Czech Republic vs Italy
Czech Republic brought their Euro 96 campaign to life with a 2-1 win over Italy at Anfield. Radek Bejbl scored the decisive goal during the first half, after Italy striker Enrico Chiesa had cancelled out Pavel Nedved’s opener in a wild game. Coach Dusan Uhrin made some clever tactical changes to the Czech lineup, and […]
Portugal vs Turkey
Coach Antonio Oliveira would again set up Portugal in a very fluid system, which in this particular match took more of a 4-1-4-1 shape. With Oceano dropping out of the team it caused a slight re-shuffle, led primarily by Folha coming into the left side and taking up the role of a more traditional wide […]
Portugal vs Turkey
Portugal picked up an important three points in the Group D battle for qualification with a hard fought win over Turkey. Coach Antonio Oliveira drafted Antonio Folha into the Portugal starting 11 after he provided the assist as a substitute in their 1-1 draw with Denmark. Turkey made three changes, with Recep Cetin, Oguz Cetin […]
Switzerland vs Holland
Holland’s system of play was a 343 diamond system, which utilized short build up play to move the ball into the inside channels of the midfield, and then penetrative passes were played into the striker or wingers depending on where the opposition back line moved to. Bogarde & Reiziger were positioned higher up the field […]
Switzerland vs Holland
Netherlands put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the quarter finals with a 2-0 victory over a stubborn Switzerland team at Villa Park. Jordi Cruyff and Dennis Bergkamp found the net for the Dutch, who moved into pole position, ahead of England facing Scotland in Group A’s next game. The Dutch lined up […]
Bulgaria vs Romania
Bulgaria’s attacking formation was predicated on the narrow front three’s positioning, with the intent of pinning Romania’s full backs and forcing them to defend 4v3. Both Stoichkov & Kostadinov remained in advanced positions during transition, each within the width of the 18 yard box. Penev served as a traditional target man, linking the play where […]
Bulgaria vs Romania
Bulgaria injected life into their Euro 96 campaign, and eliminated Romania with a tight 1-0 win in Newcastle. The game would see a clash of two star playmakers, as former Barcelona teammates Hristo Stoichkov and Gheorghe Hagi were the fulcrum of each team’s attack. Dimitar Penev lined his Bulgaria team up in a 4-3-3 making […]
Euro 96 Round 1 Attack Analysis
The opening round of matches have taken place at Euro 96, and now that we have compiled our data set we can take a closer look at how each team performed statistically. Attack Value Within this graph we have compiled each teams total number of attacks on goal and placed them alongside their expected goals […]
Turkey vs Croatia
Turkey were extremely comfortable on the ball at the back, which gave them the ability to build possession but also play direct accurate passes into the forwards. Sukur was the lone striker with Sergen playing underneath & between the lines, but could run in behind should a ball be flicked on by Sukur. Ogun & […]
Turkey vs Croatia
Croatia opened up their Euro 96 campaign with a hard fought 1-0 victory over a battling Turkey at the home of Nottingham Forest. The Croats were competing in their first ever major tournament, having formerly been part of a Yugoslavia team. The fledgling nation raised eyebrows in qualification by beating Italy to first place in […]