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Top Speeds of Chelsea players at Euro 2024- How fast have Mudryk, Cucurella & others been at the tournament?

Here is a look at the top speeds of Chelsea players representing their countries at Euro 2024 so far. The Blues have some representatives in the tournament and both the finalists for the Euros (Spain and England) have Chelsea players in their squads.

Chelsea players at Euro 2024

Mykhailo Mudryk (UKR)

The fastest Chelsea player at Euro 2024 is Mykhailo Mudryk, with the Ukrainian winger registering a top speed of 34.9 km/h (average of 33.44) during the tournament as per official records.

Mudryk was Ukraine’s joint quickest player along with Artem Dobvyk (also measured at 34.9 km/h) and the pair are 18th in the overall list for quickest players at the tournament, which is headed by Kylian Mbappe (36.5 km/h)

Romelu Lukaku (BEL)

The Belgian striker is still technically contracted to Chelsea, and had a top speed of 33.5 km/h (avg of 32.35 km/h), which made him Les Diables Rouges’ fifth fastest player at Euro 2024 after Trossard, Onana, Doku and Openda.

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xG stats France vs Spain Euro 2024 Semifinal | Only 1 shot for Espana in second half

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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for France vs Spain from their Euro 2024 semifinal. The star of the show was Lamine Yamal, as shown in these player ratings for the game from the newspapers– his marvellous strike started Spain’s comeback.

xG France 0.81-0.49 Spain shots map (Actual score FRA 1-2 ESP)

1-0 Kolo Muani header goal vs Spain xG 0.26
1-1 Lamine Yamal goal vs France xG 0.03
1-2 Dani Olmo goal vs France xG 0.09

Spain had only one shot after the interval– one from Lamine Yamal in the 81st minute. In fact, 3 of Spain’s 6 shots in the full game were taken by Yamal (his goal plus ones in the 40th and 81st minutes). Two shots went to Fabian Ruiz (5th minute header and 36th minute shot)

xG France vs Spain Euro 2024

France had only 3 shots in the first half (two to Mbappe- both blocked) and the Kolo Muani goal.

They had some chances after the interval- not very high on xG, but decent-ish chances. They primarily went to

Hernandez 76th minute (over the bar; unmarked on edge of area), Mbappe 86th minute, Tchouameni (53rd minute header) and Upamecano (63rd minute header)

France’s overall 9 shots breakdown- Mbappe 4; Tchouameni, Greizmann, Upamecano, Hernandez and Kolo Muani 1 each.

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How did Havertz, Cucurella & others fare- Bild Marca Newspaper Player Ratings for Germany vs Spain Euro 2024

Here is look at the player ratings from the big European newspapers for Spain vs Germany. La Roja edged Die Mannschaft to move into the last four, where they will meet France.

Marc Cucurella was involved in one of the more controversial moments of the game- there was a handball call against him, but the referee didn’t award a penalty. Kai Havertz had one of Germany’s good chances when Unai Simon was off his line- he could’ve passed it to Wirtz who would’ve had a tap-in, but instead went for an ambitious chip, which missed the target.

Bild player ratings Germany 1-2 Spain Euro 2024

(German rating system; the lower the better; 1 very good, 6 very bad)

Cucurella got a 3 here, while Havertz was given a 4 by German paper Bild. They were very unhappy with Anthony Taylor’s performance, giving him a 5. The best player in their eyes was Dani Olmo (1 rating), who was an early replacement for Spain following a tough challenge by Kroos on Pedri.

Spain Germany Bild

ABC player ratings Espana Germany

Spanish newspaper ABC gave just one star to Cucurella, and chose not to rate Kai Havertz at all. Rodri got two stars.

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