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England’s most successful passing combination against Italy was the goalkeeper Joe Hart, above, to the substitute striker Andy Carroll. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
England’s most successful passing combination against Italy was the goalkeeper Joe Hart, above, to the substitute striker Andy Carroll. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Euro 2012: The telling statistics that damn England

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England had on average 39% of the possession in their four games, their lowest figure at a tournament since Euro 1980 – and the figures get worse

30 Cristiano Ronaldo has had more shots in his first four games at Euro 2012 than the entire England squad (29) had at the tournament

20 Italy had more shots on target in their quarter-final match than England had in total in their four matches in Ukraine

88 England conceded more than twice as many shots to France, Sweden, Ukraine and Italy than they had against those teams

39 England had on average 39% of the possession in their four games, their lowest figure at a tournament since Euro 1980

29 Ashley Young and James Milner put in 29 crosses in the four games. Only three reached an England team-mate

300 England averaged 300 passes per match. The four semi-finalists have averaged 479

15 England completed only 15 passes in the 15 minutes of the second period of extra-time against Italy

18 England's most successful passing combination against Italy was the goalkeeper Joe Hart to the substitute striker Andy Carroll

115 Andrea Pirlo had more passes against England than England's four starting midfielders had against Italy

18 Mesut Ozil has created 18 chances in Germany's four games. Steven Gerrard, England's most prolific chance creator, has made six

102 England ran on average 102km in their four matches. Italy ran 7.5km further on average per match

86 England have had the most tackles in the tournament, with Steven Gerrard's 18 the most of any player

29 England have blocked the most shots at Euro 2012, 17 more than Italy, 19 more than Germany, 21 more than Portugal and 24 more than Spain

Stats supplied by Opta

England's player of Euro 2012, according to our readers' player ratings, was Gerrard. Gerrard pips Hart to that honour, with England's back four next on the list, reflecting where the emphasis of Roy Hodgson's team lay. With the exception of Jordan Henderson, who received low marks for his substitute appearances against France and Italy, Ashley Young and Wayne Rooney were the worst England players on display in Ukraine.

Gerrard 6.80

Hart 6.63

Lescott 6.40

Johnson 6.38

Terry 6.20

Cole 6.15

Carroll 6.03

Welbeck 5.90

Parker 5.70

Walcott 5.68

Oxlade-Chamberlain 5.57

Defoe 5.10

Milner 4.80

Rooney 4.75

Young 4.60

Henderson 4.35

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