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From Chiesa to Seferovic, record numbers

2021-07-11T21:18:00.680Z


Ronaldo always the king of goals, for Kozlowski a record debut (ANSA) Euro 2020 closes with many new records and various curiosities in numbers, in a crescendo that goes from 1 to 800 and opens in blue hues: one is in fact Federico Chiesa's goal to Austria that allowed the Italian striker to imitate his father Enrico, who scored at Euro 1996, and to both become the only father-son to have succeeded in this feat. Here are the other key numbers of the traveling tourna


Euro 2020 closes with many new records and various curiosities in numbers, in a crescendo that goes from 1 to 800 and opens in blue hues: one is in fact Federico Chiesa's goal to Austria that allowed the Italian striker to imitate his father Enrico, who scored at Euro 1996, and to both become the only father-son to have succeeded in this feat. Here are the other key numbers of the traveling tournament for UEFA's sixtieth anniversary.


    2 - England became the first team to win a European finals group by scoring just two goals. Neither England nor Italy have conceded goals in their respective group: only four teams have succeeded in the past.


    3 - Switzerland have played three matches in the knockout stages in their history, and have always gone to penalties.


    4 - In the quarterfinal victory against Ukraine, England have scored four goals in a knockout stage of the tournament or World Cup for the first time since the 1966 Rimet Cup final.


    5 - England became the top team to have achieved five clean sheets in a row since the beginning of a European.


    Spain are the first to score five goals in consecutive games of a finals 8 - Spain's 5-3 over Croatia was the second most-goal-scoring game in the history of a European finals and the first with eight different scorers in the match report.


    9 - Patrik Schick became the ninth player in history to score five goals in a final tournament as England won their opening match by a Euro for the first time on the ninth attempt 13 - With 13 total goals, the Spain has set a new record for goals scored in a final stage. The Spaniards had made 12 in 2008 and 2012, and both times they had won the tournament.


    14 - Cristiano Ronaldo has set two more records: he became the first to play and score in five Europeans in a row and set a new overall scoring record with 14 goals in the finals.


    15 - The 2-1 win against Belgium was Italy's 15th consecutive victory, including qualifiers, and became a new competition record.


    16 - Hungary's second goal in a 2-2 win against Germany was scored just 16 seconds after the restart from Germany's equal.


    17 - Pole Kacper Kozlowski (17 years and 246 days) has become the youngest rookie in a final round.


    18 - On 23 June, 18 goals were scored in four games, a record for a single day.


    22 - In the 2-2 against Portugal for the first time after 22 games, a goal by Karim Benzema did not coincide with a victory for France.


    24 - The Czech Republic (including Czechoslovakia) converted all 24 penalties taken in the final stages, after missing the first in 1960.


    32 - Italy set a new national record with 32 unbeaten games and 13 straight wins when they beat Belgium in the quarterfinals. The Azzurri reached 33 in the final.


    37 - At 37 years and 321 days, Goran Pandev became the second-oldest scorer in the final stages after the 38-year-old Austrian Ivica Vastic.


    55 - England have reached the final of a major tournament for the first time in 55 years.


    82 - Swede Emil Forsberg's goal after 82 minutes in the win against Poland was the second fastest in the history of the finals.


    83 - Switzerland had not won in a knockout stage of finals since the 1938 World Cup. Victory against France on penalties in the round of 16 interrupted an 83-year wait.


    109 - With two goals scored against France, CR7 reached 109 goals for Portugal and equaled the world record of Iranian Ali Daei.


    800 - The goal of the Swiss Haris Seferović who opened the scoring against France in the second round was the 800 / o in the history of the European Championship.


Source: ansa

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