5) Portugal’s stats in the Euros
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Despite Portugal winning the Euros, they had the second lowest ball possession in the whole tournament. That is surprising and poor considering they had a relatively easy route to the championship, as the only stern tests came in the semi-finals and finals when they faced Wales and France respectively.
It is poor on so many levels, that many have questioned whether Portugal were actually worthy of winning the trophy. Portugal kept a meagre 51.6% possession, which was the 12th highest in a 24-team tournament. Only the six teams that finished at the bottom of their groups had a lower win percentage than Portugal.
These statistics are disturbing, to say the least, as Portugal had winners nowhere written over their performance because they were underwhelming throughout the tournament. They were ahead for a total of 73 minutes throughout the tournament, which is sad as they played the most number of minutes of football with 720 minutes after playing in extra time three times.
