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6 8 18 24 ANALYSIS, THE WAY THE FINAL THE WINNING REFLECTION TO WALES COACH AND DEBATE 26 28 36 42 RESULTS TECHNICAL STANDARD GOALS OF TOPICS THE 44 48 51 52 TALKING POINTS SQUAD OF STATISTICS: STATISTICS: THE SEASON POWERS OF ATTEMPTS RECOVERY ON GOAL 54 56 58 60 STATISTICS: STATISTICS: STATISTICS: STATISTICS: ROUTE TO GOAL GOING THE PASSING POSSESSION DISTANCE 62 63 64 98 STATISTICS: STATISTICS: TEAM PROFILES ROLL OF CROSSES CORNERS HONOUR

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INTRODUCTION ANALYSIS, REFLECTION

The UEFA Technical Oberservers Group in Cardiff (from left to right): AND DEBATE Thomas Schaaf, Peter Rudbæk, Ginés Meléndez, Ryan Giggs, Sir , Ioan Lupescu, , , Mixu Paatelainen UEFA’s Technical Observers This Technical Report sets out to provide a of the competition, culminating with the points that, it is hoped, might contribute permanent of the 125 matches played final in Cardiff. UEFA’s technical director useful material to the continued professional Group met in Cardiff in the group stage and the knockout rounds Ioan Lupescu captained a team of observers development of more than 200,000 coaches to discuss the main of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League comprising Ryan Giggs (Wales), Ginés Meléndez who currently hold a UEFA licence. By trends and talking points season and to present factual and statistical (Spain), Mixu Paatelainen (), Peter highlighting tendencies and trends at the peak information in a reader-friendly format. The Rudbæk (), Willi Ruttensteiner of professional club football, the aim is to from the 2016/17 UEFA report, given the evident limitation of not being (Austria), Thomas Schaaf (Germany) and provide a meaningful tool to coaches who are Champions League season able to enter into great detail about individual (England). At the final in active in the development levels of the game, matches, aims to provide an overview based on Cardiff, they were joined by Sir Alex Ferguson in the form of information that may be helpful the presentation and interpretation of facts (Scotland), Fabio Capello (Italy), when working on the qualities needed by the and figures, backed by input from the team () and Roy Hodgson (England). players and coaches who will play roles in of UEFA technical observers who attended the The objective of the Technical Report is shaping the UEFA Champions League of matches played during the knockout stages to supply analysis, reflections and debating the future.

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP E GROUP F

Arsenal FC Paris PFC Ludogorets FC Basel 1893 SSC Napoli SL Benfica Beşiktaş JK FC Dynamo Kyiv AS Monaco FC Bayer 04 Tottenham PFC CSKA Borussia Real CF Legia Warszawa Sporting Clube (ARS) Saint-Germain Razgrad (BAS) (NAP) (BEN) (BES) (DYN) (MON) Leverkusen Hotspur FC Moskva Dortmund (RM) (LEG) de Portugal (PSG) (LUD) (LEV) (TOT) (CSKA) (DOR) (SPO)

GROUP C GROUP D GROUP G GROUP H

FC Barcelona VfL Borussia Celtic FC Club Atlético FC Bayern FC Rostov PSV Eindhoven Leicester City FC FC Porto FC København Club Brugge KV Juventus Sevilla FC Olympique GNK Dinamo (BAR) City FC Mönchengladbach (CEL) de Madrid München (ROS) (PSV) (LEI) (POR) (KOB) (BRU) (JUV) (SEV) Lyonnais Zagreb (MC) (MGB) (ATM) (BAY) (LYO) (DZG)

6 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 THE CONTENDERS 7 COMPETITION OVERVIEW

THE WAY TO WALES It took time for Real Madrid and Juventus to hit top gear, but once they did there was no looking back

UEFA’s coaching ambassador Sir Alex Ferguson is regularly asked, when he addresses his colleagues at UEFA coach education events, to name the qualities required by today’s top technicians. After listing them, his bottom line is invariably: “Don’t forget, everyone needs a bit of luck along the way.” Eight years have passed since Sir Alex, in an interview for UEFA’s coaching publication, The Technician, said of the UEFA Champions League: “The speed of transitional play is definitely quicker now. In addition, coaching qualities have improved and, through sports science and technology, you are able to examine your opponents more thoroughly. This has had an impact on tactical operations.” With this aspect of the game maintaining its momentum and several clubs meeting (top) regularly in the UEFA Champions League, celebrates scoring Juventus’s second goal accidents, incidents or key moments often at home to Barcelona shape the competition.

8 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 COMPETITION OVERVIEW 9 GROUP STAGE Although the group stage was respectful with the form book, even the heavyweights had their groggy moments. After 89 minutes of their title defence, Real Madrid were 1-0 down to Sporting CP at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu – only for and Álvaro Morata (90+4) to reverse a scoreline that might have given Group F a different complexion. Zinédine Zidane’s side then let a 2-0 advantage slip against Legia in Warsaw and needed another late goal to salvage a 3-3 draw. hit Madrid with 87th and 88th-minute goals to grab a brace of 2-2 draws and take top spot in a group where, with ’s side running up a record top-scored 8-4 win against Legia, 51 goals were scored. for Paris with eight goals (above); Dortmund struck 21 group Other groups were contested with lesser stage goals, more than any degrees of flamboyance – notably Group H, other side (below) which yielded 23 goals, two goalless draws and four 1-0 results. Juventus won all three away games, among them a 3-1 win in Seville coloured by the 36th-minute dismissal of Franco Vázquez when Sampaoli’s side were 1-0 ahead. Despite the setback, Sevilla ground out a 0-0 draw in on matchday six to clinch second place and eliminate the French side, who paid a high price for Kevin De Bruyne scores from a free-kick against Barcelona profligate finishing.

In a Group G that also produced two thrusting them into top place. Barcelona, “The victory for Pep goalless draws, debutants Leicester City, launching their campaign with a 7-0 demolition Guardiola over his going four games without conceding, of Celtic, had a blip during the second half at former club Barcelona clinched qualification with a game to spare Manchester City but won the other five, scoring was one of only and, with Claudio Ranieri making eight changes 20 times in the process. The victory for Pep two for Manchester for the visit to Porto, were hammered 5-0, Guardiola over his former club was one of only meaning Nuno Espírito Santo’s team nudged two for City – both of them at home. City in Group C” out København. Debutants Rostov opened with a heavy Group B went closest to the wire, although 5-0 defeat in but, to the credit of Ivan Napoli looked to be comfortably on track with Daniliants’ side, suffered only two further six points from two games. But ’s defeats to finish third in Group D, ahead of side, fighting back from 0-1 and 1-2, missing a PSV Eindhoven. The top two, Bayern München penalty in the process, conceded a late goal to and Atlético Madrid, traded punches with the lose 3-2 at home to Beşiktas. The Istanbul former’s 3-2 defeat in Rostov consigning club’s only victory, allied with four draws, sent ’s team to second place. In a them to Kyiv on matchday six needing a win. low-scoring Group E – a quarter of the goals But, down to ten after 29 minutes and nine were recorded on the last matchday – after 56, they were beaten 6-0 by Dynamo to Tottenham Hotspur’s entertainment of visitors allow Benfica to sneak past the cut with a at provided insufficient modest total of eight points. home comfort, seeing Monaco and Bayer By contrast, Groups A and C enjoyed a Leverkusen qualify with a game to spare. relatively tranquil final matchday. But, in the When the curtain came down on the group former, Ludogorets provided a twist in the tail stage, 278 goals had been, unusually, evenly with a 2-2 draw at Paris Saint-Germain to edge shared between the first and second halves themselves into the UEFA Europa League ahead of games – and a field of 32 starters from 17 of Basel and consign ’s team to national associations had been whittled down second place – Arsenal’s 4-1 win at Basel to 16 from six.

10 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 COMPETITION OVERVIEW 11 Sergi Roberto was In the meantime, Leicester City wrote Barcelona’s unexpected hero against Paris another piece of club history. Forced on to the back foot in Seville, they were nevertheless thrown a lifeline by a late goal from that limited damage to a 2-1 defeat. With Craig Shakespeare replacing Ranieri between the two matches, they then capitalised on compact 1-4-5-1 defending and rapid transitions to overturn the deficit – a free-kick and a cross from the right producing the only two goals of a game when goalkeeper proved decisive. As he had done in the first leg, he saved an 80th-minute penalty in Leicester that could have extended the tie into extra-time. The other two ties were more profoundly ROUND OF 16 influenced by ‘accidents and incidents’. Porto Whereas the group stage affords greater scope were reduced to ten after only 27 minutes of for damage to be repaired, the knockout rounds their home leg against Juventus, obliging Nuno show less mercy. A poor match, a poor half, a to adopt a damage-limitation 1-4-4-1 poor spell of play can be enough to extinguish formation – only to be beaten by two burning ambitions. But not always. At the Parc second-half goals. After 40 minutes of the des Princes, Unai Emery might have won design return in , Maxi Pereira was red-carded, awards for his tactics as Paris Saint-Germain allowing Juventus to go further ahead from the produced a strong performance against penalty spot in a tie where Porto played only Barcelona in terms of aggressive pressing, one-third 11 v 11. Arsenal, despite ending the defending, counterattacking and, above all, first half at 1-1 against Bayern in Munich, hunger. Interchanging, the midfield trio of managed only a single goal attempt in the , and second half, compared with 14 by Carlo excelled in ball-winning, giving speed to attacks, Ancelotti’s side. Four of them hit the net. In counterattacks and, generally, controlling the , Arsène Wenger’s team were 1-0 game. Barcelona had 57% of possession but ahead when centre-back had few complaints about a 4-0 defeat. At the was dismissed. With hopes of raising a phoenix , switched to three at from the ashes dowsed, Arsenal conceded five the back and threw everything at PSG in what to post an eye-catching 2-10 aggregate defeat. was practically a 1-3-3-4 formation with high It meant that Germany had two teams in the pressing and varied attacking via short and long last eight, with three from Spain and one apiece passes, which succeeded in creating scenes of from England, and Italy. chaos in the PSG box. Barça took a three-goal lead, but when Edinson Cavani made it 3-1 after 62 minutes, logic suggested the game was over – especially when the scoreboard showed (left) scored Benfica’s first-leg winner against 87 minutes and the same scoreline. But, with opting for a defensive line of three and Dortmund Gerard Piqué up as target man, PSG suffered a wing-backs, also needed a minor comeback to “Sergi Roberto’s close- mental blackout. During the closing minutes, get the better of Benfica who, even though range finish five they made seven passes – three of them to Tuchel’s team carved out more chances, won minutes into added kick-off from the centre-spot after Barça had 1-0 in Lisbon. In Germany, however, one-way time sealed the most scored. Sergi Roberto’s close-range finish from traffic led to a conclusive 4-0 victory. remarkable comeback a free-kick five minutes into added time sealed The foundations for another conclusive the most remarkable comeback in UEFA victory were laid when Atlético Madrid’s in UEFA Champions Champions League history. counterattacking potential was a key weapon League history” The round was also rich in comebacks of a during a 4-2 away win against Leverkusen. To lesser nature. Real Madrid recovered from being their credit – and despite the upheaval of 1-0 down in both legs to defeat Napoli twice by replacing Roger Schmidt on the a 3-1 margin. Despite an early lead, Manchester bench between the two matches – the German City needed to come back from 1-2 and 2-3 at team built dangerously through the central area home to Monaco (who also missed a penalty) during the return leg and switched play neatly to win 5-3. However, lapses when defending set to the wings to stretch Atlético’s defending and ’s shot hits plays proved decisive as ’s side goalkeeping skills to the limit. But they could do the back of the net (left) – the first of ten goals for recorded a 3-1 second-leg victory. Dortmund, no more than earn a 0-0 draw. Bayern against Arsenal

12 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 COMPETITION OVERVIEW 13 Madrid edged past “For the first time Bayern in a thrilling since they reached quarter-final the final in 2004, Monaco were through to the last four”

Kylian Mbappé struck in both Real Madrid continued their rollercoaster legs against Dortmund campaign against Bayern in another tie between teams of similar styles and shapes to be marked by ‘accidents and incidents’. After going ahead from a corner in Munich, Bayern failed to convert a penalty on the stroke of half-time and then conceded an equaliser immediately after the restart. When Javi Martínez was red-carded, Zidane’s team grabbed control – and a priceless 2-1 away win. At the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, however, the tables were turned. Dominating possession, controlling the tempo and attacking with purpose and ambition, Bayern had the edge over Zidane’s team who, with injured, switched to a 1-4-4-2 with at the cutting edge of a midfield diamond. But, once again, a red card wrested the initiative from Leicester were floored by an experienced Atlético side very little space between the lines for Ancelotti’s team and, after taking a 2-1 QUARTER-FINALS Barça’s flair players. The quality of the visitors’ advantage, they were required to embark on With the draw keeping teams from the same individual and collective defending earned extra-time with ten. Some stunning country apart, the quarter-finals kicked off with a goalless draw and a semi-final place. counterattacking allowed Real to emerge Juventus entertaining Barcelona in a rematch The other Spanish clubs enjoyed better with a slightly misleading 4-2 scoreline. of the 2015 final. A blend of dynamic attacking luck. Playing a compact 1-4-4-2 that External factors marked the other – especially through the wide areas – and metamorphosed into 1-4-2-3-1 defending, quarter-final, with the Dortmund team bus aggressive defending allowed Massimiliano Leicester City relied on direct counterattacking damaged by an explosive device en route to Allegri’s team to take a two-goal advantage in via direct supply to Jamie Vardy at the Estadio the stadium. The first leg, postponed until a the first half of the home leg, while Barça were Vicente Calderón. But Atlético could muster day later, was shaped by a counterattack and re-running the below-par performance level just four attempts on target (the visitors had an own goal that gave Monaco a 2-0 half-time that had spelt disaster in Paris. A brighter start none) and their only success came from the lead. Although rallying after the break and to the second half was truncated when Giorgio penalty spot. A header by Saúl Ñíguez gave replying twice, Dortmund were undone by a Chiellini headed home a corner and, switching ’s side a vital away goal early defensive error that gave the visitors a third to a 1-3-4-3 formation for the final minutes, in the return and, although Shakespeare’s goal and a 2-3 victory. In the principality, Juve closed down a 3-0 scoreline. This time two half-time substitutions changed the Thomas Tuchel switched from 1-5-4-1 to there was to be no miracle at the Camp Nou. complexion of the game – and laid the 1-4-2-3-1 after 26 minutes but, again, a For periods, Luis Enrique’s team had the visitors foundations for an equaliser – they fell two combination of defensive errors and penned into their defensive third. But the goals short of victory. vulnerability to counters was their undoing. Juventus game plan was based on a well- Monaco, for the first time since they reached organised, compact defensive unit, offering the final in 2004, were through to the last four.

14 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 COMPETITION OVERVIEW 15 match to be played at the Estadio Vicente SEMI-FINALS Calderón – burst into life when a corner and MADRID RIVALS MEET AGAIN a penalty allowed Atlético to pull two goals back within 16 minutes. An amazing piece of Memories of the 2014 and 2016 finals justified individual magic by , however, forecasts of a tense, closely fought derby when enabled Isco to dampen Atlético’s optimism the two Madrid clubs were again paired in the just before half-time. The French striker draw. But Real, starting with a 1-4-4-2 structure somehow invented a route past three and only reverting to 1-4-3-3 when Isco was defenders on the byline and cut the ball back substituted midway through the second half, to . repelled his point-blank produced a rampant performance, dominating finish, only for Isco to screw the ball into the in all departments with a mix of patient net from close range. The goal required three construction and direct attacking supported replies from Atlético and, although they by two exuberant full-backs. Although favoured manfully pursued the target, Real had the by rebounds, Zidane’s team were not flattered better of a second half that extended their by a two-goal advantage, with an 86th-minute title defence into the final.

Karim Benzema weaves his way textbook defence-to-attack transition through the Atlético defence completing a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick. before setting up Real Madrid’s crucial away goal The return – the last UEFA Champions League

Dani Alves (centre) had a hand in every Juve goal against Monaco

for the first time since he had done so in JUVE KEEP MONACO AT BAY Seville on 22 November. Buffon’s unbeaten The other semi-final gave Juventus another run of 600 minutes provided a starting block opportunity to exhibit the defensive for Juve’s run to their second final in three choreography that had sent them past Porto seasons and, in Cardiff as in , Spanish and Barcelona without conceding a goal. In opponents awaited them. Monaco, their proficiency at high ball-winning and direct counterattacking earned them a 2-0 advantage, with Paulo Dybala exuberantly linking middle-to-front moves and providing two inspirational assists for striker Gonzalo Higuaín. Alves was again the detonator in Turin, crossing for Mario Mandžukić to slide in with his left foot and then writing his own name on the scoresheet after a corner on the left. “Buffon’s unbeaten The same corner flag signalled the origin of run of 600 minutes Monaco’s reply in the second half, with a tortuous move along the byline allowing Kylian provided a starting Mbappé, one of the young revelations of the block for Juve’s run to competition, to oblige – 21 their second final in years his senior – to pick the ball out of his net three seasons”

16 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 COMPETITION OVERVIEW 17 THE FINAL

ATTACK IS THE BEST TITLE DEFENCE

A masterpiece of a goal gave Juventus hope, but Real Madrid’s belief, artistry and power ensured they became the first team to retain the UEFA Champions League title

Real Madrid celebrate Cristiano Ronaldo’s second goal in Cardiff

18 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 THE FINAL 19 After Real Madrid’s 4-1 win over city rivals Madrid defence,” Paatelainen said. “Higuaín Atlético in 2014, Roy Hodgson had remarked: “The final gave us an struggled to get into the game and Dybala “There’s always a temptation to start at the hour of wonderfully gave the crowd some nice tricks, but without final result and work your way back from there.” competitive football being able to create danger.” The former England manager could easily have – and then, suddenly, After the match, Zidane maintained, pressed the ‘replay’ button as he and the other it was all over” with trademark understatement, that he had UEFA technical observers made their way out asked his players “to put more energy into of the National Stadium in Cardiff. The same Roy Hodgson their pressing and passing”. The result, as soon scoreline and the same winner might have as the action resumed after the interval, was tempted onlookers to talk about one-way a dramatic change of scenery, even though traffic. But the scoreboard, as it had done three the statistical parameters of a 56% ball-share years earlier in Lisbon, displayed a distorted favourable to Madrid remained constant. image. As Hodgson said in Cardiff: “The final Zidane’s team held a higher line, allowing gave us an hour of wonderfully competitive holding to use his football – and then, suddenly, it was all over.” ball-winning qualities in Juventus territory.

