jeudi 30 juin 2016

Mario Gomez - Detailed stats in European Cups

Mario Gomez at Fiorentina
Mario Gomez will celebrate his birthday on the same day as the Euro 2016 Final (10.10).

Mario Gomez - Matches and goals in European Cups.

Matches 1-21 with VfB Stuttgart. Matches 22-62 with FC Bayern München. Matches 63-76 with AC Fiorentina. Matches 77-81 with Besiktas JK.


Champions League 2003-2004
 1.  Chelsea FC              (A, S, 81)         0-0

UEFA Cup 2004-2005
 2.  sc Heerenveen           (A, S, 87)         0-1

UEFA Cup 2005-2006
 3.  NK Domzale              (H, S, 70)         2-0
 4.  PAOK Saloniki           (A, S, 61)         2-1
 5.  Rapid Bucuresti         (H, T, 59)         2-1         2 goals (20, 37)
 6.  Middlesbrough FC        (H, S, 64)         1-2
 7.  Middlesbrough FC        (A, S, 64)         1-0

Champions League 2007-2008
 8.  Glasgow Rangers         (A, T, 90)         1-2         1 goal  (56/ 1-0)
 9.  FC Barcelona            (H, T, 90)         0-2
10.  Olympique Lyonnais      (H, T, 90)         0-2
11.  Olympique Lyonnais      (A, T, 90)         2-4         2 goals (16, 56/ 1-1, 2-3)

UEFA Cup Qual. 2008-2009
12.  Györi ETO FC            (H, T, 90)         2-1
13.  Györi ETO FC            (A, T, 63)         4-1         2 goals (55, 60/ 3, 4-0)
UEFA Cup 2008-2009
14.  Cherno More Varna       (A, T, 90)         2-1         2 goals (66, 81/ 1-1, 2-1)
15.  Cherno More Varna       (H, T, 90)         2-2         1 goal  (90/ 2-2)
16.  Sevilla FC              (A, T, 90)         0-2
17.  FK Partizan             (H, T, 90)         2-0         2 goals (76, 80)
18.  UC Sampdoria            (A, T, 90)         1-1
19.  Standard de Liège       (H, T, 81)         3-0
20.  Zenith St. Petersburgh  (A, T, 90)         1-2         1 goal  (15/ 1-1)
21.  Zenith St. Petersburgh  (H, T, 90)         1-2

Champions League 2009-2010
22.  Maccabi Haïfa           (A, S, 64)         3-0
23.  FC Juventus             (H, S, 74)         0-0
24.  Girondins de Bordeaux   (A, S, 78)         1-2
25.  Girondins de Bordeaux   (H, S, 59)         0-2
26.  Maccabi Haïfa           (H, T, 90)         1-0
27.  FC Juventus             (A, T, 90)         4-1         1 goal  (83/ 3-1)
28.  AC Fiorentina           (H, T, 66)         2-1
29.  AC Fiorentina           (A, T, 30)         2-3
30.  Manchester United       (H, S, 73)         2-1
31.  Manchester United       (A, S, 46)         2-3
32.  Olympique Lyonnais      (H, S, 63)         1-0
33.  FC Internazionale       (N, S, 74)         0-2

Champions League 2010-2011
34.  AS Roma                 (H, S, 67)         2-0
35.  FC Basel                (A, S, 46)         2-1
36.  CFR Cluj                (H, T, 90)         3-2         1 goal  (77/ 3-1)
37.  CFR Cluj                (A, T, 90)         4-0         3 goals (12, 24, 71/ 1 to 3)
38.  AS Roma                 (A, T, 90)         2-3         2 goals (33, 39/ 1, 2-0)
39.  FC Basel                (H, T, 90)         3-0
40.  FC Internazionale       (A, T, 90)         1-0         1 goal  (90)
41.  FC Internazionale       (H, T, 90)         2-3         1 goal  (21/ 1-1)

Champions League Qual. 2011-2012
42.  FC Zürich               (H, T, 90)         2-0
43.  FC Zürich               (A, T, 46)         1-0         1 goal  (7)
Champions League 2011-2012
44.  Villareal CF            (A, T, 46)         2-0
45.  Manchester City         (H, T, 90*)        2-0         2 goals (38, 45)
46.  SSC Napoli              (A, T, 90*)        1-1
47.  SSC Napoli              (H, T, 90)         3-2         3 goals (17, 23, 42/ 1 to 3)
48.  Villareal CF            (H, T, 72)         3-1         1 goal  (23/ 2-0)
49.  FC Basel                (A, T, 90)         0-1
50.  FC Basel                (H, T, 90)         7-0         4 goals (44, 50, 61, 67/ 3 to 6)
51.  Olympique de Marseille  (A, T, 90)         2-0         1 goal  (44/ 1-0)
52.  Olympique de Marseille  (H, S, 74)         2-0
53.  Real Madrid CF          (H, T, 90)         2-1         1 goal  (89/ 2-1)
54.  Real Madrid CF          (A, T, 120)        1-2 3-1
55.  Chelsea FC              (N, T, 120)        1-1 3-4

Champions League 2012-2013
56.  Valencia CF             (A, S, 79)         1-1
57.  BATE Borisov            (H, T, 90)         4-1         1 goal  (22/ 1-0)
58.  Arsenal FC              (A, S, 78)         3-1
59.  Arsenal FC              (H, S, 73)         0-2
60.  Juventus FC             (H, S, 90)         2-0
61.  FC Barcelona            (H, T, 71)         4-0         1 goal  (49/ 2-0)
62.  Borussia Dortmund       (N, S, 90)         2-1

Europa League Qual. 2013-2014
63.  Grasshoppers Zürich     (A, T, 90)         2-1
64.  Grasshoppers Zürich     (H, T, 90)         0-1
Europa League 2013-2014
65.  Esbjerg fB              (A, S, 55)         3-1
66.  Esbjerg fB              (H, T, 90)         1-1
67.  FC Juventus             (A, S, 67)         1-1         1 goal  (79/ 1-1)
68.  FC Juventus             (H, T, 63)         0-1

Europa League 2014-2015
69.  EA Guingamp             (H, T, 90)         3-0
70.  PAOK Saloniki           (H, T, 90)         1-1
71.  Dinamo Minsk            (H, T, 46)         1-2
72.  Tottenham Hotspur       (A, T, 85)         1-1
73.  Tottenham Hotspur       (H, T, 90)         2-0         1 goal  (54/ 1-0)
74.  Dynamo Kiev             (A, T, 77)         1-1
75.  Dynamo Kiev             (H, T, 90)         2-0         1 goal  (43/ 1-0)
76.  Sevilla FC              (A, T, 80)         0-3

Europa League 2015-2016
77.  KF Skënderbeu           (A, S, 60)         1-0
78.  Sporting CP             (H, T, 90)         1-1
79.  Lokomotiv Moskva        (A, T, 90)         1-1         1 goal  (64/ 1-1)
80.  Lokomotiv Moskva        (H, T, 90)         1-1
81.  Sporting CP             (A, T, 90)         1-3         1 goal  (5/ 1-0)


*: subbed out at the 90th minute (match #45, 46).


