TECHNICAL REPORT FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP RUSSIA 2017 2 Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS The experts, in conversation 3 Technical stats 5 Technical and tactical analysis and trends in the game 12 Official FIFA awards 16 3 The experts, in conversation THE EXPERTS, IN CONVERSATION Wynton Rufer (New Zealand), Gabriel Calderón (Argentina), Marco van Basten (FIFA), Rodrigo Kenton (Costa Rica) There are just two games remaining at Rodrigo Kenton: We’ve seen a couple of the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017, very clearly defined types of formations, giving the Technical Study Group (TSG) the such as the ones used by Russia and Ger- perfect opportunity to gather together many, who’ve switched between a three- and assess the tournament’s most notable man and a five-man defence, depending trends. on whether they’re attacking or defending. Chile have been tactically aggressive too. Headed up by Marco van Basten, FIFA They’re a hungry side who play a dynamic Chief Officer for Technical Development, game for the whole 90 minutes. the members of the TSG, which has been analysing FIFA tournaments since 1966, Van Basten: You can tell that they’ve expressed their delight at the attacking come here with the very definite football played by the teams taking part at intention of winning the tournament. Russia 2017. Also catching their eye have Kenton: Absolutely. Germany and Mexico been the impressive number of goals scored have also played with a lot of per match so far (2.8 after the semi-finals) intensity, but they’ve not and the tactical astuteness of teams such as been as consistent. Chile have Chile. got some big-game players in (Arturo) Vidal, (Alexis) FIFA.com picks out the highlights of a Sanchez and (Eduardo) „THERE’S A CLEAR fascinating discussion involving Van Basten, Vargas. They’re match- TREND, WITH Gabriel Calderon of Argentina, Rodrigo winners. THE ATTACKING Kenton of Costa Rica and Wynton Rufer of New Zealand. Wynton Rufer: The for- PHILOSOPHY.” wards press a lot, that’s Marco van Basten: What tactical inno- for sure. And that’s vations have you seen at the tourna- good because it forces ment? the midfielders and defenders to push fur- Gabriel Calderon: There’s a clear trend, ther up the pitch to support that pressure. with the attacking philosophy seen in the Look at New Zealand, for example, who last few tournaments being continued made up for the technical gap between here. That’s why we’ve seen so many goals them and the rest by playing a high-inten- scored here to date (39 in 14 matches). The sity game. Every team’s got some very good match average is really good! Teams have players and you can’t afford to give them been playing the ball out from the back anything. and then passing their way up the pitch towards the opposition goal. That’s some- Van Basten: Talking of which, the thing that needs to be pointed out. average number of goals scored from 4 The experts, in conversation set-pieces has been pretty low. What can we read into that? Kenton: That coaches and defenders have really done their homework because they don’t want to get caught out. A case in point is Mexico, who are very good at dead- ball situations. They’ve only scored one goal from them here (Hector Moreno against Portugal), and that’s a clear indication that all the teams have put an emphasis on the passing game as an attacking weapon. Van Basten: The VAR has been another Van Basten: So we’re heading in the topic of interest. What do you make right direction then? of its introduction here? Rufer: Obviously it’s going to take time. It’s Calderon: I think it’s been a very good first one thing to plan it all, hold meetings and step. We all have to get used to it, and it’s training sessions, but quite another to take only natural that there’s going to be a bit it all out to the pitch, which is the moment of confusion at the start. It was hardly used of truth. You have to be patient, but it’s in the semi-finals, though, and we saw looking positive to me. It has a vital role to some dynamic football. play when big mistakes are made. 5 Technical stats Final standings stats 1. Germany 628,304 Total attendance 39,269 Average attendance 2. Chile 3. Portugal 5 (11.63%) in the first 10 min. 43 Goals 10 (23.26%)in the last 10 min. 4. Mexico 2.69 Goal average 5 (11.63%) by substitutes 5. Russia 6. Australia 