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1 - Questions about our event definitions? If you want to know what is and is not an assist, how shots on target differ from blocked shots or want to know the full range of data we collect, you can find explanations here. Information.
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3 - Portugal’s Diogo Costa is the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a UEFA European Championship penalty shootout and also the first to concede zero goals in a Euro shootout. Hero. #EURO2024
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20 - Cristiano Ronaldo attempted 20 shots without scoring at the #EURO2024 - only four players have taken more shots without scoring at a single EURO tournament since 1980. Drought. #PORSLO
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19 – N’Golo Kante is now on the longest unbeaten run by any European player in major tournament history (World Cup/EUROs), with France not losing any of the 19 such games in which he’s played (W13 D6). Guardian. #EURO2024
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5 - France have benefited from their fifth own goal at the EURO, more than any other team. Les Bleus are also the team whose opponents have scored the most such goals at the World Cup (6). Luck. #FRABEL
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37 - Jan Vertonghen (37 years, 68 days) is the oldest player to score an own goal at the EUROs and the first-ever Belgian to do so at the tournament. Unlucky. #EURo2024
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21 - Most chances created by players aged 21 or under in knockout stage games at the UEFA European Championship (since 1980): 6 - Lamine Yamal v Georgia (2024) 6 - Cesc Fàbregas v Russia (2008) 5 - Pedri v Switzerland (2021) Amigos.
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1 - Nico Williams is the only player on record at the UEFA European Championship (since 1980) to score a goal, assist a goal, and complete 100% of his passes (46/46) in a game he started. Immaculate. #EURO2024
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3 - Spain’s 4-1 victory over Georgia is the biggest margin of victory by a team who conceded the opening goal in a game at the UEFA European Championship. Vengeance. #EURO2024
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2 - Lamine Yamal has made two assists for Spain at #EURO2024 (v Croatia and Georgia); the first teenager to assist multiple goals at an edition of the UEFA European Championship since Cristiano Ronaldo at EURO 2004 (2). Phenom.
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6 – Jude Bellingham has scored six goals in second half stoppage time in 2023-24 (four for Real Madrid and two for England), with all six either putting his team in front or equalising. Force. #EURO2024
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@OptaAnalyst
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𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐-𝟏 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐚 📈 England set up a Euro 2024 quarter-final tie with Switzerland next weekend, but it was far from pretty for Gareth Southgate and his side. We look back at the key facts & stats from the match. #Euro2024 #ENGSLO
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4 - England have won their last four games when conceding first at the UEFA European Championship, with only France (5) winning more after conceding the opening goal in the competition’s history. Character. #EURO2024
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95 - Jude Bellingham's equaliser was England's latest ever goal in normal time at the UEFA European Championship (94:34), and was netted with his side's first shot on target in the match. Cometh. #EURO2024
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0 - This is the first time England have failed to record a shot on target in the first half of a knockout stage game at a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs) since the 1986 World Cup quarter-final versus Argentina. Restricted. #EURO2024
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17 - With just 17 minutes played, this is the earliest on record (since 1980) that a team have had three different players booked at the UEFA European Championship (Guéhi, Mainoo & Bellingham). Overzealous. #EURO2024
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79 - In today's game against Slovakia, Harry Kane will overtake Peter Shilton (78) as the player with the most ever competitive appearances for England (79). Leader. #EURO2024
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3 - Kobbie Mainoo (19y 72d) is the third-youngest player to start a knockout stage game for England at a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs), after Michael Owen v Argentina in 1998 (18y 198d) and Wayne Rooney v Portugal in 2004 (18y 244d). Occasion. #EURO2024
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5 - England have won five of their six games against Slovakia – however, their one failure to defeat them was at EURO 2016 in their only previous major tournament meeting (a goalless draw in Saint-Étienne). Stage. #EURO2024
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