Results by season:
2003-2004: eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Champions League by Chelsea.
2004-2005: VfB is eliminated in the third round of the UEFA Cup. Gomez appeared only once in the group stage.
2005-2006: eliminated in the Third Round of the UEFA Cup by Middlesbrough.
2007-2008: last of Group in the Champions League.
2008-2009: eliminated in the Third Round of the UEFA Cup by Zenit St. Petersburgh.
2009-2010: beaten by Inter Milan in the Champions League Final.
2010-2011: eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Champions League by Inter Milan.
2011-2012: beaten in the Champions League Final by Chelsea. Scored his pk's against Real Madrid and against Chelsea.
2012-2013: winner of the Champions League over Borussia Dortmund.
2013-2014: eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Europa League by Juventus Turin.
2014-2015: eliminated in the Semi-finals of the Europa League by FC Sevilla. sevilla beats Dniepr in the Final.
2015-2016: eliminated at the groups level in the Europa League (third of group H).

Best results and stats:
Winner of the Champions League in 2013.
Twice runner-up of the Champions League : 2010, 2012.
Semi-finalist of the Europa League in 2015.
44 matches/ 26 goals in Champions League (+ 2/ 1 in CL Qual.). 31 matches/ 13 goals in UEFA Cup/ Europa League (+ 4/ 2 in UEFA Cup/ EL Qual.).
2 goals scored in Champions League Semi-finals (against Real Madrid in 2012 and against FC Barcelona in 2013).
2 "real hat-tricks" (1 against Cluj in 2011 and 1 against Naples in 2012). 4 consecutive goals in one match : once (in 2012 against Basel).

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Luca Toni - Detailed stats in European Cups

Toni at Bayern (with Klose)

Luca Toni (born on the 26.05.1977) - Matches and goals in European Cups.

All matches with FC Bayern München.


UEFA Cup 2007-2008
 1.   Os Belenenses           (H, T, 63)         1-0         1 goal  (34)
 2.   Os Belenenses           (A, T, 90)         2-0         1 goal  (60/ 1-0)
 3.   Bolton Wanderers        (H, S, 58)         2-2
 4.   Sporting Braga          (A, T, 90)         1-1
 5.   Aris Saloniki           (H, T, 90)         6-0         4 goals (25,34,38, 66/ 1 to 4)
 6.   Aberdeen FC             (A, T, 90)         2-2
 7.   Aberdeen FC             (H, T, 65)         5-1
 8.   RSC Anderlecht          (A, T, 46)         5-0         1 goal  (45/ 2-0)
 9.   Getafe CF               (H, T, 80)         1-1         1 goal  (26/ 1-0)
10.   Getafe CF               (A, T, 120)        3-3  a.e.t  2 goals (115, 120/ 2-3, 3-3)
11.   Zenit St. Petersburg    (A, T, 90)         0-4

Champions League 2008-2009
12.   Steaua Bucaresti        (A, T, 90)         1-0
13.   Olympique Lyonnais      (H, T, 90)         1-1
14.   AC Fiorentina           (H, T, 57)         3-0
15.   Steaua Bucaresti        (H, T, 82)         3-0         1 goal  (61/ 2-0)
16.   Olympique Lyonnais      (A, T, 90)         3-2
17.   Sporting CP             (A, T, 90)         5-0         2 goals (84, 90/ 4, 5-0)
18.   FC Barcelona            (A, T, 90)         0-4
19.   FC Barcelona            (H, T, 90)         1-1

Champions League 2009-2010
20.  Girondins de Bordeaux    (A, T, 78)         1-2
21.  Girondins de Bordeaux    (H, T, 90)         0-2


Results by season:
2007-2008: eliminated in semi-finals of the EL by Zenit St. Petersburgh. Zenit beats Rangers in the Final.
2008-2009: eliminated in quarter-finals of the CL by FC Barcelona. Barcelona won the Final over "Man. U".
2009-2010: 2 matches in the Champions League group stage before to join AS Roma in winter. Bayern would be beaten in the Final by Inter Milan.

Best results and stats:
Semi-finlaist of the UEFA Cup in 2008.
Top Scorer of the UEFA Cup in 2008 with 10 goals (shared with Progrbnyak).
11 matches/ 10 goals in UEFA Cup. 10 matches/ 3 goals in Champions League. 3 goals in UEFA Cup s-f's.

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mercredi 29 juin 2016

Ricardo Quaresma - Detailed stats in European Cups

Quaresma - Porto

Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo - Matches and goals in European Cups.

Matches 1-6 with Sporting Clube de Portugal. Matches 7-10 with FC Barcelona. Matches 11-40 and 67-82 with FC Porto. Matches 41-48 with FC Internazionale. Matches 49-66 and 83-99 with Besiktas JK.