When the technical team reassembled on Cristiano Ronaldo scored Isco started to drift to the left, posing his 104th and 105th UEFA the following morning, Sir Alex Ferguson was Champions League goals in the testing questions to Alves and Barzagli and the first to express a general view that they final (above); Mario Mandžukić’s opening spaces for Marcelo to express his astonishing strike briefly brought had been witnesses to “the best final in quite Juventus level (below) attacking talents. a while”. He added: “The pace of the game was incredible and unrelenting.” As the teams lined up for the first final to Paatelainen. “They grabbed the initiative be played under a closed roof, the 65,842 and they created a lot of problems for Dani spectators might have been forgiven for Carvajal with Alex Sandro and Mario Mandžukić wondering if the football would equal the combining well along the left. At the same spectacular pre-match pageantry. But doubts time, I feel that Real Madrid maybe showed were erased as soon as German referee Felix them too much respect.” Brych signalled the start of play. Despite their continual positional Teamsheets had failed to raise eyebrows. interchanging, Madrid’s two front-runners were Zinédine Zidane’s purple-shirted team featured starved of supply. But, ironically, the first Isco at the cutting edge of a midfield diamond, effective combination on the right flank with Gareth Bale, medically fit but inactive on produced a game-changing moment. Cristiano the final straight of the road to Cardiff, on the Ronaldo, dropping deep to receive, fed a pass bench. ’s selection offered into the path of the onrushing Carvajal, whose an outward appearance of 1-3-5-2. But, as the cut-back, hit first time by Ronaldo, brushed game roared into life, it became clear that, in Bonucci and beat Gianluigi Buffon at his far practical terms, , Leonardo post. The question was whether the against- Bonucci, and Alex Sandro the-tide goal would drive a needle into the formed a back line of four, while Dani Alves held Juventus balloon. a midfield position. “Alves in the first half was The question was answered, within seven comfortable going and pressing the ball against minutes, by one of the most spectacular goals Marcelo,” Sir Alex said, “and he had one of his ever to grace a UEFA Champions League final. quieter games for Real.” The scoreboard clock The technical masterpiece was sketched when was ticking its way into the 17th minute before Bonucci hit a long lofted pass wide to the left. the Madrid left-back delivered his first cross. A brilliantly cushioned first-touch volley by With Miralem Pjanić and in the Alex Sandro sent the ball to the chest of controlling positions and Paulo Dybala Higuaín, who then flicked it towards Mandžukić. operating in the slipstream of target striker The big Croatian launched himself into the air Gonzalo Higuaín, the 1-4-2-3-1 structure gave and, twisting his body like a high diver, volleyed the Italians a controlling interest in midfield. at chest height into the far corner of the Madrid “In this team structure,” Ginés Meléndez net. One goal each. And so it remained until added, “the full-backs are essential to Real the German referee sent the teams to the Madrid in opening up the pitch and aiming for dressing-rooms at half-time. numerical superiority in midfield.” And, initially, “For long periods,” Hodgson said, they struggled. “Juventus’s team shape caused “Juventus had control. At half-time, I felt all sorts of problems in the first 20 minutes,” that they were more likely to win it.” “They said Ryan Giggs. “They were building fast with performed well in the first half,” added Fabio neat one-touch and two-touch combinations.” Capello. “But it was significant that they “It reminded me of the way they started couldn’t penetrate with through passes.” “I against Barcelona in Turin,” said Mixu don’t recall them ever getting in behind the

20 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 THE FINAL 21 (centre) scores Marco Asensio took the baton from Isco at the Madrid’s fourth goal cutting edge of the midfield diamond and, with the clock ticking down, the coach granted Kroos a standing ovation from the crowd by sending on Alvaro Morata as a third attacker. With the Madrid supporters giving full voice to their victory chants, the knife was twisted in Juventus wounds when a Ronaldo free-kick, cannoning off the wall, spun out to the left. Marcelo, latching on to it and along the byline, cut the ball back for substitute Asensio to score his team’s 32nd goal of the 13-match campaign and seal a MATCH STATISTICS progress into a winning position with no more conclusive 4-1 scoreline that underscored Juve’s JUVENTUS 1-4 REAL MADRID than a right-handed punch that barely inability to sustain the tempo during a second Saturday 3 June 2017 National Stadium of Wales, Cardiff disturbed the air. Had he been in a boxing ring, it half when they were overrun. would have been a short jab just above the belt. “Two of the very best teams played one of GOALS Allegri, maybe feeling that deflections and the best finals,” said Peter Rudbæk. “It was also 0-1 Ronaldo 20, 1-1 Mandžukić 27, 1-2 Casemiro 61, 1-3 Ronaldo 64, 1-4 Asensio 90 carelessness had hit his team below the belt, interesting that, at this high level, three of the introduced in a wide right goals came from cut-backs – two of them by JUVENTUS position, dropping Alves into a more classic the full-backs.” “The higher line in the second Buffon (C); Barzagli (Cuadrado 66), Bonucci, Chiellini, Sandro; Alves, Pjanić (Marchisio 71); right-back role. then replaced half proved decisive,” said Paatelainen. “Madrid Khedira, Dybala (Lemina 78), Mandžukić; Higuaín the flagging Pjanić in midfield and, finally, Mario played some wonderful football. And when you Unused substitutes: Neto, Benatia, Asamoah, Lemina came on for the dispirited Dybala as give them half the pitch and let them play, Lichtsteiner Juventus sought a reply. Any hopes of a there can only be one winner.” Yellow cards: Dybala 12, Pjanić 66, Sandro 70, response, however, were snuffed out when “The second half was an exhibition of Cuadrado 72, 84 Cuadrado, following contact with Ramos their passing, vision and control,” said Hodgson. Red card: Cuadrado 84 out on the touchline, was red-carded after a “And when you’ve got Ronaldo in the vicinity Coach: Massimiliano Allegri contribution limited to 18 minutes and four of the goal …” Reflecting on the individual REAL MADRID passes. Allegri manfully saw out the remaining performances that had added up to collective Navas; Carvajal, Ramos (C), Varane, Marcelo; Kroos minutes in 1-4-2-3 formation. success, Sir Alex said: “Big players win big (Morata 89), Casemiro, Modrić; Isco (Asensio 82), Benzema (Bale 77), Ronaldo With his side totally in control and dictating games …” Real Madrid’s attacking potential Unused substitutes: Casilla, Nacho, Kovačić, Danilo the pace of the game, Zidane introduced Gareth had propelled them to the first successful Yellow cards: Ramos 31, Carvajal 42, Kroos 53, Bale but, by withdrawing Benzema, without title defence in the history of the UEFA Asensio 90+1 disturbing the winning structure. The young Champions League. Coach: Zinédine Zidane

REFEREE “With Casemiro up, Toni Kroos and heel as it burst through a cluster of players into Felix Brych (GER) “Toni Kroos and Luka Luka Modrić were controlling the tempo and Buffon’s field of vision. The Juventus keeper A dejected Gianluigi Buffon misses out for the third time Modrić were controlling getting into more advanced areas,” said Giggs. stretched his citrus kit – lemon strip adorned ATTENDANCE the tempo and getting “Suddenly, Juventus couldn’t find a way out. with orange gloves and boots – to the limit but 65,842 into more advanced They found themselves playing in their failed to cover his right-hand post in time to JUVENTUS REAL MADRID defensive third and, with Higuaín unable to prevent ball from hitting net. areas. Suddenly, 1 GOALS 4 Juventus couldn’t hold the ball up, it was coming back at Juventus Allegri was to rue that his team failed to very quickly.” Capello added: “There was also find the presence of mind to, as he put it, 44 POSSESSION % 56 find a way out” more effective defensive work by the Madrid “stay in the match”. The Madrid fans were still Ryan Giggs . When Carvajal or Marcelo were celebrating as, within three minutes, their joy 11 TOTAL ATTEMPTS 18 exposed, they were backed by a team-mate was doubled. A lapse of concentration as 4 ON TARGET 5 from midfield and Juventus stopped creating Juventus attempted to play out on the left danger in the wide areas.” allowed Carvajal to intercept and play the ball 3 OFF TARGET 6 The result was a lengthy period of into the path of Modrić, who had made a clever 4 BLOCKED 7 sustained pressure, with purple shirts flooding inside-to-out run. The midfielder cut the ball forward. In this mutated scenario, it was no back from the byline and Ronaldo culminated 0 AGAINST WOODWORK 0 surprise when Madrid broke the deadlock, a near-post run with a spinning right-footed 1 CORNERS 1 albeit in unpredictable fashion. Karim Benzema, flick over the diving Buffon. Even though interchanging with Ronaldo in an attack where there were 64 minutes on the clock, it was 5 YELLOW CARDS 4 the two prongs were generally split far apart to effectively game over. 1 RED CARDS 0 test the Juventus centre-backs, cut a ball back At this point, the coaches started to move from the left for Kroos to strike from long range their pieces. Both wearing executive-style dark 418 PASSES 541 – the rebound from the defender travelled even suits, they had prowled the modest dimensions 353 PASSES COMPLETED 491 further as it came out to Casemiro. His shot, hit of the technical areas, mostly with hands in with power and conviction, clipped Khedira’s pockets. Zidane had celebrated Madrid’s 107.5km DISTANCE COVERED 103.9km

22 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 THE FINAL 23 THE WINNING COACH The Real Madrid coach tries his winners’ medal for size

As the trophy was lifted in Cardiff, Zinédine Zidane went into the annals of the UEFA Champions League as the first coach to successfully defend the title and the first to achieve back-to-back victories in his first two seasons in charge since his Real Madrid ‘ancestor’ José Villalonga had strung together two European Champion Clubs’ Cup victories six decades previously. The Frenchman, however, ZZ is neither addicted to record books nor a believer in dwelling on the past. While the streamers were still lying on the pitch at the TOP National Stadium, he had no compunction about putting his thoughts into fast forward. “Next year is going to be even harder and we’re going to have to work very, very hard to win it again.” As an afterthought, he did concede AGAIN that, in Cardiff, “we showed we’re a very good team”, and admitted that victory had made Twelve months after lifting the European Champion him want to dance. The rest was all about his squad. “I’m very Clubs’ Cup as a coach for the first time, Zinédine Zidane happy and grateful to this great club for giving was back on the podium in Cardiff, his tactical awareness, me an opportunity to coach these fantastic players. The key to success is that everyone has calm confidence and man-management skills once again felt important during the season. Everyone has combining to produce a team without equals made a contribution and I consider myself as just part of a team.” The calm, balanced attitude, reminiscent of his predecessor and mentor Carlo Ancelotti, is the dividend that he draws from time invested in meditation and self-assessment. Combined with his riches in Zinédine Zidane shares the fans joy in Cardiff terms of pinnacle-level experience as a player, his attention to mindfulness has given him the man-management skills required at a club with a sky-high media profile and a dressing room packed with ambitious world-class players. These have been vital assets in steering him through his first full season as head coach of Real Madrid. “A coach is judged by how his team performs on the pitch,” Fabio Capello said in Cardiff. “And I rate him a very good trainer because he has created a strong collective spirit among a group of very talented individuals. In their game. And, third, he has played them in the done. We know all about pressure at Real Madrid the final, you could find this illustrated by the “The key to success is right positions and he has balanced the team and we also know that what everyone who likes way they set about the high pressing and the that everyone has felt well. When you take on a big club, you know that football wants to see is a great final between way the team set about collective transitions important during the the pressure is going to be double. But he keeps great teams.” to defensive play.” “Our passing and movement season. Everyone has calm; he doesn’t panic; he makes intelligent “I admire his demeanour on the in the second half were fantastic,” Zidane made a contribution subsitutions. Hats off, he’s doing a brilliant job.” touchline,” said Sir Alex Ferguson. “Everyone acknowledged. “It’s not easy to score four Zidane was certainly determined that the has their own style and his is a contrast to, say, goals against Juventus.” and I consider myself pomp and circumstance surrounding the world’s the energy of Diego Simeone or Unai Emery. He “I would focus on three points,” Roy as just part of a team” greatest club final should not affect his approach was a great player and it seems to be in his Hodgson added. “First, he has embraced the Zinédine Zidane to the match. “We’re going to talk about the nature to exude confidence.” Praise indeed for Real Madrid philosophy. Second, he has given game, but that’s all. Nothing changes. We’re the man who, in Cardiff, quietly and modestly confidence to the top players to go out and play going to try to do things the way we always have made his way into the record books.

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PLAY-OFFS – LEAGUE PATH (Aggregate scores played over two legs; the first-named club played at home in the first leg) PLAY-OFFS – CHAMPIONS PATH (Aggregate scores played over two legs; the first-named club played at home in the first leg)

Young Boys 2 Ajax 2 Steaua București 0 Villarreal 1 Porto 4 Dundalk 1 Celtic 5 Ludogorets 4 Dinamo Zagreb 3 København 2 Mönchengladbach 9 Rostov 5 Manchester City 6 Monaco 3 Roma 1 Legia 3 H. Beer-sheva 4 Plzeň 2 Salzburg 2 Apoel 1

GROUP STAGE GROUP STAGE

GROUP A P W D L F A Pts GROUP B P W D L F A Pts GROUP C P W D L F A Pts GROUP D P W D L F A Pts Arsenal FC 6 4 2 0 18 6 14 SSC Napoli 6 3 2 1 11 8 11 FC Barcelona 6 5 0 1 20 4 15 Club Atlético de Madrid 6 5 0 1 7 2 15 Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 3 0 13 7 12 SL Benfica 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 Manchester City FC 6 2 3 1 12 10 9 FC Bayern München 6 4 0 2 14 6 12 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 3 3 6 15 3 Beşiktaş JK 6 1 4 1 9 14 7 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 5 12 5 FC Rostov 6 1 2 3 6 12 5 FC Basel 1893 6 0 2 4 3 12 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 2 3 8 6 5 Celtic FC 6 0 3 3 5 16 3 PSV Eindhoven 6 0 2 4 4 11 2 Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away 13/09 Basel 1-1 Ludogorets 01/11 Basel 1-2 Paris 13/09 Benfica 1-1 Beşiktaş 01/11 Beşiktaş 1-1 Napoli 13/09 Barcelona 7-0 Celtic 01/11 Man. City 3-1 Barcelona 13/09 PSV 0-1 Atlético 01/11 PSV 1-2 Bayern 13/09 Paris 1-1 Arsenal 01/11 Ludogorets 2-3 Arsenal 13/09 Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 Napoli 01/11 Benfica 1-0 Dynamo Kyiv 14/09 Man. City 4-0 Gladbach 01/11 Gladbach 1-1 Celtic 13/09 Bayern 5-0 Rostov 01/11 Atlético 2-1 Rostov 28/09 Arsenal 2-0 Basel 23/11 Ludogorets 0-0 Basel 28/09 Napoli 4-2 Benfica 23/11 Beşiktaş 3-3 Benfica 28/09 Celtic 3-3 Man. City 23/11 Gladbach 1-1 Man. City 28/09 Rostov 2-2 PSV 23/11 Rostov 3-2 Bayern 28/09 Ludogorets 1-3 Paris 23/11 Arsenal 2-2 Paris 28/09 Beşiktaş 1-1 Dynamo Kyiv 23/11 Napoli 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv 28/09 Gladbach 1-2 Barcelona 23/11 Celtic 0-2 Barcelona 28/09 Atlético 1-0 Bayern 23/11 Atlético 2-0 PSV 19/10 Paris 3-0 Basel 06/12 Basel 1-4 Arsenal 19/10 Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Benfica 06/12 Benfica 1-2 Napoli 19/10 Barcelona 4-0 Man. City 06/12 Man. City 1-1 Celtic 19/10 Bayern 4-1 PSV 06/12 PSV 0-0 Rostov 19/10 Arsenal 6-0 Ludogorets 06/12 Paris 2-2 Ludogorets 19/10 Napoli 2-3 Beşiktaş 06/12 Dynamo Kyiv 6-0 Beşiktaş 19/10 Celtic 0-2 Gladbach 06/12 Barcelona 4-0 Gladbach 19/10 Rostov 0-1 Atlético 06/12 Bayern 1-0 Atlético

