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FIFA World Cup 2018 · 3rd Place Final · 2018-07-14

Belgium 2-0 England

⚠️ 3 predictable outlets: Nacer Chadli → Eden Hazard (54.5% of their passing); Thibaut Courtois → Toby Alderweireld (60% of their passing); Thomas Vermaelen → Youri Tielemans (50% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Kevin De Bruyne72.7%26.4%Eden Hazard (40.6%)
Eden Hazard90.9%41%Kevin De Bruyne (31%)
Youri Tielemans81.8%70.5%Kevin De Bruyne (25.8%)
Toby Alderweireld81.8%63.4%Thomas Meunier (20%)
Axel Witsel81.8%40.1%Jan Vertonghen (25.9%)
Jan Vertonghen90.9%100%Axel Witsel (26.1%)
Thomas Meunier63.6%15.6%Youri Tielemans (36.8%)
Vincent Kompany72.7%53.7%Jan Vertonghen (36.8%)
Nacer Chadli72.7%31.7%Eden Hazard (54.5%) ⚠️
Romelu Lukaku72.7%28.8%Axel Witsel (25%)
Thibaut Courtois63.6%12.8%Toby Alderweireld (60%) ⚠️
Thomas Vermaelen27.3%0%Youri Tielemans (50%) ⚠️

Engine = share of teammates directly connected to (degree centrality). Bridge = how much play is forced through this player (betweenness). ⚠️ flags a player sending ≥50% of their passes to one target.

AI Tactical Dossier

Turns the metrics above into a plain-English read, written from this data only.

Data: StatsBomb Open Data (public, non-commercial license), stored in Supabase · Completed passes only · Node size = total involvement (out + in volume) · Line thickness = pass volume between the pair.