UEFA Cup 2001-2002
 1.  FC Midtjylland          (H, S, 61)         3-2
 2.  AC Milan                (H, S, 81)         1-1

Champions League Qual. 2002-2003
 3.  FC Internazionale       (H, T, 70)         0-0
 4.  FC Internazionale       (A, T, 75)         0-2
UEFA Cup 2002-2003
 5.  FK Partizan             (H, T, 90)         1-3
 6.  FK Partizan             (A, T, 120)        3-3 a.e.t

UEFA Cup 2003-2004
 7.  FK Matador Puchov       (A, T, 73)         1-1
 8.  Panionios GSS           (A, T, 73)         3-0
 9.  Panionios GSS           (H, T, 59)         2-0
10.  Celtic Glasgow          (A, S, 72)         0-1

Champions League 2004-2005
11.  CSKA Moskva             (H, T, 90)         0-0
12.  Chelsea FC              (A, T, 58)         1-3
13.  Paris Saint-Germain FC  (A, S, 52)         0-2
14.  Paris Saint-Germain FC  (H, T, 78)         0-0
15.  CSKA Moskva             (A, T, 59)         1-0      
16.  Chelsea FC              (H, S, 60)         2-1
17.  FC Internazionale       (H, T, 83)         1-1
18.  FC Internazionale       (A, S, 46)         1-3

Champions League 2005-2006
19.  Glasgow Rangers         (A, S, 65)         2-3
20.  Artmedia Petrzalka      (H, T, 90)         2-3
21.  FC Internazionale       (H, T, 82)         2-0
22.  FC Internazionale       (A, T, 90)         1-2
23.  Glasgow Rangers         (H, T, 90)         1-1
24.  Artmedia Petrzalka      (A, T, 72)         0-0

Champions League 2006-2007
25.  CSKA Moskva             (H, T, 61)         0-0
26.  Arsenal FC              (A, T, 90)         0-2
27.  Hamburger SV            (H, T, 80)         4-1
28.  Hamburger SV            (A, T, 90)         3-1
29.  CSKA Moskva             (A, T, 88)         2-0         1 goal  (2/ 1-0)
30.  Arsenal FC              (H, T, 90)         0-0
31.  Chelsea FC              (H, T, 90)         1-1
32.  Chelsea FC              (A, T, 90)         1-2         1 goal  (15/ 1-0)

Champions League 2007-2008
33.  Liverpool FC            (H, T, 90)         1-1
34.  Besiktas JK             (A, T, 90)         1-0         1 goal  (90)
35.  Ol. Marseille           (A, T, 90)         1-1
36.  Ol. Marseille           (H, T, 90)         2-1
37.  Liverpool FC            (A, T, 90)         1-4
38.  Besiktas JK             (H, T, 90)         2-0         1 goal  (62/ 2-0-0)
39.  Schalke 04              (A, T, 90)         0-1
40.  Schalke 04              (H, T, 120)        1-0  1-4

Champions League 2008-2009
41.  Panathinaikos           (A, T, 62)         2-0
42.  Werder Bremen           (H, S, 72)         1-1
43.  Anorthosis Famagusta    (H, S, 63)         1-0
44.  Anorthosis Famagusta    (A, T, 90)         3-3
45.  Panathinaikos           (H, S, 46)         0-1
46.  Werder Bremen           (A, T, 90)         1-2

Champions League 2009-2010
47.  Rubin Kazan             (A, S, 64)         1-1
48.  FC Barcelona            (A, S, 81)         0-2

Europa League Qual. 2010-2011
49.  Vikingur                (H, T, 90)         3-0
50.  Vikingur                (A, T, 90)         4-0
51.  Viktoria Plzen          (A, T, 90)         1-1
52.  Viktoria Plzen          (H, T, 90)         3-0         1 goal  (39/ 1-0)
53.  HJK Helsinki            (H, T, 88)         2-0         1 goal  (66/ 2-0)
54.  HJK Helsinki            (A, T, 68)         4-0         1 goal  (14/ 1-0)
Europa League 2010-2011
55.  CSKA Sofia              (H, S, 59)         1-0
56.  Rapid Wien              (A, T, 32)         2-1
57.  Rapid Wien              (H, T, 68)         2-0         1 goal  (32/ 1-0)
58.  Dynamo Kiev             (H, T, 90*)        1-4         1 goal  (36/ 1-1)

Europa League 2011-2012
59.  Maccabi Tel-Aviv        (H, T, 86)         5-1
60.  Stoke City              (A, T, 90)         1-2
61.  Dynamo Kiev             (A, T, 90**)       0-1
62.  Dynamo Kiev             (H, T, 90)         1-0
63.  Maccabi Tel-Aviv        (A, T, 90**)       3-2         2 goals (45, 90/ 1-0, 3-2)
64.  Sporting Braga          (A, T, 66)         2-0
65.  Sporting Braga          (H, T, 90**)       0-1
66.  Atlético de Madrid      (A, T, 46)         1-3

Europa League 2013-2014
67.  Eintracht Frankfurt     (H, T, 90)         2-2         1 goal  (44/ 1-0)
68.  Eintracht Frankfurt     (A, T, 90)         3-3
69.  SSC Napoli              (H, T, 90)         1-0
70.  SSC Napoli              (A, T, 81)         2-2         1 goal  (76/ 2-1)
71.  Sevilla FC              (H, T, 90)         1-0
72.  Sevilla FC              (A, T, 90)         1-4         1 goal  (90/ 1-4)

Champions League Qual. 2014-2015
73.  Lille OSC               (A, S, 89)         1-0
Champions League 2014-2015
74.  BATE Borisov            (H, T, 90)         6-0
75.  Athletic Bilbao         (H, S, 71)         2-1         1 goal  (75/ 2-1)
76.  Athletic Bilbao         (A, S, 60)         2-0
77.  BATE Borisov            (A, T, 71)         3-0
78.  Shakhtar Donetsk        (H, T, 90)         1-1
79.  FC Basel                (A, S, 61)         1-1
80.  FC Basel                (H, S, 79)         4-0
81.  Bayern München          (H, T, 84)         3-1         2 goals (3p, 10/ 1, 2-0)
82.  Bayern München          (A, T, 46)         1-6

Europa League 2015-2016
83.  KF Skënderbeu           (A, T, 83)         1-0
84.  Sporting CP             (H, T, 90**)       1-1
85.  Lokomotiv Moskva        (A, T, 87)         1-1
86.  Lokomotiv Moskva        (H, S, 46)         1-1         1 goal  (58/ 1-0)
87.  KF Skënderbeu           (H, S, 68)         2-0
88.  Sporting CP             (A, T, 90)         1-3


Champions League 2016-2017
89.  SL Benfica              (A, T, 90)         1-1
90.  Dynamo Kiev             (H, T, 90)         1-1         1 goal  (29/ 1-0)
91.  SSC Napoli              (A, T, 90)         3-2
92.  SSC Napoli              (H, T, 90)         1-1         1 goal  (79p/ 1-0)      
93.  SL Benfica              (H, T, 90)         3-3         1 goal  (83p/ 2-3)
94.  Dynamo Kiev             (A, T, 70)         0-6
Europa League 2016-2017
95.  Hapoel Be'er Sheva      (A, T, 90**)       3-1
96.  Hapoel Be'er Sheva      (H, T, 61)         2-1
97.  Olympiakos              (A, T, 90)         1-1
98.  Olympiakos              (H, T, 83)         4-1
99.  Olympique Lyonnais      (H, T, 117)        2-1 6-7


*: sent-off (match #58).
**: subbed out at the 90th minute (mathes #61, 63, 65, 95).