GROUP E P W D L F A Pts GROUP F P W D L F A Pts GROUP G P W D L F A Pts GROUP H P W D L F A Pts AS Monaco FC 6 3 2 1 9 7 11 Borussia Dortmund 6 4 2 0 21 9 14 Leicester City FC 6 4 1 1 7 6 13 Juventus 6 4 2 0 11 2 14 6 2 4 0 8 4 10 Real Madrid CF 6 3 3 0 16 10 12 FC Porto 6 3 2 1 9 3 11 Sevilla FC 6 3 2 1 7 3 11 Tottenham Hotspur FC 6 2 1 3 6 6 7 Legia Warszawa 6 1 1 4 9 24 4 FC København 6 2 3 1 7 2 9 6 2 2 2 5 3 8 PFC CSKA Moskva 6 0 3 3 5 11 3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6 1 0 5 5 8 3 Club Brugge KV 6 0 0 6 2 14 0 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 6 0 15 0 Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away Date Home Score Away 14/09 Tottenham 1-2 Monaco 02/11 Tottenham 0-1 Leverkusen 14/09 Legia 0-6 Dortmund 02/11 Legia 3-3 Real Madrid 14/09 Porto 1-1 København 02/11 Porto 1-0 Club Brugge 14/09 Juventus 0-0 Sevilla 02/11 Juventus 1-1 Lyon 14/09 Leverkusen 2-2 CSKA Moskva 02/11 Monaco 3-0 CSKA Moskva 14/09 Real Madrid 2-1 Sporting CP 02/11 Dortmund 1-0 Sporting CP 14/09 Club Brugge 0-3 Leicester 02/11 København 0-0 Leicester 14/09 Lyon 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb 02/11 Sevilla 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb 27/09 CSKA Moskva 0-1 Tottenham 22/11 CSKA Moskva 1-1 Leverkusen 27/09 Sporting CP 2-0 Legia 22/11 Dortmund 8-4 Legia 27/09 Leicester 1-0 Porto 22/11 København 0-0 Porto 27/09 Dinamo Zagreb 0-4 Juventus 22/11 Sevilla 1-3 Juventus 27/09 Monaco 1-1 Leverkusen 22/11 Monaco 2-1 Tottenham 27/09 Dortmund 2-2 Real Madrid 22/11 Sporting CP 1-2 Real Madrid 27/09 København 4-0 Club Brugge 22/11 Leicester 2-1 Club Brugge 27/09 Sevilla 1-0 Lyon 22/11 Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Lyon 18/10 Leverkusen 0-0 Tottenham 07/12 Tottenham 3-1 CSKA Moskva 18/10 Real Madrid 5-1 Legia 07/12 Legia 1-0 Sporting CP 18/10 Club Brugge 1-2 Porto 07/12 Porto 5-0 Leicester 18/10 Lyon 0-1 Juventus 07/12 Juventus 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb 18/10 CSKA Moskva 1-1 Monaco 07/12 Leverkusen 3-0 Monaco 18/10 Sporting CP 1-2 Dortmund 07/12 Real Madrid 2-2 Dortmund 18/10 Leicester 1-0 København 07/12 Club Brugge 0-2 København 18/10 Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Sevilla 07/12 Lyon 0-0 Sevilla

ROUND OF 16 14 February – 15 March QUARTER-FINALS 11 – 19 April SEMI-FINALS 2 May – 10 May FINAL 3 June

Benfica 1-4 Dortmund First leg 1-0 (agg) Second leg 0-4 Juventus 3-0 Barcelona First leg 3-0 (agg) Second leg 0-0 Paris 5-6 Barcelona First leg 4-0 (agg) Second leg 1-6 Real Madrid 4-2 Atlético First leg 3-0 (agg) Second leg 1-2 Bayern 10-2 Arsenal First leg 5-1 (agg) Second leg 5-1 Dortmund 3-6 Monaco First leg 2-3 (agg) Second leg 1-3 Real Madrid 6-2 Napoli First leg 3-1 (agg) Second leg 3-1 Juventus 1-4 Real Madrid Leverkusen 2-4 Atlético First leg 2-4 (agg) Second leg 0-0 Bayern 3-6 Real Madrid First leg 1-2 (agg, Real Madrid win after extra time) Second leg 2-4 Manchester City 6-6 Monaco First leg 5-3 (agg, Monaco win on away goals) Second leg 1-3 Monaco 1-4 Juventus First leg 0-2 (agg) Second leg 1-2 Porto 0-3 Juventus First leg 0-2 (agg ) Second leg 0-1 Atlético 2-1 Leicester First leg 1-0 (agg) Second leg 1-1 Sevilla 2-3 Leicester First leg 2-1 (agg) Second leg 0-2

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Dortmund players in training

When the group stage kicked off nine weeks after Hodgson, “there were games that were practically attack Portugal’s victory at UEFA EURO 2016, one of the questions versus defence, with one team not really attacking and was whether the giant-killing ingredient at the national hurting the opposition, but challenging them to break team event would also flavour the club competition menu. them down. The Champions League final demonstrated Another was whether the risk-management that had that when the two teams have the confidence to take each marked the summer tournament would promote, as the other on, it becomes a good game.” TECHNICAL technical report on UEFA EURO 2016 put it, “tactical As usual, there were nuances. At half-time in Cardiff, contests between coaches seeking a balance between many would have bet on a win for Juventus, whose defensive stifling the opposition and encouraging their own teams acumen had allowed Gianluigi Buffon to remain unbeaten to exploit their qualities”. through five games of the knockout rounds until Monaco’s In the UEFA Champions League, however, giants second-half goal in the return leg of the semi-final. And TOPICS generally remained unscathed until thrust into duels among many pundits would maintain that it was the team from themselves. And the team that lifted the trophy in Cardiff the principality who provided the giant-killing element. A default mode set to attack, tactical flexibility, was the one that had scored the most goals in a season “I enjoyed watching Monaco,” said Ryan Giggs. “They had the evolving playmaking position and the demise when goalscoring records were shattered. When the team pace and power throughout the team. Falcao supplied the of UEFA technical observers met on the morning after the goalscoring instinct with younger legs all around him. Their of the winger were all subjects that commanded final, Peter Rudbæk commented: “It is good for the fans to physicality and offensive vocation were most impressive.” the coaches’ attention in Cardiff see goals and it was good for football that two of the best Schaaf added: “And the 1v1 skills of Kylian Mbappé made for teams reached the final.” “It was refreshing to see so many some interesting matches. The fans want to see 1v1 skills teams playing high-tempo football with great changes of and fast attacking and I think a lot of games during the play,” added Thomas Schaaf. “At the EURO,” remarked Roy season provided that.”

28 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: TECHNICAL TOPICS 29 functioning in 1-4-3-3 mode (Barcelona, Bayern München, FAST FORWARD Manchester City, Napoli, Paris and, until the Bale injury, The first thought upon winning the ball is to Real Madrid) all made their way into the knockout rounds attack to try and catch the opponent off balance of the competition. The list of variations and nuances, however, would fill The flow of goals in the 2016/17 season contradicted the a volume. , for instance, set Celtic up in theory that today’s exhaustive levels of scouting and match 1-5-4-1 formation for the opener in Barcelona, switched to analysis might encourage coaches to focus on pre-empting 1-4-2-3-1 for the home game against Manchester City and the opposition’s attacking play. “We are certainly seeing an then settled into 1-4-1-4-1 for the remaining four group evolution,” Fabio Capello said in Cardiff, “in that the teams games. organised Tottenham in who opt for the Barcelona possession-based style that set 1-4-2-3-1 formation for the three home games, changing the trends a few years ago, now seem to be running into to 1-4-1-4-1 in two away fixtures; and then opted for difficulties. This is normal. Any successful model – the 1-4-4-2 for the must-win match in Monaco. Borussia elements implemented by , or Mönchengladbach resorted to a defensive line of five , for example – is analysed in depth. I would against Barcelona. Brugge, Lyon and PSV were among the say that, now, the trend is that if you win the ball you teams who occasionally fielded a trio of centre-backs and, immediately run at the opponents while they are out of among the teams who progressed to the knockout rounds, balance and can be surprised. The key is to win the ball this structure was also implemented by Dortmund and by quickly and then mount direct collective attacks, entering runners-up Juventus, albeit during the closing stages of the penalty area quickly.” matches with a view to closing down a favourable result. Juventus, he added, had based their run to the final on Leicester, having started the campaign in 1-4-2-3-1 proficient defending and quick transitions into attacking formation, gravitated towards 1-4-4-1-1 when Craig mode. Over the season, a few decimal points below 20% Shakespeare took the baton from Claudio Ranieri. of the goals scored in open play could be directly attributed “I interpret this as another symptom of the trend in to counterattacking. In addition, fast defence-to-attack the Champions League towards flexibility,” Rudbæk transitions led to four of the converted penalties and two remarked. “I think this is good for the players and good for goals scored from direct free-kicks. the competition. And good for the coaches, as it stresses the importance of having a coach who not only reads the game well but also reads his players well, in terms of setting them ATTACKING AND up to get the best out of each individual and fielding a good DEFENSIVE STRUCTURES team against any type of opposition.” Tactical flexibility is more important than Juventus pressured ever as coaches are quick to adapt to Marc-André ter Stegen changing circumstances into long clearances

Efficient transitional play signified degrees of structural flexibility that created difficulties in selecting the default settings illustrated on the team pages of this report. The Craig Shakespeare replaced Claudio Ranieri graphics generally reflect the teams’ shapes in attacking as Leicester manager Monaco, when 60% of the passes made by Danijel Subašić mode. But, as has become the norm in recent seasons, PRESSING THE KEEPER were long. Only four found a friendly target. coaches have varied their structures according to opponents Forwards stayed high to pressure goalkeepers, In the quarter-final between Juventus and Barcelona, and circumstances – the champions, Real Madrid, providing disturb their build-up play and force them to Gianluigi Buffon’s completion rate with long passes was just a prime example. After negotiating most of the season with play long over 50%. Generally, he found a good balance between an attacking trident, the absence of Gareth Bale prompted building from the back and playing directly to the front, with Zinédine Zidane to switch to the 1-4-4-2 structure that was The season offered few innovations in methods of 100% accuracy in his short and medium passes and, in the on show in Cardiff, using Isco at the point of a midfield construction from the back with, in general, the semi-final against Monaco, a 67% success rate in his long diamond. Painting the picture with very broad brushstrokes, centre-backs splitting wide; one central midfielder dropping distribution. During the final, seven of his nine long passes it could be said that ten participants operated in 1-4-4-2 deep to connect with them and provide cover; and the two reached their destination. formation with four others using the 1-4-1-4-1 variation full-backs advancing into their attacking-mode positions. As in the previous season, Keylor Navas showed a with a single controlling midfielder and a lone striker further However, it became more frequent to see attackers staying general preference for direct supply to the middle-to-front advanced than the wide midfielders. The 1-4-2-3-1 set-up high to deter and disturb the opponents’ build-up and to players. From the quarter-finals to the final, 58% of the was preferred by eight coaches; six opted for 1-4-3-3; and induce the goalkeeper to play long and thereby increase Real Madrid goalkeeper’s distribution was long, with 33 of the other four set themselves up in the formation that can their team’s chances of quickly winning the ball back. A 74 long passes reaching a team-mate – a 45% success rate. be presented as either 1-3-5-2 or 1-5-3-2. case in point was the first leg of the quarter-final between Even though the brushstrokes were broad, they Juventus and Barcelona, when Marc-André ter Stegen was hinted at a trend away from the 1-4-3-3 structure that, obliged to play long on 12 occasions, with only three of in the previous season, had been adopted by 13 of the those long passes reaching a team-mate. ‘Max’ Allegri’s participants. On the other hand, the six teams overtly team did the same in the home leg of the semi-final against

30 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: TECHNICAL TOPICS 31 of the team are Toni Kroos and Luka Modrić. And they are WIDE AND WISE not playing in what we used to call the No6 role. They are The role of the is evolving as screening playing wider, where they can find and exploit space to midfielders are allowing their more creative dictate the match. It’s interesting to discuss whether it is team-mates to assume wider roles a general trend for the to drift away from the central areas – unlike the No10s that we were seeing 10 or “Putting Isco on the left-hand side gave Juventus a real 15 years ago. Kroos and Modrić are the suppliers of creative problem,” said Sir Alex after the final in Cardiff. “Alves in the passing but they are not just playmakers. Remember the first half had been comfortable going and pressing the ball high-speed run that Kroos made for the first goal in the against Marcelo, who really had one of his quieter games. final. And, for goal number three, Modrić breaking through But, in the second half, the right centre-back Andrea the back line, getting to the goal line and delivering the Barzagli was uncomfortable going up towards Isco, who cross. The playmaker now is not just a distributor of passes. really took control.” He does that some of the time but is flexible enough to Real Madrid’s campaign – and the final in particular contribute something else.” – cast a spotlight on the effective use of wide areas. Initially, The Madrid set-up, with Casemiro as the balancing the front line of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Bale element in central midfield sweeping behind the wider put Zidane’s side on a par with Barça’s trident of Lionel playmakers mirrored structures at other top teams. For Messi, Luis Suárez and , Paris’s Angel Di María, instance, the balancing work by at Edinson Cavani and , Bayern’s Arjen Robben, Barcelona, where Ivan Rakitić and Andrés Iniesta act as the and Franck Ribéry or Manchester City’s playmakers in wider areas; at Bayern München , Sergio Agüero and Leroy Sané. Zidane’s providing the controlling element behind and switch to the midfield diamond allowed him to use Isco as Thiago Alcántara – the catalysts, playmakers and linking a wild card while, to compensate for the lack of manpower players; Fernandinho’s role at Manchester City as the central on the flanks, Ronaldo and Benzema split wide rather than anchor behind the playmaking endeavours of Kevin De operate as a genuine attacking partnership. Bruyne and in the wider channels or the Paris “Looking at Real Madrid,” Rudbæk reflected, “what I triangle formed by Marco Verratti, Blaise Matuidi and found interesting is that, in my opinion, the true playmakers Adrien Rabiot or .

Pep Guardiola deep in thought during a City training session

Robert Lewandowski (centre) celebrates scoring from the spot with his Bayern team-mates against Arsenal in London

32 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: TECHNICAL TOPICS 33 structure did not entail a ‘partnership’ as such, with RATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS Benzema and Ronaldo splitting wide and rarely striking Passing patterns highlight how teams minimise sparks off each other. Among the 491 passes completed by risk in defence, while pointing to new modus Zidane’s side during the final, there were three by Benzema operandi in attack to Ronaldo and none in the reverse direction. Much the same could be applied to the two-pronged attack of After the final in Cardiff, Roy Hodgson said “an interesting Monaco, where Falcao and Mbappé formed an effective feature for me in the second half was that the crossfield balls partnership in terms of their movement but without hit by Real Madrid were causing so many problems. When the indulging in combination play as a duo. During the three play was spread out to Carvajal and Marcelo, they always had hours of the semi-final against Juventus, they exchanged time on the ball. But when Juventus tried the same, they four passes. didn’t succeed because half of the time the crossfield passes The København and Atlético Madrid line-ups were were intercepted and Madrid got on to the attack again.” among others who seemingly featured twin strikers with, The final illustrated how Real Madrid’s passing patterns in the case of the latter, either or Kevin minimise the risk of ball losses in the key defensive area. Left Gameiro linking with . André Silva centre-back made 16 simple forward passes to sometimes combined with Diogo Jota at the forefront Kroos and 22 to left-back Marcelo. Eliminating the risks of the Porto attack while Gonçalo Guedes accompanied endemic to crossfield passes, he made only two apiece to Kostas Mitroglu in the Benfica vanguard. But the more Carvajal and Modrić. Right centre-back Raphaël Varane made general pattern was for a lone striker to receive support from nine passes to Carvajal and six to Modrić; only four to Kroos in-cutting wide players (the relationships between Messi and and none to Marcelo. This template was by no means Neymar with Suárez at Barcelona providing a high-profile restricted to the final. During the first leg against Atlético, example) or for danger to emerge from a cluster of for example, Ramos made 30 passes to Kroos; 12 to Marcelo; middle-to-front players (, Ousmane Dembélé, four to Modrić and two to Carvajal. Shinji Kagawa at Dortmund) grouped behind the advanced Similar parameters applied among the other attacker. However, as mentioned in the goalscoring analysis combination-play teams, such as Bayern München. During section of this report, the competition’s scoring chart was the home game against Real Madrid, for example, right-back dominated by strikers who occupied the central positions. made 18 passes to Robben and one to Ribéry. “The season was really refreshing,” Thomas Schaaf , on the left, supplied 15 passes to Ribéry and summed up. “We experienced so many interesting none to Robben. moments and situations and all of us who are fascinated by On the other hand, the relationships at the front have football could see lots of duels, one-on-one situations, deep continued to evolve. Few teams operated with a genuine running, fast vertical attacking and an emphasis on creating attacking partnership of twin strikers operating in parallel. chances. We saw lots of goals and I hope that this is a trend The final provided an illustration of how even the 1-4-4-2 that will continue.”

Luka Modrić looks to block Atlético strikers off Alex Sandro’s run Fernando Torres and Antoine Griezmann

who can play the role of wingers. But, more or less, they WINGERS AND WING-BACKS play inside now and tend to look for space in the pockets. While wing-backs may be putting the traditional When I played on the wing, there was a big reliance on the winger out of business, they cannot neglect their other players to give you the ball. Now, the star players duty to defend don’t wait for that to happen. They go to look for the ball and they tend to look for the ball in those little pockets At the same time, the final illustrated that the 1-4-4-2 where they feel the ball is going to come. This is obviously structure – with two lines of four rather than the midfield a shame but, on the other hand, teams like Real Madrid diamond – promotes playmaking from the central areas, show us full-backs who are equally capable of helping to where Miralem Pjanić and Sami Khedira bore the brunt of create goals in the way that wingers used to do it.” the responsibility for opening up Juventus’s attacking play, As Sir Alex remarked, the fundamental evolution is albeit abetted by the linking movements wide on the right that, whereas genuine wingers receive in a high starting by Dani Alves. position or drop off to offer themselves for the pass, The decisive roles played by the Real Madrid full-backs wing-backs need to make dynamic runs into the spaces in Cardiff provoked discussion on the role of genuine where they can deliver or test their 1v1 skills. “It’s wingers. Ryan Giggs, as a leading exponent of the art, had important, when we talk about player development,” no qualms about stating “wingers are definitely going out added Mixu Paatelainen, “not to over-focus on the of the game. Definitely. Full-backs are now the wingers. attacking skills and not get carried away by converting No matter what system you play, there are simply not the ex-wingers into wing-backs without educating them wingers that we saw 10 or 15 years ago, unfortunately. Of properly in their first job – which is to defend. We cannot course, there are still players like Gareth Bale or afford to forget that.”

