Tag: Euro 2020
Game-changer: How the Euro 2020 Group Stages Have Made History
July 8, 2021
Even before the Euro 2020 tournament moved on to the knockout stages, footballing records were being made and broken in the group stages. It’s been an iconic and unpredictable tournament, keeping fans, pundits, and odds-makers on their toes. Seeing the action in live-time is one thing, but noting on paper the significance of the stats is another. For instance, there were an impressive 94 goals scored in the group stages games, and the fastest player to score was Sweden’s Emil Forsberg who scored against Poland in one minute and 21 seconds. There’s been even more historical moments and plenty of unexpected results that have had spectators scratching…