Results by season:
2001-2002: eliminated in the Tird Round of the UEFA Cup by AC Milan.
2002-2003: eliminated in the last Champions League qualifying round by Inter Milan; eliminated in the First Round of the UEFA Cup by FK Partizan.
2003-2004: eliminated in the Round of 16/ Fourth Round of the UEFA Cup by Celtic FC.
2004-2005: eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Champions League by Inter Milan.
2005-2006: last of the Group H in Champions League. 1 Inter, 2 Rangers, 3 Artmedia.
2006-2007: eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Champions League by Chelsea.
2007-2008: eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Champions League by Schalke.
2008-2009: Inter Milan is eliminated in the Round of 16 of the CL by Manchester Utd, without Quaresma.
2009-2010: Inter Milan wind the Champions League. Without Quaresma, 2 matches in the group stage only.
2010-2011: eliminated in the Second Round of the Europa League, by Dynamo Kiev.
2011-2012: eliminated in the Round of 16 of the EL (just after the groups) by Atlético de Madrid.
2013-2014: eliminated in the Quarter-finals of the EL by Sevilla.
2014-2015: eliminated in the Quarter-finals of the Champions League, by Bayern Munich.
2015-2016: third in the Group H of the Europa league; eliminated.
2016-2017: third in the Group B of the Champions league; eliminated in the Quarter-finals of the Europa League by Lyon.


Individual stats:
53 matches/ 10 goals in Champions League (+ 3/ 0 in CL Qual.). 37 matches/ 8 goals in UEFA Cup/ Europa League (+ 6/ 3 in UEFA Cup/ EL Qual.).



European Supercup
2004
(with Porto)
 1.  Valencia CF               (N, S, 61)          1-2         1 goal  (78/ 1-2)

1 match, 1 goal.


Intercontinental Cup
2004
(with Porto)
1.  Once Caldas                (N, S, 78)          0-0 8-7

1 match, 1 title. Scored his penalty-kick for the 3-3.

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mardi 28 juin 2016

Great Portugal National Team XI.

The teams that finished in the last-four of the great tournaments, plus one. Contrarily to the Polish National Team, A Selecçao mainly shown up in the Euro tournaments, more than in the World Cups. That said, everything started with the 1966 World Cup, in England.

Third at the 1966 World Cup :

A Selecção 1966

 Semi-finalist at the Euro 84, in France :

A Selecção 1984

Quarter-finalist at the Euro 96, in England :


A Selecção 1996

Semi-finalist at the Euro 2000 in The Netherlands and Belgium :

A Selecção 2000
Runner-up of the Euro 2004, in Portugal :

A Selecção 2004
+ P. Ferreira, Rui Costa, N. Gomes, Simão.

Semi-finalist (fourth) at the 2006 World Cup, in Germany :

A Selecção 2006
+ Simão and Tiago Petit.

Semi-finalist of the Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland :


A Selecção 2012

Portugal wins his first major title at the Euro 2016 in France. Euro 2016 winning team :

A Selecção 2016
Team presented as in the Final (with substitutions) : Cristiano Ronaldo get injured early in the match and was replaced by Quaresma since the 25th minute. In consequence Nani took the left hand of the attack or the centre when Quaresma was clearly positionned on the right. Moutinho replaced Adrien Silva at the 66th minute (position for position). Striker Eder replaced the very young Renato Sanches 13 minutes later and scored the winner at the 109th minute.


Related articles :
UEFA Euro championship lineups (2012) ... with some explanations, like for Postiga/ Oliveira/Almeida.
UEFA Euro championship lineups (1984) ... with some explanations, like for C.Manuel/ Pacheco.


Great Poland National Team XI

Poland National Team greatest era is obviously about the one of the period 1972-1982 and the tryptic World Cup 74, World Cup 78 and 82. Will be presented here those three teams (not the one that was Olympic champion in 1972, nor the very first one that participated in a World Cup, in 1938, with that match against Brazil) and the one which is currently quarter-finalist of an European championship into which Poland literally never shown up until today (match against Portugal on the 30 June). Whatever where their run will end, this XI will be added to the three aformentioned legendary XI.

Third at the WM '74 (World Cup in West Germany) :

Polska 1974
With maybe a preference for the left hand of the midfield for legendary number 10 Deyna (Kasperczak was the piston on the right).

Second Round at the 1978 World Cup held in Argentina (the second round was a about a new group phase with two groups with 4 teams).

Polska 1978
Were in the last 8 but suffered two clear defeats against Argentina then Brazil in that second round though.
Kukla replaced Tomaszewski for the two last matches of Poland against Peru (1-0 win) and Brazil (0-3, it was 0-2 against Argentina). The talentuous but since a long time handicaped with injuries Lubanski finally participated into a World Cup, here, in '78. Now a "veteran" he was a starter at the begining of the competion, but the former inside-left was quickly replaced by a young Boniek on the left wing of the attack and become his turn the substitute for the redhead revelation player.

Third (again) at the Spanish World Cup, in 1982 :

Polska 1982
A 4-3-3 with a central number 10 (who made his career as defensive midfielder, not exactly "box-to-box" but "box-to-midfield-top") and two wingers/ 2nd strikers, here again. Zmuda was the libero. Even though Janas could be it in club too, Zmuda had this privilege in the National Team as it was the case in Lodz where they were partners for two seasons (80-82). Dziubia replaced Jałocha after 25 minutes of play in the last game of the first round against Cameroon as the the latter get injured.

1986 : round of 16 at the second Mexican World Cup with always Boniek plus Smolarek, in gross - 0-0 with Morocco, 1-0 against a Portugal in crisis, 0-3 against England then 0-4 against Brazil.

Euro 2016 : Third participation ever in the Euro finals (three in a row, 2008, 2012 at home, 2016) and a very first qualification for the knockout stages.