34 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: TECHNICAL TOPICS 35 ANALYSIS GOAL STANDARD

A record high of 380 goals were scored as the average per game passed three for the first time

For the first time in the UEFA Champions League’s 25-year the season ended with a 61%-39% split in favour of history, the goal scoring average topped three per game in home teams (228-147 to be precise). This was only a 1% 2016/17. The record total of 380 goals, at 3.04 per game, increase over 2015/16 but it was enough to continue the equated to one goal per 31 minutes of play. The goal total upward trend from 58.5% in the season before and 56% in represented an increase of 9.5% in comparison with the 2013/14. The number of goalless draws remained constant previous season, but the goalscoring pattern registered an at 10 with Juventus, København, Leverkusen and Sevilla unusual variation. The group stage produced two goals fewer involved in two apiece. than in 2015/16, but the season ended with record-breaking The season’s goals were shared by 195 players, figures because nets were ruffled on 102 occasions during emphasising the lessening reliance on a special few to hit the knockout rounds, compared with 67 in the previous the net. Of those, 74 scored more than once. Two goals season – a massive increase of 52%. in the final allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to edge ahead of Lionel Curiously, there were similarly striking patterns in goal Messi at the top of the scoring chart, although his strike rate times. During the group stage, the 278 goals were evenly of one goal per 100 minutes was bettered by the Barcelona shared between the first half and the second. This pattern attacker (one per 74), Edinson Cavani (one per 90), Kylian changed radically in the round of 16, in which the second Mbappé (one per 89) or, diving further down the list, the likes half yielded 20 goals more than the opening 45 minutes. of Marco Reus (one per 73), Arda Turan (one per 43) and Theo The final balance tilted 178-202 in favour of the second Walcott (one per 68). The dozen players who led the chart half. The most productive 15-minute segment was the with five goals or more could comfortably wear the striker period immediately after the half-time interval, followed label, with the exception of Messi, who appeared in scoring Cristiano Ronaldo smashes the ball in closely by the bracket between the 16th and 30th minutes. positions from areas alien to target striker Luis Suárez. against Atlético. The Real Madrid phenomenon The 14 goals scored in added time after the 90 minutes Only 54 of the season’s goals were headers, compared scored his 12 goals at nevertheless paved the way for statistics to be distorted. with 63 in the previous season. Bearing in mind the record the rate of one every 100 minutes It could therefore be argued that 21% of goals were goal tally, it signified a drop from 18% to 14%. Sixteen of scored after the 75th minute. The goalscoring, in point the total finished off a cross from the right; 11 from the left. of fact, evened out. The total scored after the interval was Six had their origins in diagonals into the box, while three 2016/17 GOAL TIMES 2016/17 TOP SCORERS only 13% higher than in the first half, compared with a stemmed from lofted cut-backs. In terms of set plays, six 33% difference in the previous season. were headers from free-kicks, 11 from corners on the right MINUTES GOALS % PLAYER The champions were the highest scorers, although and four from corners on the left. Bayern’s closing goal in 1-15 51 13 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 12 Real Madrid’s average of 2.77 goals per game left them the 4-1 win against PSV was from a lofted through pass, 16-30 68 18 Barcelona 11 marginally in second place behind Dortmund’s 2.8. Three while Dortmund’s first equaliser in the 8-4 goal spree against 31-45 50 13 Edinson Cavani Paris 8 of the seven teams who averaged in excess of two goals Legia Warszawa might be described as a headed finish to a 45+ 9 2 Robert Lewandowski Bayern 8 per match (Arsenal, Manchester City and Paris) were combination move. And, if you’ve noticed that this inflates 46-60 70 18 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Dortmund 7 eliminated in the round of 16, whereas Atlético Madrid the total beyond 54, the explanation is that it includes 61-75 49 13 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid 6 reached the semi-finals with an average of 1.25 goals per headers that went into the match reports as own goals – 76-90 66 17 Kylian Mbappé Monaco 6 game, including only seven in their six group games. such as the corner that put Real Madrid 2-1 ahead at Napoli, 90+ 14 4 Sergio Agüero Manchester City 5 Another salient feature was that the percentage of the cross from the left that gave Monaco a 2-0 advantage in Extra-time 1 1 0 Napoli 5 goals scored by home teams continued its steady climb. Dortmund or Paris’s corner on the right headed into his own Extra-time 2 2 0 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 5 Excluding the five goals scored on neutral territory in Cardiff, net by Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi. Decimal points account for the missing 2% Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus 5 Monaco 5

36 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: GOALSCORING 37 SET PLAYS In percentage terms goals from set pieces remained constant, though there was a marked increase in the success rate from indirect free-kicks

INDIRECT FREE-KICKS Dead-ball scenarios accounted for 91 goals in 2016/17 – 10 more than in the previous season. In percentage terms, however, the balance registered a minimal variation: 24% of the goal total compared with 23% in 2015/16 and 26% in 2014/15. The most significant gain was in the category of indirect free-kicks. Dortmund accounted for four of the 19 successes – three times in the two games against Legia. Monaco’s three goals included two in the games against Manchester City, with the tie-winning goal coming from a free-kick curled in from the right with the left foot. Dortmund, it has to be said, were also on the receiving end during their group game against Sporting in Lisbon – the home team’s goal stemming from a comparative rarity, a back pass adjudged to have been handled by the goalkeeper.

GOALS SEASON BY SEASON

SEASON GOALS GAMES AVERAGE

1992/93 56 25 2.24 1993/94 71 27 2.63 1994/95 140 61 2.30 1995/96 159 61 2.61 1996/97 161 61 2.64 1997/98 239 85 2.81 1998/99 238 85 2.80 1999/00 442 157 2.82 2000/01 449 157 2.86 2001/02 393 157 2.50 2002/03 431 157 2.75 2003/04 309 125 2.47 2004/05 331 125 2.65 2005/06 285 125 2.28 2006/07 309 125 2.47 2007/08 330 125 2.64 scored DIRECT FREE-KICKS a sensational free-kick for PENALTIES CORNERS 2008/09 329 125 2.63 Beşiktaş against Kyiv 2009/10 320 125 2.56 Successes from direct free-kicks totalled just 13, one more The total of set-play goals was, however, inflated by 34 Although corners accounted for 26% of the set-play goals, 2010/11 355 125 2.84 than in 2015/16, but included some spectacular strikes, penalties. This represented an increase of seven in the 2016/17 total declined by 20% from 30 to 24 and 2011/12 345 125 2.76 such as Neymar’s efforts against Celtic and Paris, Ricardo comparison with the previous season even though 18 represented a 35% decline in relation to the total of 37 2012/13 368 125 2.94 Quaresma’s shot that put Beşiktaş 1-0 ahead against spot-kicks failed to hit the net. Some of the missed penalties that had been posted in the 2013/14 season. The debating 2013/14 362 125 2.90 Dynamo Kyiv, the delivery by that gave proved to be decisive moments – notably when Sevilla (who point is whether the number of saved penalties and the 2014/15 361 125 2.89 Leicester a 2-0 advantage in Belgium against Brugge, or had also failed to convert during the group game at home plummeting success rate from corners can legitimately 2015/16 347 125 2.78 the spectacular free-kick by that earned Benfica against Lyon) saw Kasper Schmeichel make saves in both be attributed to better analysis of opponents by the 2016/17 380 125 3.04 a 1-1 draw in the third minute of added time at home to legs of their tie against Leicester. Arturo Vidal’s penalty just continent’s top clubs. TOTAL 7,510 2,783 2.70 Beşiktaş. Christian Noboa’s winner for Rostov in the 3-2 before half-time in the home leg against Real Madrid, if he win against Bayern resulted from a free-kick earned by a had converted it, would have given Bayern a 2-0 advantage dangerous counterattack. and, arguably, changed the course of the tie. Overall, one in three penalties (35% to be exact) were missed.

38 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: GOALSCORING 39 and diagonal passes into the box accounted for 43% of OPEN PLAY the open-play goals – a figure which could, for the sake of Although more goals than ever were scored, argument, be increased to 47% if defensive errors and own combination moves as a source were down as goals are removed from the equation. Even the lower figure teams struggled to get around the defensive block of 43% represents a significant increase on the 36% registered in 2015/16. COMBINATIONS AND FORWARD PASSES RUNNING WITH THE BALL A total of 289 open-play goals represented a significant Individual skills came to the fore during the knockout rounds increase on the figures of 266, 267 and 268 in the three where, after solo runs had generated only 17 goals during previous seasons. Curiously, the most striking numerical 96 group games, individual efforts led to 11 goals in the 29 upturn referred to those officially registered as own goals. knockout fixtures. There were some outstanding examples. As mentioned elsewhere, some of these resulted directly The counterattacking run by Radamel Falcao that put from set plays and/or counterattacks. On the negative Monaco 3-2 ahead against City in Manchester; the individual side, there was a fall in the number of goals derived from incursion by Saúl Ñíguez that gave Atlético Madrid a 1-0 combination moves – a formula that had tripled in terms advantage in Leverkusen; the run that allowed Theo Walcott of success rate over the previous six seasons. Barcelona to put Arsenal 1-0 up at home to Bayern; the amazing solo continue to set benchmarks and, with 10 successes, skill by Karim Benzema that left three Atlético Madrid provided 18% of the season’s total, with the champions, defenders stranded on the goal-line in the move that led Real Madrid, and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City also to Isco scoring the critical away goal in the return leg of punching their weight in this category. Dortmund also the semi-final; and the stunning run by Kylian Mbappé that inflated the numbers with a series of combination moves secured a 3-1 advantage for Monaco during the first leg of during the record-breaking 8-4 home win over Legia. the quarter-final in Dortmund – another fast counterattack Combination play remains among the most fertile sources that earned a crucial goal. of goalscoring, but, with the number of goals stemming Likewise the two examples of countering by running from through passes also registering a decline, there are with the ball that allowed Real Madrid to clinch their 4-2 reasons to hint at growing difficulties when it comes to extra-time victory over 10-man Bayern – the dribbling skills finding central routes through compact defensive blocks. being supplied by Marcelo and substitute Marco Asensio. That pair also combined to seal their team’s 4-1 win in the CUT-BACKS AND DIAGONAL PASSES final in Cardiff, when the former managed to squeeze his way along the Juventus goal-line and cut the ball back for This theory could be reinforced by the solid increases in goals the latter to side-foot home. originating in supply from the wider areas. The goals in the Cardiff final rounded off a season in which crosses, cut-backs

GOAL TYPE

CATEGORY ACTION GUIDELINES GROUP KNOCK- TOTAL STAGE OUT Corners Direct from/following a corner 15 9 24 Free-kicks (direct) Direct from a free kick 11 2 13 SET PLAY Free-kicks (indirect) Following a free kick 14 5 19 Penalties Spot kick (or follow-up from a penalty) 25 9 34 Throw-ins Following a throw-in 1 0 1

Combinations Wall pass/combination move 46 9 55 Crosses Cross from the wing 49 19 68 Cut-backs Pass back from the byline 25 9 34 Diagonals Diagonal pass into the penalty box 13 9 22 OPEN Dribble and close-range shot/dribble and pass PLAY Running with the ball 17 11 28 Long-range shots Direct shot/shot and rebound 20 6 26 Forward passes Through pass or pass over the defence 25 6 31 Defensive errors Bad back-pass/mistake by the goalkeeper 8 3 11 Own goals Goal by the opponent 9 5 14 TOTAL 278 102 380 Arsenal playmaker Mesut Özil scores a stunning solo goal against Ludogorets

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TOP TEN GOALS OF THE SEASON

1. MARIO MANDŽUKIĆ 4. ARJEN ROBBEN 6. MESUT ÖZIL JUVENTUS 1-4 REAL MADRID BAYERN 5-1 ARSENAL LUDOGORETS 2-3 ARSENAL FINAL ROUND OF 16, FIRST LEG GROUP STAGE An unforgettable acrobatic finish Patient build-up and an excellent A wonderful solo effort to beat the in the biggest game of the season. curling strike. goalkeeper and multiple defenders before finishing coolly. 2. CASEMIRO 5. GONZALO HIGUAÍN REAL MADRID 3-1 NAPOLI MONACO 0-2 JUVENTUS 7. ANTOINE GRIEZMANN ROUND OF 16, FIRST LEG SEMI-FINAL, FIRST LEG ATLÉTICO 2-1 ROSTOV A beautiful, full-volleyed finish from Higuaín’s first of two goals GROUP STAGE distance completed the scoring. followed an incisive attack Griezmann’s first of the night was featuring a skilful flick, an astute an instinctive adaptation to the 3. back-heeled assist and a flight of the ball and a wonderful KØBENHAVN 4-0 BRUGGE composed finish. agile finish. GROUP STAGE A powerfully struck volley high 8. DANI ALVES into the top corner. JUVENTUS 2-1 MONACO SEMI-FINAL, SECOND LEG Atlético striker Another brilliant volley from Antoine Griezmann outside the area.

9. CRISTIANO RONALDO REAL MADRID 2-1 SPORTING GROUP STAGE A splendid dead-ball strike to spark a late comeback win.

10. ALEXIS SÁNCHEZ ARSENAL 6-0 LUDOGORETS GROUP STAGE A deftly chipped finish at the start of a resounding victory.

Mario Mandžukić flies high to draw Juventus level in Cardiff

The best was saved for last as combination that gave Barcelona a 2-0 lead at home to technical masterpiece in response to a through ball after Mario Mandžukić’s stunning Celtic; the Neymar free-kick that made it 4-1 against Paris an Atlético corner had been partially cleared. Mesut Özil’s Saint-Germain at Camp Nou; or the quick turn and finish by cheeky solo finish rounded off a nice transition and through GOALS overhead kick took the top spot Paulo Dybala that opened the scoring for Juventus against pass, while his team-mate Alexis Sánchez also made the list in an impressive list of goals Luis Enrique’s team in the first leg of their quarter-final. with a delightfully chipped finish to a solo run. In terms of taking the breath away, the season The only set play was the Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick produced some outstanding strikes from long distance – and that threw Real Madrid a late lifeline during the match when OF THE On the morning after the final, UEFA’s Technical Observers four of them made their way into the top ten. The volleys by they were trailing 1-0 at home to Sporting CP – a score that, Group in Cardiff assembled in front of a giant screen to Casemiro, Dani Alves and Thomas Delaney were joined by if it had stood, might arguably have changed the complexion whittle a ‘short’ list of 56 goals down to a top ten. The the curling finish from Arjen Robben that rounded off an of the competition. Pride of place, however, had to go to the fact that 26 goals received a vote reflected a very healthy elaborate build-up. Mario Mandžukić equaliser in the final. In Cardiff, nobody SEASON diversity. Some goals missed out very narrowly: the Alves also provided the cute back-heel that allowed argued with that. counterattacking solo run by Radamel Falcao that put Gonzalo Higuaín to put Juventus 2-0 up during the semi-final Monaco 3-2 up at Manchester City; the Neymar-Messi in Monaco. Antoine Griezmann’s one-touch finish was a

42 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: BEST GOALS 43 ANALYSIS

TALKING POINTS New technology, the rise and rise of the Brazilian wing-back and the prospect of match duration being measured in real playing time topped the agenda

Lionel Messi on the ball against Gladbach

44 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: TALKING POINTS 45 A VAR-SIGHTED DECISION? The Video Assistant Referee system received a positive response, albeit with certain caveats

