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

Brazil 1-2 Belgium

⚠️ 5 predictable outlets: Eden Hazard → Nacer Chadli (60% of their passing); Marouane Fellaini → Eden Hazard (55.6% of their passing); Thibaut Courtois → Marouane Fellaini (50% of their passing); Romelu Lukaku → Kevin De Bruyne (100% of their passing); Youri Tielemans → Axel Witsel (100% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Eden Hazard58.3%14.5%Nacer Chadli (60%) ⚠️
Jan Vertonghen66.7%39.9%Vincent Kompany (37.5%)
Axel Witsel75%100%Jan Vertonghen (20%)
Vincent Kompany83.3%35.1%Axel Witsel (18.8%)
Kevin De Bruyne75%49.4%Eden Hazard (35.7%)
Nacer Chadli41.7%13.2%Eden Hazard (36.4%)
Marouane Fellaini66.7%18.6%Eden Hazard (55.6%) ⚠️
Thomas Meunier66.7%31.4%Marouane Fellaini (27.3%)
Thibaut Courtois50%12.4%Marouane Fellaini (50%) ⚠️
Toby Alderweireld58.3%5.9%Thibaut Courtois (28.6%)
Thomas Vermaelen25%1.5%Vincent Kompany (40%)
Romelu Lukaku41.7%0.6%Kevin De Bruyne (100%) ⚠️
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.