4 Converted, 1 missed 5 Penalties 7. Cameroon 8. New Zealand 56 Yellow cards (avg. game 3.5) 3 2ⁿd yellow card 4 Red cards (avg. game 0.25) 1 Direct red card WHEN THE GOALS WHO SCORED WERE SCORED THE GOALS 0-60 min 61-120 min Defenders Own goals 4 2 46th to 60th 8 1st to 15th 106th to 120th 0 61st to 75th minute minute minute* minute 11 5 1 4 Midfielders 16 21 Strikers 31st to 45th 3 16st to 30th 91st to 105th 11 76th to 90th minute* minute minute* minute* 0 Goalkeepers *incl. additional time 43 Total goals 43 Total goals TOP 3 GOALSCORERS goals from 1 2 3 12 Inside goal area 4 Penalties 22 Inside penalty area 5 Outside penalty area Player (Country/No.) Goals Assists Minutes Played Matches Played 43 Total goals 1. Timo WERNER (GER, 11) 3 2 292 4 2. Leon GORETZKA (GER, 8) 3 0 336 4 3. Lars STINDL (GER , 13) 3 0 336 4 The final CHILE v. germany Pass accuracy 0 Goals 1 21 Shots 8 8 Shots on goal 3 5 Shots blocked 2 0 0 0-1 (0-1) Penalties awarded 61 39 89% 76% Saint Petersburg Stadium Ball possession % 474 215 in Saint Petersburg Passes completed 9 Corners 4 13 20 Referee: Milorad MAŽIĆ (SRB) Fouls committed CHILE germany 4 3 0-1 20’ Lars STINDL Yellow cards 0 Second yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 6 Technical stats The final LINE-UPs 90’ (GK) Claudio BRAVO (C) 1 (GK) Marc-André TER STEGEN 22 1 (DF) Mauricio ISLA 4 (DF) Shkodran MUSTAFI 2 (FW) Alexis SÁNCHEZ 7 (DF) Jonas HECTOR 3 17 18 4 15 (MF) Arturo VIDAL 8 59’ (DF) Matthias GINTER 4 21 (MF) Pablo HERNÁNDEZ 10 (MF) Julian DRAXLER (C) 7 20 10 (FW) Eduardo VARGAS 11 75'|81' (MF) Leon GORETZKA 8 90’+2 CHILE 8 (DF) Jean BEAUSEJOUR 15 (FW) Timo WERNER 11 79’ 11 7 (DF) Gary MEDEL 17 (MF) Lars STINDL 13 20’ (DF) Gonzalo JARA 18 65’ (DF) Antonio RÜDIGER 16 (MF) Charles ARÁNGUIZ 20 81’ (DF) Joshua KIMMICH 18 59’ (MF) Marcelo DÍAZ 21 53’ (MF) Sebastian RUDY 21 90’+2 Substitutes (DF) Eugenio MENA 2 (GK) Kevin TRAPP 1 (DF) Enzo ROCO 3 (DF) Marvin PLATTENHARDT 5 (MF) Francisco SILVA 5 (DF) Benjamin HENRICHS 6 (MF) José FUENZALIDA 6 (FW) Sandro WAGNER 9 (FW) Ángelo SAGAL 9 81’ (MF) Kerem DEMIRBAY 10 11 (GK) Cristopher TOSELLI 12 (GK) Bernd LENO 12 7 13 (DF) Paulo DÍAZ 13 (MF) Emre CAN 14 79’ | 90’ germany (MF) Felipe GUTIÉRREZ 14 (MF) Amin YOUNES 15 21 8 3 18 (FW) Martín RODRÍGUEZ 16 (DF) Niklas SÜLE 17 90’+2 16 4 (FW) Leonardo VALENCIA 19 53’ (MF) Julian BRANDT 20 2 (FW) Edson PUCH 22 81’ (MF) Leroy SANÉ (absent) 19 22 (GK) Johnny HERRERA 23 (MF) Diego DEMME (absent) 23 COACH Juan Antonio PIZZI (ESP) COACH Joachim LÖW (GER) Team passes completed (starting 11) Chile (458) Germany (211) BRAVO (GK) TER STEGEN (GK) VARGAS (FW) BEAUSEJOUR (DF) WERNER (FW) MUSTAFI (DF) SÁNCHEZ (FW) ISLA (DF) STINDL (MF) GINTER (DF) 29 33 21 16 52 22 6 22 15 24 18 18 60 71 HERNÁNDEZ (MF) JARA (DF) GORETZKA (MF) 17 RÜDIGER (DF) 25 16 34 29 6731 43 ARÁNGUIZ (MF) MEDEL (DF) DRAXLER (MF) KIMMICH (DF) VIDAL (MF) DÍAZ (MF) RUDY (MF) HECTOR (DF) events 1 2 chi ger 20:10 20:20 20:30 20:40 20:50 21:00 21:10 21:20 21:30 21:40 21:50 CHI ger Yellow card 2 Start of 2ⁿd half 53' Substitution 81' Substitution 20' Goal 90' Yellow card Goal Half-time whistle 59' Yellow card 81' Substitution 59' Yellow card 90+2' Substitution Substitution Final whistle 65' Yellow card 90' Yellow card 79' Substitution 90+2' Yellow card 1 Start of 1st half 75' Yellow card 7 Technical stats PLAYER STATISTICS from the final Claudio Bravo, 1 GOALS CONCEDED/SAVES heatmap (position) Goalkeeper (GK) Chile 13 April 1983 Manchester City FC, ENG International debut: Paraguay v. Chile on 11 July 2004 adidas Golden Glove winner Goals and Saves SAVES shots faced total saves 2 3 3 1 Goal Total claims 2 Save Total punches 0 Set-piece saves 0 Open-play saves 2 Goals conceded Shots on goal Shots off target MARC-ANDRÉ Ter Stegen, 22 GOALS CONCEDED/SAVES heatmap (position) Goalkeeper (GK) Germany 30 April 1992 FC Barcelona, ESP International debut: Switzerland v. Germany on 26 May 2012 Man of the match in final Goals and Saves SAVES shots faced 8 8 total saves 8 0 Goal Total claims 8 Save Total punches 0 Set-piece saves 0 Open-play saves 8 Goals conceded Shots on goal Shots off target 8 Technical stats Gary Medel, 17 TEAM PASSES COMPLETED (STARTING 11) BRAVO (GK) VARGAS (FW) BEAUSEJOUR (DF) Defender (DF) Chile SÁNCHEZ (FW) ISLA (DF) 29 3 August 1987 33 16 52 FC Internazionale, ITA 22 International debut: HERNÁNDEZ (MF) 60 71 JARA (DF) Argentina v.