As ever, the UEFA Champions League season was rich in thrills, spills and watershed moments. Occasionally, teams shed tears rather than water after bowing out of the competition with senses of injustice (whether justified or not) after watershed moments had gone against them. So, among the debating points when the team of technical observers met in Cardiff was the question of whether they would advocate the introduction of the currently experimental Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system in the UEFA Champions League. “I think it’s totally wrong that a team can lose because of a mistaken decision,” said Sir Alex Ferguson. Fabio Capello agreed: “Games should not be decided by referees’ mistakes.” “It’s something that we should approach with an open mind rather than blind negativity,” added Roy Hodgson. “There Leverkusen’s Brazilian wing-back was a lot of resistance to goal-line technology but now it is totally accepted.” There were, however, some ifs and buts. “In principle, Brazilian, as it happens. The debating point is to wonder why I’m definitely in favour,” said Mixu Paatelainen. “But not if it Brazilian full-backs or wing-backs are so much in mode – and means we convert football into a stop-start game. I’m a little another fact to throw into the melting pot is that Carvajal’s bit concerned about the amount of time it takes to reach a understudy, Danilo, also hailed from Brazil. decision. I’ve seen some instances when it has taken about The preference, of course, is not universal. But a glance four minutes – and that is definitely not good for the players at team sheets in the UEFA Champions League provides or for the game.” “We also need to think about the referee’s further evidence – Filipe Luís at Atlético Madrid, for example, Napoli trio (from left) authority,” said Thomas Schaaf. “If I remember rightly, there Wendell at Leverkusen, Mariano Ferreira at Sevilla, Alex Telles Lorenzo Insigne, Dries was some experimentation in Germany and about 50 out of at Porto (with Uruguay’s Maxi Pereira on the other flank). Mertens and Marek Hamšik celebrate Mertens’ second- 80 decisions were overturned.” Carvajal heads what might be called the Spanish School leg goal against Madrid “I’d like to think it could also help us to cut out cheating of attack-minded full-backs, along with the likes of Jordi and simulation,” added Sir Alex. “I know this is something Alba and, incidentally, the Arsenal pair of Héctor Bellerín and full-backs are expected to be attacking weapons, are playing time. A survey of the teams who disputed the that is not available to smaller clubs but, when it comes . The top teams in the UEFA Champions defensive qualities being overlooked? As Mixu Paatelainen knockout rounds, however, offers conflicting data. Bayer to the UEFA Champions League, I see no reason why not.” League did not feature too many home-grown pairings like said in Cardiff: “If, at the development levels, we expect the Leverkusen and Manchester City consistently fell below Do you agree? Nélson Semedo and Eliseu at Benfica, or and full-backs to be up all the time, we run the risk of producing the 60-minute mark (in six of their eight fixtures). So did at Dortmund. Delving back into the group players who are not so good at 1v1 defending.” What semi-finalists Monaco – in eight of their dozen games. phase, the Tottenham duo of Kyle Walker and Danny Rose qualities do the Brazilian full-backs have that we are not Benfica and Leicester also fell short of an hour of action could be added. nurturing in Europe? in five of their matches. On the other hand, teams like GROWING WINGS Barcelona could extend that list. But, after the Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Napoli and Paris regularly The preponderance of Brazilian full-backs raised departure of Alves to Juventus, Luis Enrique ultimately opted surpassed 60 minutes, as did Borussia Dortmund during the question of why more European talent was to switch Sergi Roberto from midfield to right-back – a move the group phase (but not in their four knockout games). not rising to the top reminiscent of Germany’s UEFA EURO 2016 campaign when KEEP THE BALL ROLLING As a talking point, there are two angles. In recent times, Joachim Löw, charged with replacing Philipp Lahm, switched Does real playing time reflect a team’s success it has been mooted that football should maybe switch to a One of the details that did not pass unnoticed at the final in into the full-back role. and should it measure a match’s duration? fixed amount of real playing time – with 60 minutes often Cardiff was that three of the four full-backs were Brazilian. Such switches raise the debating point: are we put forward as a ballpark figure. First, is a fixed ball-in- On the Juventus left, Alex Sandro covered more ground than developing full-backs or wing-backs of sufficient quality to When Barcelona entertained Borussia Mönchengladbach in movement duration a good idea? If so, would 60 minutes any other player on the pitch, with 12% of his running at compete at the top-level clubs? In some countries, answers the group stage, the ball was in play for 73 minutes and 37 be appropriate, bearing in mind that most UEFA Champions high or very high speed – very high being in excess of would be affirmative. Spain, for instance, seems to be seconds. Bayern v PSV registered a real playing time of League matches already offer the public more than that? 20km/h. On the other flank, his compatriot Dani Alves took developing players who match modern job descriptions for 71’58. The figures were all the more striking because they Curiously, at the final in Cardiff, the ball was in play third place in terms of distance covered – 80m behind Sami the full-back roles – witness the impressive Barcelona pair contrasted so sharply with the real playing times at UEFA for 56’45 – one of the lowest figures of the season for Khedira – with 11% of his running at top speed. During the of and Juan Miranda who had lifted the UEFA EURO 2016 where, during the group stage, only nine of the Real Madrid. Until the semi-final derbies against Atlético, first half, Alves managed to subdue the third Brazilian, European Under-17 Championship trophy two weeks before 36 fixtures exceeded 60 minutes. Narrowly. The top figure Zinédine Zidane’s team had amply surpassed the Marcelo, to the extent that the distance he covered was the final in Cardiff. At the same tournament, France and was 62’58 at Spain v . During the round of 16, none 60-minute mark in every game. Was the relationship surpassed by six of his team-mates. On the Real Madrid England – to name but two – could also point to promising of the matches reached the hour-mark. between long playing times and results simply a right, Dani Carvajal provided an exception to Brazilian rule talent in the full-back department. But that raises a further In the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League, there could coincidence? Or can it be argued that the teams who and, although well below the Juventus pair, registered his debating point. If a cream of talent is being developed, be no questions about value for money, with 82 of the 125 keep the ball rolling and wear down the opposition team’s second-highest distance behind Casemiro – another why is it not rising to the top? Or, in a climate where the games offering spectators more than 60 minutes of real have a greater chance of success?

46 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: TALKING POINTS 47 ANALYSIS

GOALKEEPER GOALKEEPER DEFENDER DEFENDER DEFENDER DEFENDER

GIANLUIGI BUFFON JAN OBLAK DANI CARVAJAL MARCELO SERGIO RAMOS SQUAD JUVENTUS CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID JUVENTUS REAL MADRID CF REAL MADRID CF REAL MADRID CF Excellent performances. Outstanding shot-stopping Key member of Juventus’s back Performed outstandingly as the Like his team-mate Carvajal, an The captain and key defender for the A talisman for his team. underlined by a high number three. Combined good defending competition progressed. outstanding contributor. UEFA Champions League winners. OF THE of saves made. with vision and range of passing. SEASON DEFENDER MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER Eleven of the 18 players chosen by the Technical Observers Group came from the two Madrid sides, with the champions providing eight of them

DIEGO GODÍN CASEMIRO TONI KROOS LUKA MODRIĆ ISCO MIRALEM PJANIĆ CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID REAL MADRID CF REAL MADRID CF REAL MADRID CF REAL MADRID CF JUVENTUS With only six coaches using fewer than 20 players during the Bedrock of Atlético’s outstanding Provided their midfield with Assured in possession, positionally Excellent quick-tempo passing Attacking midfield performances of Integral to his side on their run campaign, the cupboard was packed with material for the team defending. defensive structure and balance, aware. Complete midfield and incisive attacking play kept the highest level. Can dribble, pass to the final. Quality deep-lying select squad of the season. By the time the jury of UEFA not to mention important goals. performances. Madrid ticking. and score from left, right or centre. midfield play. technical observers met in Cardiff, however, the search had inevitably homed in on the top clubs. However, there were still 50 candidates on the short list and the challenge was to draft a teamsheet that would offer cover in all positions and could, conceivably, be called together to play a match. MIDFIELDER FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD As usual, there were some near misses, such as Neymar, Monaco’s duo of and and Bayern München’s Thiago Alcántara and Arturo Vidal. But the champions took pride of place, with no fewer than eight Real Madrid players in the squad, along with a further eight who had been either winners or losers in the semi-finals. The players from teams who failed to make the top four are both attackers – Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi.

TIEMOUÉ BAKAYOKO CRISTIANO RONALDO LIONEL MESSI ANTOINE GRIEZMANN KYLIAN MBAPPÉ ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI AS MONACO FC REAL MADRID CF FC BARCELONA CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID AS MONACO FC FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN Important defensive midfield Top scorer for the fifth consecutive Second-top scorer and always Goalscoring, link-up play and The outstanding young player in an Another who performed very well, performances for an impressive season and man of the match in capable of creating goals for work rate were an example to outstanding team of young players. scoring goals and linking play in a Monaco team. the final. Decisive performances himself and his team-mates. forwards everywhere. Excellent forward play throughout. dangerous Bayern team. throughout knockout phase.

48 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 ANALYSIS: ALL-STAR SQUAD 49 STATISTICS POWERS OF RECOVERY SEASON IN Once again, there was a marked increase in teams battling back to draw or win after falling a goal down

NUMBERS 2016/17 COMEBACK VICTORIES TIME OF FIRST GOAL From comebacks to goal attempts via possession, 90+ 1-15 Real Madrid 2-1 Sporting crossing and passing – we delve into the key facts 43 Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 Napoli and figures of the 2016/17 campaign Ludogorets 1-3 Paris 76-90 16-30 Mönchengladbach 1-2 Barcelona 0 35 2 Brugge 1-2 Porto GOALS SCORED Manchester City 3-1 Barcelona 6 18 1 Ludogorets 2-3 Arsenal 10 61-75 31-45 PSV 1-2 Bayern Rostov 3-2 Bayern Dortmund 8-4 Legia 46-60 45+ Sevilla 1-3 Juventus Tottenham 3-1 CSKA Moskva Real Madrid 3-1 Napoli Napoli 1-3 Real Madrid 65% of games with goals were won by Arsenal 1-5 Bayern % the team scoring Bayern 1-2 Real Madrid 65 first. Down 9% on Real Madrid 4-2 Bayern 2015/16

Team in blue conceded first goal but won

Two years ago, one of the debating points to are gradually changing and whether teams The salient feature, however, was that the emerge from the review of the season was that are gaining in mental fortitude. season’s champions produced five of the 17 only five of the 125 fixtures had been won by On the other hand, 12 teams bounced comebacks – and spiced those up with a bizarre the team conceding the first goal. In 2015/16, back from 0-1 down compared to 11 in the match in Warsaw, where they raced into a 2-0 debate was curtailed when the figure was previous season. Some of the comebacks were lead, allowed Legia to equalise, and rebounded tripled to 15 – and the upward trend was in special circumstances. Rostov’s 3-2 win to score a late equaliser themselves in the 3-3 continued in the 2016/17 season, when a team against Bayern München came when Carlo draw. UEFA technical observer Thomas Schaaf bounced back from 0-1 to win on 17 occasions. Ancelotti’s side had already secured its passage also saw the return leg of the semi-final derby, Twenty-three of the 115 games that to the knockout rounds; Tottenham’s was in which Real Madrid surrendered two of their produced goals ended as score draws, meaning against CSKA Moskva when both teams were three-goal cushion within 16 minutes of the that the season produced a tally of 92 wins. In out. The Juventus revival in Seville was against last UEFA Champions League game to be 81.5% of these, victory was for the team that ten men, as were Bayern München’s against played at the Estadio Vicente Calderón. had scored first. Arsenal and Real Madrid’s against Bayern. “Atlético played very powerfully in that match,” To play fair with the teams who fought Another talking point is sparked by the fact, in he recalled. “The same way that Juventus tried back from 0-1 to draw, the friendlier statistic 97 of the 115 games that produced goals to play in the final. It was extraordinary to see

Goalkeeper Kasper is that, over the season, 65% of the matches (84%), the first goal hit the net before how calm Real Madrid remained – and that was Schmeichel impressed with that produced goals were won by the team half-time and therefore gave the opposition one of the decisive factors. They refused to be his performances as Leicester City reached the quarter-finals scoring first. Comparing this with the previous ample time to find a reply. In fact, in 43 games, shaken out of their game and they, very calmly, in their first UEFA Champions League campaign season’s figure of 74% generates debate the first goal was scored while there were at kept going about their business and performing about whether attitudes to falling behind least 75 minutes still to play. their tasks.”

50 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 STATISTICS 51 STATISTICS ATTEMPTS ON GOAL Though attempts on goal fell by 10%, total goals scored were up by nearly the same number, suggesting increased efficiency in front of goal

Many more goals. And fewer goal attempts. attempts to produce a goal, Lyon were let down players, though the figures need to be tempered The two factors hint strongly at improved by their finishing. Although third behind Bayern by the fact that the Real Madrid attacker – and NAPOLI DYNAMO KYIV LEICESTER KØBENHAVN LEVERKUSEN finishing qualities in comparison with the München and Real Madrid in the sheer number competition’s top scorer – played the maximum previous season. The 2016/17 season generated of shooting attempts, a success rate of over 20 number of games. Again, a high percentage Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals 3,083 goal attempts at an average of 24.66 per again cost the French club dearly. By contrast, (26% to be exact) of his attempts were blocked, match, compared to 3,421 attempts at an Arsenal had 10 fewer attempts but scored 15 with the remainder pretty evenly split between 112 13 70 8 103 11 67 7 107 10 average of 27.37 in 2015/16. The total signified goals more. Curiously, four of the leading ten in on-target and off-target (27-26). By way of AVG 14.00 A/G 8.62 AVG 11.67 A/G 8.75 AVG 10.30 A/G 9.36 AVG 11.17 A/G 9.57 AVG 13.38 A/G 10.70 9.9% fewer attempts while total goals terms of efficiency in front of goal were teams comparison, Monaco’s Kylian Mbappé registered On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W increased by 9.5%. who failed to pass the group stage. an 80% accuracy rate among his shots that were Even though 754 of the attempts were Half of the 32 participants had more not blocked, followed by Paris’s Ángel Di María 41 42 29 2 27 31 12 1 33 30 40 1 24 19 24 0 40 38 29 2 blocked before reaching the goalkeeper and off-target attempts than efforts that required (76%), Bayern’s Arjen Robben (71%), Ronaldo’s there were more off-target attempts than those the goalkeeper to intervene, among them team-mate Karim Benzema (63%), Dortmund’s that were accurately directed, the goal ratio runners-up Juventus and semi-finalists Atlético Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (59%), Napoli’s ATLÉTICO MADRID CELTIC MÖNCHENGLADBACH SEVILLA PORTO registered a radical improvement. Whereas it Madrid. No fewer than 13 teams bettered the Gonzalo Higuaín (58%), Paris’s Edinson Cavani had required 9.86 attempts to score one goal in attempts-per-game average of Barcelona, yet (56%) and, further down the scale, Barça’s Lionel Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals 2015/16, that ratio fell to one goal per 8.11 the efficiency rate of Luis Enrique’s team put Messi (48%). Tottenham’s (33%), attempts in 2016/17. No fewer than 19 teams them among the goalscoring leaders. Atlético Madrid’s Koke (25%) and Dortmund’s 161 15 54 5 55 5 106 9 108 9 AVG 9.00 A/G 10.80 AVG 9.17 A/G 11.00 AVG 13.25 A/G 11.78 AVG 13.50 A/G 12.00 bettered the previous season’s average. As in Once again, Cristiano Ronaldo topped the Ousmane Dembélé (23%) offered examples of AVG 13.42 A/G 10.73 2015/16, when they had needed almost 22 numerical chart of goal attempts by individual less accurate finishing. On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W

55 67 39 4 17 18 19 1 18 22 15 1 38 48 20 5 35 48 25 2 ARSENAL BARCELONA DORTMUND MANCHESTER CITY ROSTOV

PSV TOTTENHAM SPORTING LYON BASEL Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals

93 20 124 26 152 28 101 18 35 6 Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals AVG 11.63 A/G 4.65 AVG 12.40 A/G 4.77 AVG 15.20 A/G 5.43 AVG 12.63 A/G 5.61 AVG 5.83 A/G 5.83 53 4 81 6 73 5 103 5 65 3 On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W AVG 8.83 A/G 13.25 AVG 13.50 A/G 13.50 AVG 12.17 A/G 14.60 AVG 17.17 A/G 20.60 AVG 10.83 A/G 21.67

42 28 23 2 51 49 24 3 71 52 29 5 47 33 21 1 20 8 7 0 On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W

20 22 11 1 24 33 24 3 23 33 17 1 34 46 23 5 20 29 16 3 LEGIA BEŞIKTAŞ LUDOGORETS MONACO REAL MADRID

BRUGGE DINAMO ZAGREB Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals

56 9 57 9 40 6 147 22 244 36 Attempts Goals Attempts Goals AVG 9.33 A/G 6.22 AVG 9.50 A/G 6.33 AVG 6.67 A/G 6.67 AVG 12.25 A/G 6.68 AVG 18.77 A/G 6.78 51 2 37 0 On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W AVG 8.50 A/G 25.50 AVG 6.17 A/G – 8 It took eight attempts, on average, to 22 26 8 2 20 18 19 1 15 15 10 1 56 56 35 2 94 90 60 6 On Off B W On Off B W score a goal, two fewer than in 2015/16 20 17 14 1 8 21 8 3 PARIS BAYERN BENFICA CSKA MOSKVA JUVENTUS 4.65 Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals AVG = Average per game; A/G = Attempts per goal scored; Arsenal were most 125 18 188 27 86 11 49 5 180 22 B = Blocked; W = Woodwork 80% KYLIAN MBAPPÉ efficient, with AVG 15.63 A/G 6.94 AVG 18.80 A/G 6.96 AVG 10.75 A/G 7.82 AVG 8.17 A/G 8.17 AVG 13.85 A/G 8.18 Note: attempts striking the woodwork are included in the 20 goals from on-target total if deflected by a goalkeeper or defender, On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W On Off B W and in the off-target total if striking the woodwork directly Of his shots that were not blocked, 93 attempts, an Kylian Mbappé hit the target eight average of 4.65 48 42 35 5 71 71 46 4 28 39 19 5 20 19 10 0 65 72 43 3 Club statistics are ordered by the number of attempts required to score a goal times in ten attempts, scoring six shots per goal

52 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 STATISTICS 53 STATISTICS ROUTE TO GOAL The trend towards more direct attacking approaches continued in 2016/17

2016/17 AVERAGE POSSESSION TIME REQUIRED TO SCORE AVERAGE PASSES AND SECONDS PER GOAL 2012/13 TO 2016/17 BALL-WINNING POSITIONS RESULTING IN GOALS

62 10.62 in the defensive third seconds 6.15 4.29 3.94 average number of average number of average number of passes needed to passes needed to passes needed to (Down 7.7% since 2014/15) create a goal create a goal create a goal

2016/17 AVERAGE NUMBER OF PASSES TO CREATE A GOAL

16.40 12.44 10.95 average number of average number of average number of 3.72 seconds of possession seconds of possession seconds of possession passes per goal per goal per goal 134 in midfield 184 in the attacking third (Down 5.6% since 2014/15)

