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FIFA World Cup 2018 · Quarter-final · 2018-07-06

Brazil 1-2 Belgium

⚠️ 2 predictable outlets: Thomas Meunier → Marouane Fellaini (50% of their passing); Youri Tielemans → Axel Witsel (100% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Vincent Kompany91.7%37.9%Toby Alderweireld (31.7%)
Jan Vertonghen83.3%49.5%Vincent Kompany (40%)
Eden Hazard75%8.3%Nacer Chadli (41.4%)
Axel Witsel83.3%100%Eden Hazard (24.2%)
Kevin De Bruyne83.3%13.2%Eden Hazard (33.3%)
Marouane Fellaini83.3%9.7%Axel Witsel (21.4%)
Nacer Chadli66.7%9%Jan Vertonghen (37%)
Toby Alderweireld66.7%7.1%Vincent Kompany (24%)
Thomas Meunier66.7%10.9%Marouane Fellaini (50%) ⚠️
Thibaut Courtois83.3%20.4%Marouane Fellaini (17.6%)
Romelu Lukaku83.3%4.3%Kevin De Bruyne (44.4%)
Thomas Vermaelen25%0%Vincent Kompany (40%)
Youri Tielemans8.3%0%Axel Witsel (100%) ⚠️

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.