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Euro America? The comparison between the Copa América and the Eurocup

Faced with the debate between the supremacy of “level” between one tournament and the other, Superf Fútbol analyzed the statistics and made a great review. Sight!

Every time the continental cups are held, the debate arises as to whether the Eurocup is superior in football and organizational level to the America’s Cup. Agustín Fantasía reviewed the statistics of both tournaments so far in the group stage in Superfootball.

In the Eurocup 36 games have been played compared to the 15 that took place in the America Cup, a tournament in which clearly fewer teams participate. In the sense of goal average the European tournament keeps that item of analysis: 2.6 goals per game, against 2.2. In the Euro, two games ended without goals, while in the tournament that takes place in Brazil only one, but given the games that have been played, the average is similar.

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Euro America? The comparison between the Copa América and the Eurocup

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When speaking of the “direct” game of Europe against the “locked” of South America, it seems not to be noticed in the cold numbers, since the average of Shots on goal is practically the same: 23 and 22.4. While the top finishers are Ciro Immobile and Neymar with five per match, behind is Gabriel Ávalos with 4.5 and Robert Lewandowski and Leo Messi close the podium with 4.

When reviewing the numbers in question infractions Argentina receives an average of 21 fouls per matchThen there is Brazil with 16 and Spain with 14. At the time of fouling Paraguay is first with 17.5Uruguay is second with 17 and Turkey closes with 16. In America there are about 27 fouls per game, while in Europe 22, which reveals the friction of the South American game.

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In one of the sections that makes the most difference is in the passes. France 2 – 2 Portugal was the meeting with the most passes in Europe, 1134, against the 730 of Argentina 1 – 1 Chile. In addition, when talking about the effectiveness of the same Verratti makes 103 with a 94% effectiveness, Broos 93.3 with the same percentage, Marcos Llorente 91.5 with 92 percent. The first South Americans are Thiago Silva 71 with 97 percent in position 19 and Fred in 23. But there is an item that only occurred in America and it did Lionel Messi for Argentina: there was only one goal from a free kick that La Pulga scored against Chile.

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