Poland 2016
After a victorious penalty shootout against Switzerland in the round of 16 of this very first Euro with 24 teams, the road stopped in the quarter-finals for this team of Poland, in a penalty shootout against Portugal.

See also : "Mundial 82 lineups" .

lundi 27 juin 2016

Ernest Pol - Detailed stats in European Cups

Ernest Pol with Gornik against Legia

Ernest Pol (surname polonized in Pol from the german Pohl) - Matches and goals in European Cups.

Matches #1 and 2 with Legia Warszawa. Matches 3-21 with Gornik Zabrze.
All matches in Champions Cup.


Champions Cup 1956-1957
 1.  Slovan UNV Bratislava   (A, T, 90)         0-4
 2.  Slovan UNV Bratislava   (H, T, 90)         2-0

Champions Cup 1961-1962
 3.  Tottenham Hotspur       (H, T, 90)         4-2         1 goal  (48/ 4-0)
 4.  Tottenham Hotspur       (A, T, 90)         1-8         1 goal  (26/ 1-2)

Champions Cup 1963-1964
 5.  Austria Wien            (H, T, 90)         1-0
 6.  Austria Wien            (A, T, 90)         0-1
 7.  Austria Wien            (A, T, 90)         2-1         1 goal  (6/ 1-0)
 8.  Dukla Praha             (H, T, 90)         2-0
 9.  Dukla Praha             (A, T, 90)         1-4

Champions Cup 1964-1965
10.  Dukla Praha             (A, T, 90)         1-4
11.  Dukla Praha             (H, T, 90)         3-0         2 goals (32, 60/ 1, 2-0)
12.  Dukla Praha             (N*, T, 120)       0-0 a.e.t

Champions Cup 1965-1966
13.  Linzer ASK              (A, T, 90)         3-1
14.  Linzer ASK              (H, T, 90)         2-1         1 goal  (9/ 1-0)
15.  TJ Sparta CKD Praha     (A, T, 90)         0-3
16.  TJ Sparta CKD Praha     (H, T, 90)         1-2

Champions Cup 1966-1967
17.  FC Vorwärts Berlin      (H, T, 90)         2-1         2 goals (38p, 71/ 1-0, 2-1)
18.  FC Vorwärts Berlin      (A, T, 90)         1-2
19.  FC Vorwärts Berlin      (H, T, 90)         3-1         1 goal  (22/ 2-0)
20.  CSKA Sofia              (A, T, 90)         0-4
21.  CSKA Sofia              (H, T, 90)         3-0         2 goals (26, 44/ 2, 3-0)


*: match played in Duisburg, Germany.


Results by season:
1956-1957: eliminated in the First Round of the Champions Cup by Slovan Bratislava.
1961-1962: eliminated in the First Round of the Champions Cup by Tottenham Hotspur.
1963-1964: eliminated in the Second Round/ Round of 16 of the Champions Cup by Dukla Praha.
1964-1965: eliminated in the First Round of the Champions Cup by Dukla Praha (on coin toss).
1965-1966: eliminated in the Second Round/ Round of 16 of the Champions Cup by Sparta Praha.
1966-1967: eliminated in the Second Round/ Round of 16 of the Champions Cup by CSKA Sofia.

Individual stats:
21 matches/ 11 goals in Champions Cup.


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Tony Woodcock - Detailed stats in European Cups

Woodcock playing for Köln

 Anthony Steward Woodcock, Tony Woodcock - Matches and goals in European Cups.

Matches 1-13 with Nottingham Forest FC. Matches 14-23 with 1. FC Köln. Matches # 24 and 25 with Arsenal FC.


Champions Cup 1978-1979
 1.  Liverpool FC                 (H, T, 90)         2-0
 2.  Liverpool FC                 (A, T, 90)         0-0
 3.  AEK                          (A, T, 90)         2-1
 4.  AEK                          (H, T, 90)         5-1        1 goal  (35/ 2-0)
 5.  Grasshoppers Zürich          (H, T, 90)         4-1
 6.  Grasshoppers Zürich          (A, T, 90)         1-1
 7.  1. FC Köln                   (H, T, 90)         3-3
 8.  1. FC Köln                   (A, T, 90)         1-0
 9.  Malmö FF                     (N, T, 90)         1-0

Champions Cup 1979-1980
10.  Östers IF                    (H, T, 90)         2-0
11.  Östers IF                    (A, T, 90)         1-1        1 goal  (80/ 1-1)
12.  Arges Pitesti                (H, T, 90)         2-0        1 goal  (13/ 1-0)
13.  Arges Pitesti                (A, T, 90)         2-1

UEFA Cup 1980-1981
14.  IA Akranes                   (A, T, 90)         4-0
15.  IA Akranes                   (H, T, 90)         6-0
16.  FC Barcelona                 (H, T, 90)         0-1
17.  FC Barcelona                 (A, T, 90)         4-0
18.  VFB Stuttgart                (A, T, 90)         1-3
19.  VFB Stuttgart                (H, T, 120)        4-1 a.e.t  1 goal  (107/ 4-1)
20.  Standard de Liège            (A, T, 90)         0-0
21.  Standard de Liège            (H, T, 88)         3-2
22.  Ipswich Town                 (A, T, 90)         0-1
23.  Ipswich Town                 (H, T, 90)         0-1

UEFA Cup 1982-1983
24.  Spartak Moskva               (A, T, 90)         2-3
25.  Spartak Moskva               (H, T, 90)         2-5


Results by season:
1978-1979: winner of the Champions Cup by beating Malmö FF in the Final.
1979-1980: Nottingham Forest wind its second European title but not Woodcock, gone to Köln in winter (4 matches and 2 goals in the champions Cup early stages with Forest however).
1980-1981: eliminated in the Semi-finals of the UEFA Cup by Ipswich Town. Ipswich beats Az '67 in the Final.
1982-1983: eliminated by Spartak Moscow in the First Round of the UEFA Cup.


Best results and stats:

Winner of the Champions Cup in 1979 (only played in the early stages of the next victorious campaign).
Semi-finalist of the UEFA Cup in 1981.
13 matches/ 3 goals in Champions Cup. 12 matches/ 1 goal in UEFA Cup.