The record number of goals scored during the differentials in excess of 50% that emphasise his side 1-0 up against Celtic, finishing a The high ball-win Real Madrid provided something of an the codicil being that just over half of these 2016/17 season found their way into the net playing philosophies. During the 2016/17 60-pass move stemming from a throw-in that exception to the general averages by scoring ball-wins were conducted in the middle third, after an average of 10.62 seconds of ball season, Diego Simeone’s side averaged 2.3 spanned 22 seconds. The nearest rival, in If goalscoring moves – including the set plays eight times after winning possession in the as opposed to the defensive area. This proved possession and a move of 3.72 passes. The passes and 7.3 seconds in their goalscoring passing, was the 35-pass move, following the such as penalties and free-kicks – are traced defensive third and 15 after regains in midfield. to be the most fertile source, alongside with statistics endorse the downward trend since moves. Champions Real Madrid, incidentally, interception of a clearance in midfield, that back to their origin, no fewer than 184 Only 13 (36%) stemmed from ball-winning in (37 goals apiece) taking control of a loose ball, the 2014/15 season – in which FC Barcelona fall between the two, with a five-year mean of allowed Arjen Robben to put Bayern 4-1 ahead stemmed from ball-winning in the attacking the attacking third. By contrast, only one of mostly in the final third (20) or midfield (13). won the title – when the averages registered 4.29 passes and 12.44 seconds in the against PSV after interchanges that lasted 86 third. This figure represents almost half of all Atlético Madrid’s goals had its origin in The next most productive category was a loose 3.94 passes and 11.66 seconds in charge of the manufacture of their goals. On their way to the seconds. There were few surprises among the the goals scored and underlines the trend ball-winning at the back – the remainder pass by the opposition – but with a contrasting ball. Superficially, the differences appear to be 2016/17 title, Zinédine Zidane’s team averaged clubs capable of stringing together sustained towards high collective pressing or, at least, evenly spread between regains in midfield pattern. Sixteen of the wayward passes were in somewhat less than spectacular. But debate 5.03 passes in their successful attacks, with a attacking combinations. Mesut Özil culminated aggressive pressure on the opposition and the final third. Barcelona scored 15 of midfield; 15 in the defensive third; and only about a trend towards more direct attacking mean duration of 14.31 seconds. By way of a 19-pass, 61-second attack by Arsenal against ball-carrier in advanced areas. The exact figure their 26 goals (58%) after high ball-wins; one in the attacking third – hinting at can call on statistical evidence of a 7.7% comparison, the Barcelona team that donned Ludogorets; Robben, again, finished 18 passes was 48.4% of goals, compared with 43% in the ditto Bayern with 15 of their 27. Silver- considerably safer passing by the opposition decline in the number of seconds in possession the crown in 2015 had scored 31 goals and and 57 seconds against Arsenal; ditto Edinson previous season. medallists Juventus, less prolific in terms of in their own defensive area. Only 18 goals and a 5.6% drop in the number of passes. registered an average of 21.32 seconds in Cavani (21 passes, 56 seconds) v Arsenal; A total of 134 goals resulted from striking rate (their 13 games yielded only 15 were attributed to interceptions and, maybe Statistics also support general impressions possession and 7.19 passes. Cristiano Ronaldo (18 passes, 56 seconds) to possession regained in midfield – 35% goals in open play), nevertheless put half of significantly, one-third of these corresponded about playing styles. Over the last five UEFA Although Luis Enrique’s side made good give Real Madrid their 2-1 win in Munich; or compared with 40% in 2015/16. And, once their goals down to regains in the attacking to Real Madrid. Champions League seasons, for example, use of Luis Suárez to blend more direct even the goal for Borussia again, a relatively low percentage (16% = 62 third; with seven stemming from midfield Barcelona’s goalscoring moves have averaged attacking and counterattacking into the Mönchengladbach after a 14-pass, 39-second goals) resulted from a build-up or counterattack and four from the back. 6.15 passes and 16.4 seconds. A glance at the possession-play tradition, Barça continued to attack against Celtic. On the other hand, after the ball had been won in the defensive During the 2016/17 season, the equivalent figures for Atlético Madrid reveals string together exceptional goalscoring moves. 93 goals (including set plays) were timed at third, down from the 17% registered in the percentage of goals attributed to regains due figures of 3.94 passes and 10.95 seconds – The best example was when Lionel Messi put one second. previous season. to tackling by defenders practically doubled –

54 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 STATISTICS 55 STATISTICS

GOING THE DISTANCE THE FAST LANE Mendy takes sprint gold with Athletic conditioning appears to be evening Martins hot on his heels itself out at the highest level

AVERAGE DISTANCE COVERED (METRES PER MATCH) AVERAGE METRES COVERED (PER MINUTE PLAYED)

120,000 Koke Atlético Madrid 136.3 117,496 Miralem Pjanić Juventus 134.9 Saúl Ñíguez Atlético Madrid 134.8 Ángel Correa Atlético Madrid 133.2 Benjamin Mendy’s 115,366 Alex Sandro Juventus 131.5 sprint speed against 114,524 Gabi Atlético Madrid 130.8 32.6 CSKA Moskva 114,000 Bernardo Silva Monaco 130.6 km/h 113,359 Shinji Okazaki Leicester 130.0 112,676 Dortmund 129.1 112,791 112,395 Atlético Madrid 129.1 111,537 111,420 Óliver Torres Porto 129.0 111,012 Sami Khedira Juventus 128.2 111,445 110,507 111,143 110,174 110,789 109,984 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 128.2 110,413 110,055 Blaise Matuidi Paris 128.0 109,049 The 2016/17 season was dotted with 288 sprints at speeds 109,258 Sergi Roberto Barcelona 127.6 108,333 of 30km/h or more. The gold medal went to Monaco 108,065 Thomas Müller Bayern 127.4 108,443 left-back Benjamin Mendy with a burst of 32.6km/h against 108,134 107,349 David Silva Manchester City 126.4 CSKA Moskva, one-tenth of a second ahead of Sporting’s 106,757 106,672 Leicester 126.3 106,842 and Bayer Leverkusen’s . Fourth 106,674 William Carvalho Sporting 125.7 106,227 Christian Pulišić Dortmund 124.8 place, with 32.4km/h, went to another full-back, Arsenal’s Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid 124.5 Héctor Bellerín, whose name appeared several times on the Paulo Dybala Juventus 123.3 list of the season’s fastest runs. Notably, seven Leicester City 104,268 Andrea Barzagli Juventus 123.1 players featured among those whose sprint speed attained 100,000 Xabi Alonso Bayern 123.1 31km/h or more, along with five from Atlético Madrid. PSV Filipe Luís Atlético Madrid 122.8 Legia Lyon Basel Paris Porto Celtic Rostov Napoli Benfica Sevilla BayernArsenal Brugge Sporting Juventus Leicester Monaco Beşiktaş Dani Alves Juventus 121.8 Dortmund Barcelona The list shows, apart from the players already mentioned, a Tottenham Leverkusen København Real Madrid Ludogorets CSKA MoskvaDynamo Kyiv João Moutinho Monaco 121.6 selection of 20 of the ‘personal bests’ registered during the Atlético Madrid Dinamo Zagreb Manchester City Mönchengladbach Héctor Bellerín Arsenal 121.4 2016/17 season. Monaco 120.6 Ousmane Dembélé Dortmund 120.4 Sergio Busquets Barcelona 120.4 The average distance covered by teams in the The distance-covered stats for Real Madrid Bayern in Munich – which they lost. In these Marco Verratti Paris 120.1 2016/17 season rose marginally, from and Bayern München, for example, were cases, there was a 25% difference between Casemiro Real Madrid 119.4 PERSONAL BEST SPRINT SPEEDS (KM/H) 109,098m per game to 110,224. In other inflated by the extra half-hour they played at the most and least distance covered. Toni Kroos Real Madrid 119.4 Juventus 32.3 words, 10km per player, including goalkeepers the Santiago Bernabéu (where, despite the The individual data for the season throws Giorgio Chiellini Juventus 118.5 Maciej Rybus Lyon 32.3 who, incidentally, tended to cover between dismissal of Arturo Vidal, both sides covered the spotlight once again on Atlético Madrid. Dani Carvajal Real Madrid 117.8 Mesut Özil Arsenal 32.1 three kilometres ( 3,251m and around 135km). Their midfielder Koke covered more than Edinson Cavani Paris 116.1 Adama Traoré Basel 32.1 Keylor Navas 3,559m) and five ( Other teams’ averages were artificially 142km during his team’s dozen matches at an Isco Real Madrid 115.9 Neymar Barcelona 32.0 and 5,085m apiece). By and deflated by dismissals – such as Beşiktaş in average of 12.232km per match. His nearest Tiemoué Bakayoko Monaco 115.1 Edinson Cavani Paris 31.9 large, teams were grouped within a couple Kyiv, Sevilla at home to Juventus and Porto challenger was team-mate Antoine Griezmann, David Alaba Bayern 114.6 Kevin Gameiro Atlético Madrid 31.7 of kilometres of the mean figure for the in both matches against the Italian team. who covered almost 133km. Even though they Philipp Lahm Bayern 114.4 Óliver Torres Porto 31.7 season. On the other hand, there was a 12.7% The figures in the graph have therefore been played two hours less than city rivals Real Radamel Falcao Monaco 113.4 Gareth Bale Real Madrid 31.7 difference between Rostov at the head of the adjusted with a view to ironing out these Madrid, Diego Simeone’s team had seven Raheem Sterling Manchester City 112.5 Dani Carvajal Real Madrid 31.7 chart and Celtic at the foot. Not a great anomalies and presenting a true indication players among the season’s top 13. Gareth Bale Real Madrid 111.9 Lionel Messi Barcelona 31.7 differential, it has to be said, in comparison of each team’s performance. The chart is evidently affected by the Arjen Robben Bayern 111.4 Kylian Mbappé Monaco 31.6 with the 16.53% margin between first and last There were only two instances of teams number of matches played and, in order to Luka Modrić Real Madrid 111.0 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid 31.3 in 2015/16 and the 22.58% in the season covering fewer than 100km in normal enable comparisons, the only legitimate Kylian Mbappé Monaco 109.9 Radamel Falcao Monaco 31.2 before that. There is therefore statistical circumstances: Barcelona’s 99,672m during formula is to calculate the average number of Neymar Barcelona 107.9 Kyle Walker Tottenham 31.2 evidence to support the theory that athletic their 3-0 defeat at Juventus and, curiously, the metres covered per minute played during the Marcelo Real Madrid 104.2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Dortmund 31.0 preparation is evening itself out at a high level. 99,257m covered by Beşiktaş during their 3-2 season. The table highlights random examples Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 103.8 Raheem Sterling Manchester City 31.0 However, comparing like with like is, victory in Naples. At the other end of the rather than a ‘league table’ and focuses on Alexis Sánchez Arsenal 96.6 Alex Sandro Juventus 30.7 statistically, not a simple task. ‘Raw’ figures spectrum, Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid players who made substantial contributions Lionel Messi Barcelona 87.1 Dani Alves Juventus 30.5 Robert Lewandowski Bayern 30.5 from the season’s data base can be misleading. covered 124,023m during their match against over the season. Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 46.7

56 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 STATISTICS 57 STATISTICS PASSING As the long ball continues its comeback, debate focused on how far a passing game can be equated with success

KEY Real Madrid 6838 7692 89% Benfica 2819 3392 83% Passes attempted

Bayern 6568 7209 91% Lyon 2691 3056 88% Passes completed % Passes completed % Juventus 6246 7112 88% København 2480 2958 84%

Barcelona 5974 6692 89% Sporting 2521 2953 85%

Dortmund 5534 6294 88% Dynamo Kyiv 2480 2877 86%

Atlético Madrid 4816 5794 83% Ludogorets 2421 2806 86%

Monaco 3874 4801 81% Beşiktaş 2374 2785 85%

Napoli 4161 4735 88% Celtic 2377 2781 85%

Paris 4201 4693 90% PSV 2323 2693 86%

Sevilla 3830 4404 87% Mönchengladbach 2218 2666 83%

Manchester City 3805 4338 88% Brugge 2219 2628 84%

Arsenal 3759 4320 87% Basel 2144 2570 83%

Leverkusen 2935 3731 79% Legia 1890 2284 83%

Porto 3146 3718 85% CSKA Moskva 1696 2233 76%

Tottenham 3061 3589 85% Dinamo Zagreb 1570 1949 81%

Leicester 2584 3403 76% Rostov 1312 1812 72%

The teams eliminated in the group stage Thomas Tuchel’s Borussia Dortmund 629. table, compared with Bayern’s 91% or PSG’s 2016 where, as the UEFA observers had put it, applied in 2016/17. Despite the passing of the against quality – or equate them. During Real averaged 444 passes per game. Those who At the other end of the scale, the figures 90% followed by a variety of teams bunched “deep defensive blocks are currently baton from to Unai Emery, the Madrid’s run to the title, Toni Kroos and Luka qualified for the knockout rounds 534. The top quoted in the opening paragraph would have above the 80% mark. encouraging teams to revert to more direct champions of France were alone in dedicating Modrić jointly made 1,644 passes with success eight averaged 548. Coincidence? After the been even more striking but for the presence of In contrast to the five clubs who made attacking solutions”. This had been reflected 9% of their ball-play to long passes. In fairness, rates of 94% and 91% respectively. Across the final in Cardiff, UEFA technical observer Roy Leicester City among the top eight. Under fewer than 400 passes, a dozen teams averaged by statistics related to the use of long passing. it has to be added that Arsenal, Barça, Spanish capital at Atlético, Koke and Gabi Hodgson was quick to salute the Real Madrid Claudio Ranieri, the English debutants averaged in excess of 500, including group fallers Lyon At UEFA EURO 2012, five of the 16 participants Dortmund and Napoli were only marginally executed 1,736 passes from the team’s engine midfield, which, he felt, had been the crucial 347 passes per game. Craig Shakespeare’s (509) and, strikingly, Tottenham Hotspur (598). used long passes as less than 10% of their behind on 10%, with Ancelotti’s Bayern and room with 88% and 87% accuracy. “They element in their title defence. “Casemiro did a debut on the bench was heralded by a victory Debate on to what extent a passing game can total. Among the 24 teams at UEFA EURO Guardiola’s Manchester City on 11%. reminded me of the old football saying, ‘Tell me fantastic job and those four in midfield were so against Sevilla in which the team made only be equated with success was also fuelled by 2016, none at all. Northern Ireland had At the other end of the rainbow, Leicester who your midfielders are and I’ll tell you how good in terms of their passing, their vision and 199 passes. During the following home game Monaco’s run to the semi-finals. Leonardo provided an extreme example with a 28% City, on 19%, were sandwiched between the good you are’,” said UEFA Technical Director their control,” he said. The link between passing against Atlético Madrid, an uncharacteristic Jardim’s side posted a deceptive average of quota of long passes, with three other teams two Russian contestants: CSKA Moskva Ioan Lupescu. and control raises a valid debating point. total of 488 hoisted their average to 340. 400 passes that concealed a maximum of 655 also topping the 20% mark. averaging 18% and Rostov 20%. The four After the final in Cardiff, Thomas Schaaf The team pages in this report reveal an But the quarter-finalists still posted the against CSKA and a minimum of 275 in the This raised a degree of expectation when semi-finalists, incidentally, were in mid-table: said: “We all want to see vertical, fast-moving enormous diversity in terms of playing third-lowest average of the season behind Ivan away game against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester the ball started rolling a few weeks later in the Atlético Madrid and Juventus on 13%, Real play with passes into the deep – quick moves philosophy, with the genuine possession sides Daniliants’ Rostov (302) and Ivaylo Petev’s City. “Monaco were really, really impressive in UEFA Champions League, the question being Madrid on 14% and Monaco on 15%. finalised as quickly as possible.” In this respect, practically doubling the average number of Dinamo Zagreb (325). Those three, along with that match,” Ryan Giggs recalled. “Not only whether the trend would permeate into the Overall, the incidence of long passing, the data on the team pages of this report passes made by teams with a more direct Leonid Slutski’s CSKA Moskva (372) and Jacek offensively but, as soon as they lost the ball, the club competition – or continue to, as the which had increased from 11% to 13.5% in the highlighting the main passers in the final third approach and who, to recall the expression Magiera’s Legia Warszawa, completed a quintet way they worked to win it back. Offensively and tendency had already broken the surface in the previous season, maintained the higher level in make interesting reading with, focusing used by José Mourinho when he was champion who averaged fewer than 400 passes per game. in terms of pure physicality, they were the most 2015/16 season. In 2014/15, long deliveries (of 2016/17, when the mean across the 32 exclusively on the finalists, full-backs Marcelo of Europe with FC Internazionale Milano, “feel Leicester were also the odd-man-out among impressive side I saw during the season.” 30m or more) had accounted for no more than contestants was 13.34% compared with the and Dani Alves, along with Dani Carvajal, comfortable without the ball”. Carlo Ancelotti’s the top teams in terms of passing accuracy. The pros and cons of direct attacking 9% of the passing repertoire of six teams. In 15.88% that had raised eyebrows at UEFA making significant contributions to their Bayern München averaged 721 passes per Their average of 76% meant that only Rostov versus a more elaborate passing game had 2015/16, Paris Saint-Germain had been the EURO 2016. teams’ meaningful passing play in the key game, Luis Enrique’s Barcelona 669 and (72%) were below them at the foot of the gained relevance in the light of UEFA EURO only team to remain in single figures. The same As usual, debate can also weigh quantity attacking areas.

