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FIFA World Cup 2018 · Semi-final · 2018-07-11

Croatia 2-1 England

⚠️ 3 predictable outlets: Ivan Perišić → Ivan Rakitić (62.5% of their passing); Mario Mandžukić → Ivan Perišić (50% of their passing); Ante Rebić → Marcelo Brozović (50% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Ivan Rakitić80%100%Ivan Strinić (36.4%)
Marcelo Brozović90%90.7%Ivan Strinić (31.8%)
Šime Vrsaljko80%50.9%Luka Modrić (31.8%)
Ivan Strinić90%65.1%Ivan Rakitić (45%)
Luka Modrić80%75.5%Šime Vrsaljko (38.9%)
Dejan Lovren80%53.1%Šime Vrsaljko (27.8%)
Domagoj Vida80%51.6%Ivan Rakitić (29.4%)
Ivan Perišić70%35.4%Ivan Rakitić (62.5%) ⚠️
Danijel Subašić70%29.5%Šime Vrsaljko (26.7%)
Mario Mandžukić60%18.6%Ivan Perišić (50%) ⚠️
Ante Rebić40%2.1%Marcelo Brozović (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.