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Paul Mariner - Detailed stats in European Cups

Paul Mariner's Ipswich Town against Heinz Hermann's Grasshoppers in the 1979-80 UEFA Cup

Paul Mariner - Matches and goals in European Cups.

All matches with Ipswich Town FC.


UEFA Cup 1977-1978
 1.  Landskrona BoIS         (A, T, 79)         1-0
 2.  Landskrona BoIS         (H, T, 90)         5-0         1 goal  (38/ 3-0)
 3.  UD Las Palmas           (H, T, 90)         1-0
 4.  UD Las Palmas           (A, T, 90)         3-3         2 goals (13, 74/ 1-0, 3-2)
 5.  FC Barcelona            (H, T, 90)         3-0
 6.  FC Barcelona            (A, T, 120)        0-3 1-3

Cup Winners Cup 1978-1979
 7.  AZ '67 (Alkmaar)        (A, T, 90)         0-0
 8.  AZ '67 (Alkmaar)        (H, T, 90)         2-0         1 goal  (3/ 1-0)
 9.  SSW Innsbruck           (H, T, 78)         1-0
10.  SSW Innsbruck           (A, T, 120)        1-1 a.e.t

UEFA Cup 1979-1980
11.  Skeid Oslo              (A, T, 90)         3-1         1 goal  (52/ 3-1)
12.  Skeid Oslo              (H, T, 90)         7-0         1 goal  (58/ 5-0)
13.  Grasshoppers Zürich     (A, T, 90)         0-0
14.  Grasshoppers Zürich     (H, T, 90)         1-1

UEFA Cup 1980-1981
15.  Aris Saloniki           (H, T, 90)         5-1         1 goal  (51/ 4-1)
16.  Aris Saloniki           (A, T, 90)         1-3
17.  Bohemians EKD Praha     (H, T, 90)         3-0
18.  Widzew Lodz             (H, T, 90)         5-0         1 goal  (70/ 4-0)
19.  Widzew Lodz             (A, T, 82)         0-1
20.  AS Saint-Etienne        (A, T, 90)         4-1         2 goals (28/ 57/ 1-1, 3-1)
21.  AS Saint-Etienne        (H, T, 90)         3-1         1 goal  (89/ 3-1)
22.  1. FC Köln              (H, T, 90)         1-0
23.  1. FC Köln              (A, T, 90)         1-0
24.  AZ '67 (Alkmaar)        (H, T, 90)         3-0         1 goal  (55/ 3-0)
25.  AZ '67 (Alkmaar)        (A, T, 90)         2-4

UEFA Cup 1981-1982
26.  Aberdeen FC             (A, T, 90)         1-3

UEFA Cup 1982-1983
27.  AS Roma                 (A, T, 90)         0-3


Results by season:
1977-1978: eliminated in the Round of 16/ 3rd Round of the UEFA Cup by FC Barcelona.
1978-1979: eliminated in the Second Round of the Cup Winners Cup by SWW Innsbruck.
1979-1980: eliminated in the Second Round of the UEFA Cup by Grasshoppers Zürich.
1980-1981: winner of the UEFA Cup over AZ '67.
1981-1982: eliminated in the First Round of the UEFA Cup by Aberdeen.
1982-1983: eliminated in the First Round of the UEFA Cup by Roma.


Best results and stats:
Winner of the UEFA Cup in 1981.
23 matches/ 11 goals in UEFA Cup. 4 matches/ 1 goal in Cup Winners Cup.
1 goal in UEFA Cup Final, in 1981, against AZ '67.

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dimanche 26 juin 2016

England XI at World Cups and Euros

England participated for the first time in a World Cup in 1950. In Brazil. Here they beat Chile 2-0 before to be beaten by... The United States (damn posts!) then by Spain 1-0. For its first major international tournament,  the Three Lions team can't go through the group stage (second behind Spain).

And here's the England XI at the 1950 World Cup :

England 1950
Eckersley, Baily and Milburn played in the last game against Spain. Like Matthews, obviously lined up on the right wing instead of Finney who replaced Mullen (starter in the first two games) on the left.
Mannion played the first match at the inside right position before to repositioned inside left for the game against the U.S.A. He did not play the last game, Baily did. Mortensen started the tournament at the inside leftt position and played the two following games as the inside right of the team , so alongside his best teammate (Matthews, Blckpool) against Spain. Matthews (35 years old) was unfit for the two first games which had to be only a formality. But were not.

Four years later, in Switzerland, the XI of England goes through the group stage. What means they reached the quarter-finals. Where they're beaten by Uruguay (4-2).

The England XI at the 1954 World Cup (Owen only played in the first match, Taylor in the two firsts, first as inside left then as centre forward in the second instead of Lofthouse, a match into which the two wings were Finney on the right ad Mullen on the left, one match in all for Mullen, Wilshaw played against the Swiss and the Uruguayans) :

England 1954
They had qualified after a draw-game with Belgium and a win over the hosting nation team Switerland (Italy and England, even though they were in the same group, did not have to meet in  a game as top seed teams, 2 matches by country at the group stage). Lofthouse and Broadis were the best scorers of the team with 3 and 2 goals (2 each against Belgium in a 4-4). The stars of the team, Matthews and Finney  did not displayed the expected performances (Matthews was injured in the second game). Finney scored one goal however. Him who was probably diminsihed physically too finally scored one against Uruguay into a match during which he gave all what he could.

In 1958, no Matthews anymore. It is now Finney the old guy of the team. It stopsafter one single match for Finney and it stops for England after three draw-games with Soviet Union (2-2, with one pen. by Finney), Brazil (0-0), Austria (2-2) and a tie-break match with Soviet Union (0-1).

The 1958 XI :

England 1958
The team that is presented is the usual XI in the first three matches.
Finney only played in the first match. He was replaced by A'ACourt.
In the fourth and last match against the Soviet Union (tie-break match), A'Court played inside left, Kevan inside right, Haynes, in the middle, centre-forward, and the wings were Brabrook on the right, Broadbent on the left.

We're now in 1960 and it is the first European Nations Cup. England did not enter the competition. Soviet Union won this.

1962, World Cup in Chile. England is quarter-finalist again. This time, they're beaten by Brazil, the champion in title and eventual double-winner. Here's the XI of England :

England 1962
Peacock and Hitchens played two matches each. Hitchens was preferred to Peacock in the quarter-finals.