58 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 STATISTICS 59 STATISTICS POSSESSION Teams are no longer interested in ball possession as an end in itself

AVERAGE POSSESSION PER TEAM POSSESSION AREAS

Club Defence Midfield Attack Bayern 63% During the 2016/17 season, only three teams for 63 of the 90 minutes) but only 34% in had the majority share of possession in every the home leg against Barcelona – which Monaco 28 44 28 Barcelona 62% game they played: Barcelona, Borussia they won 3-0. All in all, 15 of the 32 Bayern 23 50 27 Tottenham 61% Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur. With a participants posted a difference of 20% Leverkusen 28 46 26 degree of generosity, this could be expanded or more between their maximum and Lyon 22 53 25 Dortmund 60% to a quartet by including Bayern München, minimum figures. Dortmund 27 48 25 whose only momentary blip was a drop to The champions scraped in among them. Sevilla 58% Atlético Madrid 27 49 25 49% of possession when playing with ten Real Madrid enjoyed 61% of the ball during Real Madrid 28 47 25 Manchester City 56% during the home leg of the quarter-final the 3-0 semi-final home win against Sporting 24 52 24 against Real Madrid. In other words, only one neighbours Atlético, but had only 41% during Paris 54% in eight of the participants could legitimately their group-stage visit to Dortmund. Zinédine Arsenal 24 52 24 Sevilla 27 49 24 Dynamo Kyiv 53% be described as ‘possession teams’. The Zidane’s team had a lesser share of the ball counter-balance was provided by an equal on four occasions and, interestingly, drew two Juventus 28 48 23 Real Madrid 53% number of teams (Benfica, Dinamo Zagreb, of them (against Dortmund) and ‘lost’ a third Leicester 31 46 23 København 52% Legia Warszawa and Borussia – they had only 47% during the 90 minutes Manchester City 27 50 23 Mönchengladbach) who never had more than at home to Bayern, which ended with a Porto 26 51 23 Juventus 52% 50% of the ball. Despite their low share of scoreline of 1-2 in favour of Carlo Ancelotti’s Benfica 27 51 22 possession, Benfica made it through to the team. Real Madrid’s only victory with a lesser Lyon 52% Tottenham 28 51 21 knockout stage, albeit with a modest tally share of the ball was against Napoli. København 24 55 21 Leverkusen 50% of eight points from their six matches. Juventus dominated possession in Barcelona 27 52 21 Since the heyday of Pep Guardiola’s all six of their group games and, after Beşiktaş 50% Paris 25 55 20 Barcelona, there have been perennial continuing in the same vein against ten-man CSKA Moskva 33 49 19 Napoli 50% discussions about the difference between Porto in both legs of the round of 16, they possession and purposeful possession. In then had to live without the ball against Brugge 30 53 18 Porto 50% Cardiff, Sir Alex Ferguson said: “Teams started Barcelona, Monaco and, in the final, Real Napoli 30 52 18 Legia 38 44 18 Brugge 49% to try to copy that style and the risk was that Madrid. Interestingly, the beaten semi- we would see sides squaring their passes, finalists, Atlético Madrid and Monaco, Basel 28 55 17 Arsenal 48% squaring their passes, squaring their passes … also figured in the lower half of the ball Mönchengladbach 36 47 17 but with no penetration. I think the final possession table. Atlético Madrid 48% PSV 28 56 16 showed that this is changing. It was great to The table, nonetheless, indicates each Dynamo Kyiv 33 51 16 Sporting 48% see attacking football – that’s the football team’s average over the season and reveals Beşiktaş 32 54 15 that I’m sure the fans want to see.” that of the top 16 teams in terms of ball Ludogorets 47% Rostov 37 48 15 The overview of the 2016/17 season possession, all but five progressed into the Celtic 33 53 14 Monaco 47% undoubtedly demonstrated that teams were knockout rounds of the competition. Dinamo Zagreb 37 49 14 not obsessed with ball possession as an end in UEFA EURO 2016 had thrown a cat PSV 46% itself. Statistical evidence supports this theory among the possession pigeons by throwing Ludogorets 35 52 13 Benfica 45% as, within the teams’ overall averages for the up 15 wins in 51 games for the team with a In blue: clubs qualified for knockout stage season, the extremes show ample variations, lesser share of possession. The UEFA Decimal points account for 1% discrepancies Celtic 45% as the maximum and minimum figures on the Champions League did not equal that level. team pages of this report will corroborate. But 30 defeats for the team that dominated Basel 43% Although a few teams operated on a narrow the ball offered further fuel for debate – and Leicester City 41% waveband (Dynamo Kyiv between 50-56%, further evidence that possession = victory is low-tempo passing interchanges in the middle third. The table assembles data from for example, or Napoli’s 46-55%), most were an unreliable equation. One of the season’s defensive third against opponents who do not the individual team pages, arranged in a CSKA Moskva 40% required to find solutions in games where they most eye-catching contradictions was that push up to press but prefer to rely on rapid pecking order based on the percentage of ball Legia 40% had huge portions of the ball or were starved Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal team had a 43% transitions into compact defensive blocks. possession in the most meaningful area – the of it. Atlético Madrid, PSV and Sevilla, for share of the ball during their home fixture Legia Warszawa, Rostov and Dinamo Zagreb opponent’s defensive third. When Dinamo Mönchengladbach 39% instance, had at least 30% differences against Ludogorets – and won 6-0. were the teams who spent the greatest slices travelled from Zagreb to Lyon on the opening Dinamo Zagreb 36% between their maximum and minimum Among the debating points attached to of their possession time in their defensive day of the season and when Ludogorets possession figures, alongside the runners-up, the question of ball possession is the area in third, while PSV Eindhoven, Basel, Paris entertained Basel on matchday five, they Rostov 35% Juventus. Massimiliano Allegri’s side had 69% which domination is exercised. Possession Saint-Germain and København registered the spent under four minutes in the opposition’s of the ball in Porto (albeit against ten men stats, after all, are easily inflated by highest percentages of possession in the defensive third. In blue: clubs qualified for knockout stage

60 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 STATISTICS 61 STATISTICS CROSSES CORNERS The number and success rate of crosses Goals scored from corners fell remained on trend with recent seasons for a third season in a row

Club Crosses per game Success rate % CROSSES PER MATCH SUCCESSFUL CROSSES København 19.17 33.04 2016/17 Sporting 19.16 32.17 1,244 2015/16 Juventus 19.62 29.80 Corners taken Arsenal 13.88 28.83 2014/15 Real Madrid 23.00 27.76 Bayern 26.20 27.10 34.6 22.7% Tottenham 20.33 25.41 24 PSV 15.83 25.26 Goals scored 52 Corners required CSKA Moskva 11.83 23.94 to produce a goal Paris 18.88 23.84 Brugge 15.50 22.58 Basel 20.33 22.13 38 Legia 13.67 21.95 42 Monaco 23.25 21.86 Dortmund 17.50 21.71 Atlético Madrid 17.33 21.63 /32 Celtic 9.33 21.43 8 48.2% Up 10% on 2015/16 Barcelona 16.70 20.96 teams Benfica 12.75 20.59 Beşiktaş 17.00 20.59 Ludogorets 10.67 20.31 Juventus were most Dinamo Zagreb 9.17 20.00 had a success rate Highest success rate productive with three goals Lyon 19.50 19.66 of 25%, down 19% by Juventus wing-back Rostov 6.83 19.51 3 15/32 Porto 19.50 19.23 on 2015/16 Dani Alves teams Napoli 21.00 18.45 Manchester City 17.75 18.31 HEADED GOALS FROM CORNERS OPENING GOALS FROM CORNERS Sevilla 19.88 16.98 Dynamo Kyiv 17.83 16.82 Most crosses delivered Mönchengladbach 9.33 16.07 by København left-back scored from corners, Leverkusen 15.63 16.00 (54%) (50%) down 19% on 2015/16 Leicester 15.70 15.29 73 13 12

One of the trends to have emerged from UEFA of 4,329 crosses in the UEFA Champions League prominent again, with left-back Ludwig Is it worth spending time on the training 1.83, PSV and Dinamo Zagreb 2.17 and Celtic one per 45 at UEFA EURO 2016. EURO 2016 was a striking 56% increase in the yielded an average of 34.6 per match – very Augustinsson delivering, in just six matches, ground working on corners? Without 3.0. Only 15 of the 32 participating teams were Juventus, with three successes in their 13 number of crosses per match compared with similar to the previous season. On the other more crosses (73) than any other player in the conducting a survey, it is easy to imagine a given cause to celebrate during 2016/17, games, celebrated more than any other team: the previous EURO in Poland and Ukraine. UEFA hand, the success rate fell away marginally from competition, and posting a success rate of vast majority of coaches offering emphatically compared with 21 in the previous season. headers from corners on the left and right observer Thomas Schaaf commented that 23.3% to 22.7% – a level identical to the 31.5%. In numerical terms, he was closely affirmative replies. The next question might Eight were successful more than once. The respectively against Barcelona and Dinamo “even when teams threw players forward, they 2014/15 season. It meant that only 7.87 followed by Monaco’s left-side midfielder be whether the time is spent on organising figures evidently mean that over half of the Zagreb; and the Dani Alves volley after the were often reluctant to penetrate through the crosses per match were met by team-mates Thomas Lemar and the Napoli left-back Faouzi defensive work against the opposition’s corners teams (17 to be precise) could not score from Monaco goalkeeper had tried to punch clear in centre because there was a greater risk element of the suppliers. Only eight teams reached a Ghoulam, though their success rates were or on formulae for converting the corner-kick corners. Monaco had 60, for example, none of the return leg of the semi-final. The overall attached to ball-losses in that area”. His success rate of 25%, whereas this had been considerably lower (26.4% and 22.5%, into a goal. Levels of scouting among UEFA which yielded a dividend. balance was that goals resulted from 10 corners colleague Mixu Paatelainen added that attained by 14 of the participants in the respectively). The most striking success rate Champions League clubs have pared down Some teams conceded more corners on the left; 14 on the right; and the final touch well-organised, narrow defending “underlined previous season. One-third of the teams (48.2%) was achieved by Juventus wing-back surprise factors and many coaches now admit than they earned. Rostov and Ludogorets, for to 13 of them was a header. the need to find a way round the block, bearing reached a team-mate with only one in five Dani Alves, while Sporting right-winger Gelson a rehearsed routine for a corner in attack can example, conceded 40 and earned 11, PSV 31 But answers to the opening question in mind the difficulties of playing through it. I or one in six of their crosses. Martins registered 41.4%. Real Madrid be reasonably expected to be attempted on and 13, Celtic 45 and 18. Among those who might be coloured by further information. think that’s why we saw a greater number of Numerically, the totals of Real Madrid and midfielder Toni Kroos illustrated the tendency very limited occasions to have any realistic reached the knockout rounds, Leicester won Half of the 24 successful corners provided the crosses.” UEFA EURO 2016 registered 2,079 Bayern München were boosted by the extra to work the wide areas by delivering 61 crosses, chance of success. 36 corners and conceded 60. crucial opening goal. Others supplied equally crosses at 40.76 per match. This was some way half-hour during their quarter-final. But this, more than his full-back team-mates Marcelo The 2016/17 season produced 1,244 But the starkest reality to emerge from the important equalisers, such as when a ball-loss in excess of the 2015/16 UEFA Champions evidently, did not affect the success rates in the (46) or Dani Carvajal (26). Kroos’s success rate corners at an average just below 10 per game. season was that only 24 goals were scored from by Napoli deep in their defensive third gave Real League, where the average was 34.74. table that show the average number of crosses was also among the highest at 41%. Napoli (8.25 per match), Tottenham Hotspur corners and that the success rate could be Madrid a corner on the left and invited Sergio The 2016/17 season served to corroborate per game and the percentage of them received (7.67), Bayern (7.5) and Paris Saint-Germain measured at one goal per 51.8 corners. This Ramos to make it 1-1 with a trademark header. the differences between Europe’s premier by a team-mate. (7.38) averaged the most. At the other end of compares with one per 42.23 in 2015/16 and It was, however, the champions’ only success national team and club competitions. The total In individual terms, København were the scale, Rostov and Ludogorets averaged one per 38.42 in 2014/15. And, for that matter, from 79 corners.

62 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 STATISTICS 63 TEAM PROFILES ARSENAL FC Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim addresses his players ENGLAND

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE Arsène Wenger Born: 22/10/1949, 7 Strasbourg (FRA) 17 11 14 Nationality: French Matches in UEFA 29 34 Champions League: 178 3 24 Head coach: 6 20 Since 01/10/1996 13

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL PSG BAS LUD LUD PSG BAS BAY BAY D 1-1 W 2-0 W 6-0 W 2-3 D 2-2 W 1-4 L 5-1 L 1-5

Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPER PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 48% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 61% v Basel (h) 13 David Ospina 8 720 USED 21 SCORED 20 24% (1 own goal) Min. 32% v Bayern (a) 52% DEFENDERS 24% GOAL ATTEMPTS 93 (11.6) CARDS 15 2 3 Kieran Gibbs 6 465 2 ON TARGET 42 (5.3) Sent off: , Laurent Koscielny 5 Gabriel 2 131 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 540 PASSING ACCURACY 87% Max. 787 v Basel (h) Max. 90% v Basel (h) 6 Laurent Koscielny 8 642 TIME SCORED Min. 277 v Bayern (a) Min. 79% v Bayern (a) 16 Rob Holding 1 90 5 2 0 4 3 1 5 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 108,443m The geographical spread of the last 16 was seven aways and only three draws – two of 18 Nacho Monreal 3 255 Max. 111,920m v Basel (a) | Min. 105,196m v Bayern (h) trimmed down to six national associations, them involving Atlético Madrid. In terms of 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 20 7 630 Minutes compared with ten in the previous season. goalscoring, the knockout rounds registered a PASSES PER MATCH 24 Héctor Bellerín 5 450 THE TOP But, once again, nine of the clubs who started balance of 62-35 in favour of home teams. SUBSTITUTIONS 24/24 Long 55 (10% of total) 25 Carl Jenkinson 2 171 (Including two double substitutions and one triple substitution) the ball rolling in February 2017 had done The lack of common denominators among Medium 332 (62%) 0 0 0 0 2 15 7 0 SIXTEEN likewise in 2016. The most notable among the the top clubs highlighted a diversity of styles MIDFIELDERS Short 153 (28%) seven ‘newcomers’ was competition debutant and playing philosophies. The average of more 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 8 4 307 2 Minutes Leicester City – though the English champions than 700 passes per game by Bayern or the 669 Home advantage often made 11 Mesut Özil 8 627 4 3 handed the coaching baton from Claudio by Barcelona contrasted sharply with Leicester the difference, but there was Ranieri to Craig Shakespeare between the away City’s 340 or Monaco’s 400. Ball-possession 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 7 377 1 1 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES and home legs of the club’s first knockout tie statistics offered similar fluctuations, while 17 Alex Iwobi 7 411 1 1 • Alternate between 1-4-3-3 with one nothing predictable about the PASSES* A C % against Jorge Sampaoli’s Sevilla. Borussia Dortmund’s vertical attacking style screening midfielder and 1-4-2-3-1 19 Santi Cazorla 3 237 1 1 Shkodran Mustafi 426 375 88 wide variety of playing styles The benefits of topping groups were led to more deliveries and/or solo runs into the with two 29 7 479 1 2 Mesut Özil 415 353 85 underlined by six victories for group-winners in opposition’s penalty area than either of the two • Fluent passing game based on patient on display 34 Francis Coquelin 6 426 3 Laurent Koscielny 395 373 94 building from back the first round of knockout football. The finalists and more than doubled the average exceptions were provided by Real Madrid, posted by Benfica, their opponents in the 35 5 81 1 • Variety of attacking options; combinations PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD through middle, use of wings second behind Borussia Dortmund in Group F, round of 16. FORWARDS • Good links between lines; e.g. Ramsey, who eliminated the Group B winners Napoli by The following pages offer a data-based 1 Mesut Özil 131 7 Alexis Sánchez 8 665 3 3 Özil working box to box a handsome 6-2 margin; and by Bayern summary of each team’s performance. In the 2 Alexis Sánchez 128 9 Lucas Pérez 3 136 3 2 • Intense pressing as from midfield; München, runners-up to Atlético Madrid in passing statistics, a short pass is defined as one 3 Alex Iwobi 68 12 Olivier Giroud 6 312 2 occasional spells of high pressure Group D, who dismissed Arsenal by an even of 10 metres or less; passes of distances • Purposeful overlapping by full-backs, 14 Theo Walcott 6 272 4 BALLS RECOVERED more emphatic 10-2 scoreline. Those ties between 10 and 30 metres fall into the medium allowing wide players to cut in 1 Laurent Koscielny 49 embraced two of only four away wins in a round category; and a long pass is one of more than • Sánchez the attacking catalyst; running of 16 that produced 11 victories for home 30 metres. Some percentage values may not 2 Shkodran Mustafi 45 with ball, penetrating passing teams. Overall, the 28 knockout games leading total 100 per cent due to decimal points being 3 Kieran Gibbs 40 • Experienced goalkeeping by Ospina; to the final in Cardiff yielded 18 home wins, rounded up or down. sensible long or short distribution of ball ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G • Rapid defence-to-attack transitions Unused substitutes: Petr Čech, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, 1 Alexis Sánchez 13 9 3 using pace on the wings Danny Welbeck App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Mesut Özil 9 7 4 • High level of technique, 1v1 abilities; * fluent off-the-ball movement A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Theo Walcott 9 7 4 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

64 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 65 CLUB ATLÉTICO DE MADRID FC BARCELONA SPAIN SPAIN

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE

Diego Simeone Luis Enrique 9 7 21 Born: 28/04/1970, Born: 08/05/1970, 11 10 Buenos Aires (ARG) Gijón (ESP) 10 6 8 4 Nationality: Argentinian 14 8 Nationality: Spanish Matches in UEFA Matches in UEFA 5 Champions League: 47 3 20 Champions League: 33 2 15 18 20 Head coach: Head coach: 23 3 Since 23/12/2011 From 19/05/2014 13 1 to 29/05/2017

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL PSV BAY ROS ROS PSV BAY LEV LEV LEI LEI RM RM CEL MGB MC MC CEL MGB PSG PSG JUV JUV W 0-1 W 1-0 W 0-1 W 2-1 W 2-0 L 1-0 W 2-4 D 0-0 W 1-0 D 1-1 L 3-0 W 2-1 W 7-0 W 1-2 W 4-0 L 3-1 W 0-2 W 4-0 L 4-0 W 6-1 L 3-0 D 0-0

