 box touches.
- Schick (Czech Republic) had 6 shots at goal (joint top) with 5 on target (the most that any player had) and he scored 2 goals with one of them a worldy.
I'm sure there will be many disagreements. What was your team of the first round ?
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