England knows an early exit in the 1964 European Nations Cup qualifiers, since the preliminary round. That was against France with the following results : 1-1 in Wembley (Oct. '62),  2-5 in Parc des Princes (Feb. '63).

Here are the teams that England aligned (player match 1/ player match 2) :

England in the 1964 Euro Qual. (1962-63)

2 years after this Euro held in Spain into which England did not participate, it is the 1966 World Cup. England is the host. And the winner of its first major international tournament, on home soil. It is also the last, up to now.

The legendary World champion XI is :

ENGLAND 1966

In the continuity of this success, two years after, Manchester United (with Charlton) wins the first English Clubs' European Cup. And England ranks 3rd in the 1968 Euro, in Italy.

With this XI (player s-f's against Yugoslavia, 0-1/ player 3rd place match against USSR, 2-0) :

England 1968

It is now the legendary 1970 World Cup. In Mexico, the title holder was beaten in the quarter-finals by 3 to 2 after they had lead by 2-nil. That was against the West German team.

The XI :

England 1970
This Three Lions team was seen as a better side than the one that won the World Cup four years earlier. Yes, maybe.

Euro 1972 : eliminated in the qualifying play-offs, i.e the quarter-finals, played in two legs, home and away, in the spring '72, deciding of who to participate in the final tournament held in one country (in Belgium) in June. By West Germany : 1-3 loss in Wembley, 0-0 at Olympiastadion.

Here's the Wembley loosing team :

England 1972
In the second leg played away, the defensive players Storey (defensive midfielder) and McFarland (central back) replaced Peters  (midfielder) and Lee (midfielder, forward). Marsh (Tony, forward) started instead of Hurst but was replaced by Todd (defender) since the 20th minute. At last, Hunter (defender) was replaced by McDonald (Forward) at the 57th minute. So in the 0-0 that definitively qualified West Germany after its win in England.

England did not qualified for the 1974 World Cup, held in West Germany (the WM 74) : second of the group 5 in the qualifiers, behind Poland ((Poland-England 2-0, England-Poland 1-1 with a great Tomaszewski...the third team of the group was Wales. Poland finsihed 3rd at the World Cup).

European Nations Cup '76 : did not qualify from the group 1 topped by Czechoslokia (3-0, 1-2 in direct confrontations), the eventual winner of the final tournament held in Yugoslavia. Beating the country that invented football remains a good springboard.

World Cup '78: a second World Cup in a row without England, eliminated by Italy at the general goal difference (+14 against +11, both teams beat each other 2-0 at home). For the anecdot, Italy finished 4th at the final tournament.

Euro 80 (in Italy) : England tracks down the way to a tournament finals. For the first time, the Euro welcomes eight teams, placed in two groups. The two first teams of each group qualify for the semis. Not the case of the English team which finishes third in the Group B behind Belgium and Italy.

A XI-synthesis :

England 1980
Wilkins, the defensive midfielder, is here placed well behind the "number 8" for a matter of space on the draw but that was well that in gross.
England played succesivley against Belgium, Italy and Spain. Anderson, Mills, McDermott, Hoddle played in the decisive day match against the Spaniards, a match during which Keegan played alongside Woodcock. Johnson played only in the first match, Birtles and Kennedy only in the second one. Shilton was the keeper against Italy. Clemence was back in the woods for the last match. Italy and Belgium qualified with a 0-0 when England was beating Spain for nothing (2-1).

That was the first tournament for Keegan and almost the last one.

Spanish World Cup, in 1982 (eliminated in the second group phase, before the semi-finals with two 0-0 with West Germany and Spain):

England 1982
A team captained by Mick Mills in the absence of Keegan (injured) who only played 25 minutes in the last England's game against Spain. If fit, Keegan would have probably played at the starting position of Rix, on the left-side but swapping more often roles with Francis who was really the playmaker of this team even if positionned high on the pitch when Mariner was mostly here to be at the reception of the crosses although he deviated from the axis from time to time, as any "modern forward" had to do.
Young Bryan Robson was more the n°8 and Wilkins the defensive midfielder quite unique in his genre in England and irremovable.

Euro '84 : did not qualify to the finals in France. Second of qualifying group behind Denmark.

1986 World Cup : played the finals. After a complicate start in the group stage (0-1 against Portugal, 0-0 with Morroco) England qualified for the knock-out phase thanks to a Lineker hat-trick and a 3-0 win over Poland. It's a 3-0 win again in the Round of 16 against Paraguay before to lose to the Argentina of Maradona, author this day of two memorable goals, "the hand of god goal" (all is in the name) and some minutes later of the "goal of the century" (a fantastic solo goal, a slalom initiated on the half-way line with a sort of "roulette" and concluded in a face-to-face with the keeper, Shilton, well everybody knows this one if everything is ok). 2-1 for Argentina. The route stops in the quarter-finals for England. England had Lineker and Argentina had Maradona.

The English XI :

England 1986
It is the lineup that played against Argentina and also the default formation, the best 11 possible at the moment of the tourney since Robson was unfit or that Wilkins lost his place at midfield too after being red-carded against Morocco. So Hodge and Reid won their place at the occasion of the last groups stage's match against Poland (3-0).
In the offensive compartiment, Steven was finally preferred to Waddle so it was the choice of a right-midfielder over one more winger type of player who was more at his ease in attack than at midfield.
Hateley started alongside Lineker at the groups stage until Beardsley was chosen over him since the game against Poland - for the good effects that we know and a hat-trick by Lineker - and then for the knockout games.
Side-note : in defence, Alvin Martin replaced Terry Fenwick once due to the latter was suspended. That was against Paraguay in the round of 16.

England at the 1988 European championship (in West Germany) : good last of the group B with three losses, chronologically against Eire, Holland and the Soviet Union.

The team :

England 1988
Once again, Steven was finally preferred to Waddle to occupy the right side of the team. For what would be the two last matches. Here though, Waddle entered instead of Steven against Holland at 20 minutes of the whistle but he did not play against the USSR, nor did Wright, replaced by Watson in order to help Adams.

Italia 90 (World Cup) : semi-finalist, beaten by the eventual champion West Germany in a penalty-shootout after a 1-1. And, for the anecdot, 4th (beaten by Italy in the classification game, 2-1).

