England vs Argentina
England’s second round opponents Argentina had enjoyed a fairly straight forward progression to the 2nd round, advancing as winners of Group H with a 100% record. Somewhat fortuitously Argentina would face their toughest opponents in Group H on matchday 3, at a time when both sides had already guaranteed qualification. Argentina would open their campaign […]
England vs Colombia
Prior to England’s matchday 2 encounter with Romania in Toulouse, Colombia would take on Tunisia at the Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier in front of 30,000 spectators. This stadium would hold particular significance for Colombia captain Carlos Valderrama, who was once a Montpellier player between 1988 and 1991. He was no doubt hoping a […]
England vs Romania
Following England’s victory over Tunisia on matchday one, fellow Group G opponents Romania and Colombia would meet at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon. These sides last met at the World Cup in USA in 1994, at which time the Romanian’s would win 3-1 with goals from Hagi & West Ham United legend Florin Raducioiu. […]
England vs Tunisia
When we consider Hoddle’s previous selections throughout the qualification campaign and the form of the players leading into the tournament, this is arguably England’s strongest 11 with one glaring omission. The major talking point in the lead up to this game was the exclusion of David Beckham, who by this stage was a regular for […]
Euro 96 Top 5 Attackers Analysis
Within this article we identify the top 5 highest ranking individual attackers at Euro 96, breaking down why they were so important to their team’s overall attack play. Top 5 Statistical Attackers When building an analysis of the best overall attackers at Euro 96 there were of course a wide variety of factors we could […]
Euro 96 Chance Creation Analysis
Within this article we are going to break down the chance creation statistics of the tournament at large and assess the value of each sides approach play. Given this is a tournament format which progresses into knockout rounds we are going to weight our metrics in Per 90, which naturally levels out the statistics to […]
Euro 96 Tournament Attack Analysis
Throughout this article we are going to break down the attacking attributes of each side, assessing who excelled and which teams under performed. Given this is a tournament format which progresses into knockout rounds we are going to weight our metrics in Per 90, which naturally levels out the statistics to factor in each teams […]
Czech Republic vs Germany
Berti Vogts would be without the suspended Andreas Moller for the Final, a loss that would cause a significant impact on his teams midfield. Thomas Hassler was patched up and sent out in the starting 11 to replace Moller, but unfortunately it was clear he wasn’t at his top level. One major addition back into […]
Germany vs England
Terry Venables was without Gary Neville for this match, so would reintroduce Paul Ince into the midfield alongside David Platt to serve as defensive cover for McManaman and Anderton who would play as wing backs in a 352 formation. This coverage also afforded Gascoigne more license to break forward, either on the dribble or to […]
France vs Czech Republic
Aime Jacquet would contine to set up his France side in the familiar 4321 system, however with the suspensions of both Deschamps and Karembeu it would impact the roles and responsibilities within their set up significantly. Both full backs would continue to be used as the attacking width in the match, driving forward in possession […]