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Fastest English players at Euro 2024 | Top Speeds of Walker, Saka, Gallagher, Mainoo & others

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Here is a look at the quickest English players at Euro 2024. Not surprisingly, Manchester City’s Kyle Walker comfortably tops the list- a defender known for his pace and speed despite being over 30 years of age. But Walker’s top speed of 34.8 km/h at Euro 2024 only places him at 20th in the overall list of quickest players at the tournament (French forward Kylian Mbappe is the fastest at 36.5 km/h)

Aston Villa’s Ezri Konsa has been the second fastest player for England at this tournament, followed by the duo of Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka. Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher rounds off the top five.

Quickest England players at Euro 2024 | Top Speeds of English football players at the 2024 European Championships

(Official data for only Euro 2024 games- after England-Netherlands semifinal)

1) Kyle Walker 34.8 km/h (Manchester City)
2) Ezri Konsa 34.2 km/h (Aston Villa)
3) Jude Bellingham 33.5 km/h (Real Madrid) & Bukayo Saka 33.5 km/h (Arsenal)

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Saka, Rice, Refeee Zwayer & others- L’Equipe Bild Marca Newspaper Player Ratings England v Holland Euro 2024

Here is a look at the European newspaper player ratings for England vs Netherlands. The Three Lions edged this clash 2-1 and we have ratings from French, German as well as Spanish papers (England will meet Spain in the final).

L’Equipe player ratings for England vs Netherlands

The French paper thought Arsenal midfielder Rice had a rare off-day (he was dispossessed for the Simons goal), and gave him a 5. Saka got a 6, while Real Madrid star Bellingham was given a 3.

L’Equipe was also unhappy with the performance of referee Felix Zwayer, giving him a 4/10 ref rating.

England vs Netherlands Player Ratings L'Equipe 2024

Bild player ratings Netherlands 1-2 England

(Note German rating system; 1 very good, 6 very bad)

Xavi Simons was the only player on either side to get a 2- no one got the best 1 rating. It was a pretty average game by Bild’s standards, as demonstrated by the number of 3’s and 4’s in terms of player ratings that they gave both sides.

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xG stats France vs Spain Euro 2024 Semifinal | Only 1 shot for Espana in second half

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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for France vs Spain from their Euro 2024 semifinal. The star of the show was Lamine Yamal, as shown in these player ratings for the game from the newspapers– his marvellous strike started Spain’s comeback.

xG France 0.81-0.49 Spain shots map (Actual score FRA 1-2 ESP)

1-0 Kolo Muani header goal vs Spain xG 0.26
1-1 Lamine Yamal goal vs France xG 0.03
1-2 Dani Olmo goal vs France xG 0.09

Spain had only one shot after the interval– one from Lamine Yamal in the 81st minute. In fact, 3 of Spain’s 6 shots in the full game were taken by Yamal (his goal plus ones in the 40th and 81st minutes). Two shots went to Fabian Ruiz (5th minute header and 36th minute shot)

xG France vs Spain Euro 2024

France had only 3 shots in the first half (two to Mbappe- both blocked) and the Kolo Muani goal.

They had some chances after the interval- not very high on xG, but decent-ish chances. They primarily went to

Hernandez 76th minute (over the bar; unmarked on edge of area), Mbappe 86th minute, Tchouameni (53rd minute header) and Upamecano (63rd minute header)

France’s overall 9 shots breakdown- Mbappe 4; Tchouameni, Greizmann, Upamecano, Hernandez and Kolo Muani 1 each.

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