Here's the XI that was lead by Gascoigne :

England 1990
Paul Parker quickly took the spot of G.M Stevens who only played in the very first match (could have putted the name of Stevens between parenthesis, and precised it's well G.M and not the other Gary Stevens, G.A Stevens, sorry...the letter A stands for Andrew).
Barnes and Beardsley were globally in balance during the tournament. Beardsley played in the semi-finals (the full-time), Barnes did not play at all. He last appeared in the quarter-finals against other Lions, the ones of Cameroon, where he was replaced at half-time by Beardsley.
Trevor Steven was still in the squad. But in this configuration and due to their respective form of the moment also maybe, this time Waddle was preferred to him (Steven entered at the 70th minute of the semis instead of Butcher).

Euro 92 in Sweden : last in the group 1 (Denmark, Sweden, France with 2 draws and 1 loss to Sweden).

Presented as they in the decisive game against Sweden...

England 1992
...with Daley instead of Steven on the right of the midfield (in gross, because that was three quite different teams for the three different matches, for no wins, we can say that Graham Taylor never found the good formula). Arsenal players' Alan Smith and Paul Merson (who were starters in the first match against Denmark, 0-0, like Keith Curle by the way who played one hour as the right bck of the team in this tourney) respectively entered the pitch for Lineker (60') and Sinton (76'). A young Alan Shearer only appeared once, in the second match against France, one last time alongside Lineker like for his first cap in a friendly match against the same opponent in Wembley, for great effects at the time (2-0 and an assist by Shearer for Lineker) but that have not repeated.

After this, England did not qualify for the U.S World Cup '94 (3rd in its group behind Norway and The Nertherlands.

But two years later, football's coming home and the team with the three lions on its badge will distinguish with a semi-finalist spot. Well, defeated by a reunified Germany that would win the trophy, this time, 30 years after the 1966 World Cup Final England v West Germany.

Here's a synthesis of the team that reached the semi-finals of its Euro, with Gascoigne back at midfield :

England 1996
In the semi-finals, Venables' England used a 3-5-2 with both Ince and Platt at midfield. And no Gary Neville, suspended anyway, in defense. The 3-5-2 matched with the German formation.

The French World Cup (1998) : 2nd in the group G behind Romania, Round of 16, end of the road. Eliminated by Argentina (2-2, 3-4 in a penalty shoot-out).

With this XI :

England 1998
Crosses and set-pieces specialist new sensation David Beckham was sent-off in this knockout mach against Argentina (47th minute). That was his first participation in an international tournament after that he did not make the squad of Venables in 1996, judged too tender, or not ready.
Most used complementary players were Batty and Southgate...

Euro 2000 : ranked before Gemany but behind Portugal and Romania in the group A.

Here's the XI :

England 2000
Author of the goal of the 2-0 against Portugal in the first match (that ended with a 2-3 loss), McManaman had to leave the team due to injury at the hour of play. Wise replaced him and starterd in the two following matches. Keown replaced Adams at the 8th minute of the same match against Portugal and also started in the next games alongside Campbell.

After a fantastic Euro (not by England but globally) in The Netherlands and in Belgium it is now the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South-Korea, a competition that England qualified to thanks to Beckham in a decisive qualifier against Greece. In Asia, the team of Beck's will reach the...quarter-finals. They would be beaten here by the eventual champion Brazil and its " three R attack" (Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho) on a score of 2 to 1 (Owen opened the score before that Rivaldo scored the equalizer then that Ronaldinho surprised Seaman on free-kick).

Here's the English XI that played the quarter-finals at the Asian World Cup, in 2002 :

England 2002
Euro 2004 : quarter-finalist.

The XI (Gary Neville was back in the team after he missed the 2002 World Cup) :

England 2004
Eliminated by the host Portugal (that will loose to Greece, once more, after an inaugural group stage match in the Final), 2-2, 5-6 in a penalty shootout.

Same fate two years after at the World Cup in Germany with an elimination against Portugal, in a penalty shootout and in the quartr-finals of course.

The XI of England at the 2006 World Cup :

England 2006
2008, Euro : did not qualify. Third in the qualifying group stage, behind Croatia and Russia.

In 2010, England is eliminated by Germany in the round of 16 of the South African World Cup.
Here's the XI that played this match :

England 2010
We'll never know if the ball crossed the line in the 1966 Final on that shoot by Hurst but for sure the goal was allowed. Here, we know that the Lampard's shoot crossed it but it was not allowed. Well, here, that made 4-1 for Germany in the end though. "Terrible defending". Another game for the legend in some way.

England find again the way of the quarter-finals in the next international competition which is the 2012 European championship held in Poland and in Ukraine. The winner of England is this time Italy. A match that ended with a penalty shoootout after a 0-0 within the 120 minutes.

The XI of England at the Euro 2012 :

England 2012
In the other country of football, Brazil, England finishes last of the group D behind Costa-Rica, Uruguay and Italy.

The XI of England at the 2014 World Cup :

England 2014
At last, England is about to play in the round of 16 of the current European championship held in France. It will be against Iceland, tomorrow monday (27.06). If England qualifies, they'll meet France (winner of Ireland) in the quarter-finals.

...and here we are : England has been eliminated by Iceland. Iceland won (2-1).

Here's the XI of England that has been beaten by Iceland in the round of 16 of the Euro 2016 :

England 2016
The detail of the changes made by Hodgson : Wilshere for Vardy at half-time, Vardy for Sterling at the hour of play and Rashford for Rooney at 5 minutes of the end of the full-time.
Starter in the three group games on the right wing, Lallana was not used while being not suspended nor injured (choice of the coach).

The Three Lions team at the 2018 World Cup, in Russia which has beaten England in order to welcome the tournament :

England 2018
Eliminated by Croatia in the last-4. Twice defeated by Belgium (group stage and 3rd place game). One compelling win in the quarter-finals against a good Swedish team.

The Three Lions Team that was beaten by Italy in the 2020 Euro Final at Wembley (in 2021) :

England 2021

As in the Final. In : Saka (70'), Henderson (74', out at the 120'), Grealish (94'), Rashford and Sancho (120'). Prior to the final, in case of a four-men defense, in a 4-2-3-1, Saka started on the right (Trippier did not play). Most used substitute (but also often subbed out after he was subbed in) : Grealish. Foden did not impose himself and was not used in the final. Rashford and most of all Sancho had no playing-time before the penalty shootout won by Italy where both failed to score before that Saka missed, him too.