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 48% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 62% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 66% v Rostov (a) Max. 68% v Mönchengladbach (h) 1 Miguel Ángel Moyà 1 90 USED 20 SCORED 15 25% 1 Marc-André ter Stegen 9 810 USED 23 SCORED 26 21% Min. 33% v Bayern (a) 49% (1 own goal) Min. 54% v Manchester City (h) 52% 13 Jan Oblak 11 990 27% 13 Jasper Cillessen 1 90 27% GOAL ATTEMPTS 161 (13.4) CARDS 21 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 124 (12.4) CARDS 27 1 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 55 (4.6) DEFENDERS ON TARGET 51 (5.1) Sent off: Jérémy Mathieu 2 Diego Godín 11 990 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 483 PASSING ACCURACY 83% 3 Gerard Piqué 8 651 1 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 669 PASSING ACCURACY 89% Max. 712 v Rostov (a) Max. 90% v PSV (h) Max. 1,022 v Mönchengladbach (h) Max. 92% v Mönchengladbach (h) Min. 319 v Bayern (a) Min. 70% v Leverkusen (a) 3 Filipe Luís 10 870 1 TIME SCORED 14 Javier Mascherano 8 642 TIME SCORED Min. 449 v Manchester City (h) Min. 85% v Juventus (h) & Manchester City (h) 15 Stefan Savić 10 829 6 2 2 1 18 6 436 5 1 6 3 1 0 2 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 115,366m 2 0 7 2 16 Šime Vrsaljko 5 450 1 Max. 124,023m v Bayern (a) | Min. 109,863m v Leicester (h) 19 4 284 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 106,227m 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Max. 112,172m v Mönchengladbach (a) | Min. 99,665m v Juventus (a) 19 Lucas Hernández 4 305 Minutes 20 Sergi Roberto 8 632 1 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 20 Juanfran 6 429 1 22 Aleix Vidal 1 90 1 SUBSTITUTIONS 32/36 Long 65 (13% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 22/30 Long 68 (10% of total) 24 José María Giménez 6 506 (Including four double substitutions) 23 8 720 (No double substitutions) Medium 258 (54%) Medium 442 (66%) 0 0 0 0 9 12 9 2 1 0 1 2 4 8 6 0 MIDFIELDERS Short 159 (33%) 24 Jérémy Mathieu 2 79 Short 159 (24%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 5 Tiago 3 106 1 Minutes 33 Marlon 1 18 Minutes 6 Koke 12 1044 1 MIDFIELDERS 8 Saúl Ñíguez 12 838 4 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 4 Ivan Rakitić 9 596 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 10 Yannick Carrasco 12 856 2 1 • 1-4-4-2 with two screening midfielders 5 Sergio Busquets 8 691 • 1-4-3-3 the default setting with occasional PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % and twin strikers in parallel use of 1-3-4-3 14 Gabi 11 990 1 Koke 889 782 88 6 Denis Suárez 1 90 1 1 Samuel Umtiti 653 617 94 • Fast transitions to strong, compact • High-tempo combination game with good 22 Thomas 6 181 7 Arda Turan 5 171 4 1 2 Gabi 847 739 87 defending with fierce pressure on ball-carrier 2 Gerard Piqué 604 561 93 options for man on the ball 23 Nicolás Gaitán 5 190 3 Filipe Luís 553 464 84 • Direct, vertical attacking with emphasis 8 Andrés Iniesta 8 593 1 3 3 Javier Mascherano 558 529 95 • Full-backs high; Busquets the balancing FORWARDS on looking for fast, forward pass 12 Rafinha 6 216 element in front of centre-backs PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 7 Antoine Griezmann 12 1068 6 2 • Compact, narrow unit with the full-backs 21 André Gomes 8 465 • Build-up initiated by accurate short and 1 Koke 280 providing the width 1 Lionel Messi 209 medium passing by goalkeeper 9 Fernando Torres 9 469 1 FORWARDS 2 Gabi 182 • Balanced attacking with maximal levels 2 Neymar 192 • High, compact unit supplies manpower 11 Ángel Correa 9 251 of risk-management 9 Luis Suárez 9 810 3 3 for fierce pressing after ball loss 3 Antoine Griezmann 167 3 Andrés Iniesta 181 21 Kevin Gameiro 9 430 2 1 • Strong, hardworking midfield; powerful 10 Lionel Messi 9 810 11 2 • Outstanding 1v1 skills by Neymar, Messi; running to support attacks Suárez the option for direct attacking BALLS RECOVERED 11 Neymar 9 797 4 8 BALLS RECOVERED • Varied attacking options with fluent • Good supply of low crosses and cutbacks; 1 Gabi 100 17 Paco Alcácer 3 176 1 1 Samuel Umtiti 76 movement among front four supporting runs from midfield to box 2 Diego Godín 85 2 Gerard Piqué 59 • Commanding central defenders; aerial 29 Marc Cardona 1 16 • Piqué leading defence; centre-backs opening 3 Koke 72 power means dangerous set plays 3 Javier Mascherano 58 play with diagonals to wings • High-quality crossing and cut-backs by • Exceptional short combinations in central ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G full-backs Juanfran, Filipe Luís ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G areas of attack; great finishing Unused substitutes: , Caio Henrique, André Moreira, Juan Moreno, 1 Antoine Griezmann 25 12 6 • Competitive team with strong work 1 Lionel Messi 31 15 11 • Adventurous playing philosophy, prepared Alberto Rodríguez Unused substitutes: Carles Aleñá, Jordi Masip, Nili Perdomo App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Yannick Carrasco 19 11 2 ethic, will to win, mental strength App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Luis Suárez 18 10 3 to take risks; composed creative play *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Saúl Ñíguez 13 7 4 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Neymar 17 10 4 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

66 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 67 BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN GERMANY GERMANY

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE Tayfun Korkut Carlo Ancelotti 7 25 31 Born: 02/04/1974, Born: 10/06/1959, 7 10 Stuttgart (GER) 14 19 Reggiolo (ITA) 23 6 Nationality: Turkish Nationality: Italian 44 20 Matches in UEFA Matches in UEFA 14 Champions League: 1 18 39 Champions League: 152 Head coach: 21 4 Head coach: 27 5 8 21 From 06/03/2017 Since 01/07/2016 1 1 to 30/05/2017 Roger Schmidt was in charge for matchdays 1 to 7 GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL CSKA MON TOT TOT CSKA MON ATM ATM ROS ATM PSV PSV ROS ATM ARS ARS RM RM D 2-2 D 1-1 D 0-0 W 0-1 D 1-1 W 3-0 L 2-4 D 0-0 W 5-0 L 1-0 W 4-1 W 1-2 L 3-2 W 1-0 W 5-1 W 1-5 L 1-2 L 4-2*

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away * after extra time

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 50% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 63% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 62% v CSKA Moskva (h) Max. 72% v Rostov (h) 1 7 630 USED 26 SCORED 10 26% 1 9 840 USED 21 SCORED 27 27% (2 own goals) Min. 41% v Tottenham (a) 46% (1 own goal) Min. 49% v Real Madrid (h) 50% 28 Ramazan Özcan 1 90 28% 26 Sven Ulreich 1 90 23% GOAL ATTEMPTS 107 (13.4) CARDS 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 188 (18.8) CARDS 2 DEFENDERS 16 20 ON TARGET 40 (5) DEFENDERS ON TARGET 71 (7.1) Sent off: Arturo Vidal, Javi MartÍnez 4 5 450 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 466 PASSING ACCURACY 79% 5 9 681 (Per match) Max. 679 v CSKA Moskva (h) Max. 85% v Atlético (a) PASSES ATTEMPTED 721 PASSING ACCURACY 91% Max. 826 v Atlético (h) Max. 96% v PSV (h) 6 Aleksandar Dragović 3 270 Min. 365 v CSKA Moskva (a) Min. 66% v Tottenham (a) 13 Rafinha 5 362 TIME SCORED TIME SCORED Min. 535 v Real Madrid (h) Min. 86% v Real Madrid (a) 13 Roberto Hilbert 1 90 17 Jérôme Boateng 6 510 2 0 3 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 111,143m 4 2 3 7 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 109,049m 16 4 286 2 0 2 0 2 1 8 0 Max. 114,681m v Tottenham (a) | Min. 105,962m v CSKA Moskva (a) 18 Juan Bernat 4 245 2 1 Max. 134,656m v Real Madrid (a) | Min. 106,269m v Rostov (h) 18 Wendell 5 450 1 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Minutes 21 Philipp Lahm 7 660 1 Minutes 21 Ömer Toprak 6 540 PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 27 David Alaba 9 840 3 23 Danny da Costa 1 90 SUBSTITUTIONS 24/24 Long 66 (14% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 29/30 Long 77 (11% of total) (Including one double substitution) 28 1 90 (Including two double substitutions) 39 7 554 2 Medium 245 (53%) Medium 464 (64%) 0 0 0 3 2 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 13 0 Short 155 (33%) 32 Joshua Kimmich 8 319 3 Short 181 (25%) MIDFIELDERS 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Minutes MIDFIELDERS Minutes 8 3 215 6 Thiago Alcántara 9 786 2 3 10 Hakan Çalhanoğlu 6 357 1 1 15 6 325 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 7 Franck Ribéry 6 422 2 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES • 1-4-2-3-1 with two genuine wingers 8 Javi Martínez 7 429 • Variations on 1-4-3-3 with single or twin 19 Julian Brandt 8 534 1 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % and shadow striker or 1-4-4-2 controlling midfielders 20 Charles Aránguiz 8 516 1 462 391 85 10 Arjen Robben 8 634 3 1 1 Thiago Alcántara 808 747 92 • Emphasis on fluent combinations, • Attack-minded high-tempo ball circulation, 11 Douglas Costa 9 462 2 2 27 Robbie Kruse 1 19 2 Wendell 317 259 82 movements to create passing options 2 David Alaba 663 607 92 building through thirds 29 3 80 3 Benjamin Henrichs 283 207 73 • Balanced controlling midfielders; 14 Xabi Alonso 7 589 1 3 Arturo Vidal 650 604 93 • Neuer the goalkeeper/sweeper behind high 38 2 156 1 Kampl the main defence-to-attack link 23 Arturo Vidal 8 714 3 line; precise distribution with hands and feet 44 Kevin Kampl 7 625 1 2 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • Fast defence-to-attack transitions 35 Renato Sanches 6 201 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • Centre-backs and central midfielders 1 Kevin Kampl 114 after winning ball in defensive third 1 Thiago Alcántara 227 the initiators of fluent passing moves FORWARDS FORWARDS 2 Julian Brandt 107 • High-speed attacking along the flanks 2 David Alaba 183 • Full-backs very offensive; overlapping, 7 Javier Hernández 8 652 1 with both full-backs overlapping 9 Robert Lewandowski 9 794 8 1 neat combinations with wingers 3 Wendell 72 3 Arjen Robben 178 9 2 15 • Brandt a constant threat with powerful 25 Thomas Müller 9 462 3 • Alonso the balancing element in 11 Stefan Kiessling 3 207 runs, dribbling skills on left midfield; Thiago the creative playmaker BALLS RECOVERED 29 2 35 BALLS RECOVERED 14 Admir Mehmedi 6 297 1 1 • Excellent goalkeeping by Leno, last line • Vidal the box-to-box midfielder; 1 Benjamin Henrichs 57 1 Mats Hummels 65 of defence in side ready to take risks powerful runs into shooting positions 17 Joel Pohjanpalo 2 69 2 Ömer Toprak 53 2 Thiago Alcántara 59 • Varied attacking with good use of • Target striker (Lewandowski/Müller) 31 6 329 1 3 Kevin Kampl 48 in-depth passing through middle 3 Jérôme Boateng 54 making deep runs to stretch opposition 35 Vladlen Yurchenko 1 76 1 • Powerful off-ball running to enable • Wingers good in 1v1; collective high ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G effective switches of play ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G pressing; ball winning in advanced areas 1 Javier Hernández 14 9 1 • Athletic, mobile, attack-minded team 1 Robert Lewandowski 29 12 8 • Tactically mature; positional flexibility; Unused substitutes: Julian Green, Tom Starke Unused substitutes: None with strong work ethic App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists individual talents with collective spirit App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Kevin Volland 8 4 1 2 Arjen Robben 17 12 3 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Admir Mehmedi 8 4 1 3 Arturo Vidal 16 9 3 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

68 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 69 SL BENFICA BORUSSIA DORTMUND PORTUGAL GERMANY

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE Rui Vitória Thomas Tuchel 11 17 Born: 16/04/1970, 20 Born: 29/08/1973, 11 7 Alverca do Ribatejo (POR) 22 18 Krumbach (GER) Nationality: Portuguese Nationality: German 21 5 27 33 Matches in UEFA Matches in UEFA Champions League: 17 Champions League: 10 29 26 19 14 4 50 5 25 28 Head coach: Head coach: Since 15/06/2015 From 29/06/2015 1 38 to 30/05/2017

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL BES NAP DYN DYN BES NAP DOR DOR LEG RM SPO SPO LEG RM BEN BEN MON MON D 1-1 L 4-2 W 0-2 W 1-0 D 3-3 L 1-2 W 1-0 L 4-0 W 0-6 D 2-2 W 1-2 W 1-0 W 8-4 D 2-2 L 1-0 W 4-0 L 2-3 L 3-1

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 45% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 60% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 50% v Kyiv (h) Max. 69% v Legia (h) 1 Ederson 7 630 USED 25 SCORED 11 22% 1 Roman Weidenfeller 2 180 USED 25 SCORED 28 25% & Napoli (h) 51% (1 own goal) Min. 52% v Real Madrid (a) 48% Min. 35% v Dortmund (h) 12 Júlio César 1 90 27% 38 Roman Bürki 8 720 27% GOAL ATTEMPTS 86 (10.7) CARDS 13 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 152 (15.2) CARDS 19 0 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 28 (3.5) DEFENDERS ON TARGET 71 (7.1) 2 Lisandro López 2 180 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 424 PASSING ACCURACY 83% 5 Marc Bartra 7 580 1 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 629 PASSING ACCURACY 88% Max. 515 v Napoli (h) Max. 88% v Napoli (a) Max. 806 v Legia (h) Max. 93% v Legia (a) 3 Alex Grimaldo 4 360 TIME SCORED Min. 283 v Dortmund (h) Min. 75% v Dortmund (h) 13 Raphaël Guerreiro 6 501 1 1 TIME SCORED Min. 473 v Benfica (h) Min. 84% v Sporting (a) & Monaco (h) 4 Luisão 6 540 1 1 1 1 2 25 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 9 808 1 5 3 1 7 3 1 2 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 111,012m 5 0 6 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 112,791m 14 Victor Lindelöf 8 720 Max. 119,249m v Kyiv (a) | Min. 106,989m v Dortmund (a) 26 Łukasz Piszczek 9 673 1 Max. 118,242m v Sporting (h) | Min. 108,899m v Legia (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 19 Eliseu 4 271 Minutes 28 8 534 1 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 34 André Almeida 4 273 1 29 Marcel Schmelzer 7 540 3 SUBSTITUTIONS 23/24 Long 65 (15% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 29/30 Long 62 (10% of total) 50 Nélson Semedo 8 720 1 (No double substitutions) 30 2 180 1 (Including five double substitutions) Medium 234 (55%) Medium 424 (67%) 0 0 0 1 3 11 8 0 0 1 0 4 1 14 8 1 MIDFIELDERS Short 125 (30%) 37 Erik Durm 4 235 1 Short 144 (23%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 5 Ljubomir Fejsa 7 590 1 Minutes MIDFIELDERS Minutes 6 Filipe Augusto 1 45 6 1 45 7 Andreas Samaris 4 140 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 8 Nuri Şahin 3 160 1 1 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 8 André Horta 2 146 • Variations on 1-4-4-2 with wide 11 Marco Reus 4 291 4 2 • Normally 1-3-4-3 with switches to PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % midfielders working box to box 1-4-2-3-1 according to game situation 18 Eduardo Salvio 8 628 3 4 1 Pizzi 482 422 88 18 4 140 1 Julian Weigl 812 757 93 • Emphasis on compact defending with • Possession game; good build-up and 21 Pizzi 8 720 22 Christian Pulišić 10 599 1 3 2 Ljubomir Fejsa 339 301 89 twin screening midfielders 2 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 665 628 94 positional play, links between lines 22 Franco Cervi 7 480 2 3 Victor Lindelöf 329 294 89 • Direct counterattacking often via long 23 Shinji Kagawa 5 369 3 2 3 Łukasz Piszczek 545 495 91 • Direct supply to striker Aubameyang 27 Rafa Silva 3 126 kicks by goalkeeper Ederson 27 Gonzalo Castro 7 442 1 1 an effective attacking option 28 Guillermo Celis 2 8 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • Mitroglou generally a lone striker; 32 Dzenis Burnic 1 1 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • Weigl the balancing midfielder in all 1 Pizzi 91 Pizzi supporting from withdrawn role 1 Ousmane Dembélé 122 team structures FORWARDS 33 Julian Weigl 9 799 1 2 Eduardo Salvio 71 • Use of high defensive line, aggressive 2 Julian Weigl 110 • Full-backs starting high and wide; runs 9 Raúl Jiménez 6 156 1 upfield pressing when chasing result FORWARDS along touchlines or into inner channels 3 Nélson Semedo 57 3 Gonzalo Castro 102 10 Jonas 1 26 • Occasional switches to 1-4-3-3 with 7 Ousmane Dembélé 10 769 2 5 • Excellent switches of play; from midfield single controlling midfielder to wide or wing to wing 11 Kostas Mitroglou 7 492 1 BALLS RECOVERED 9 Emre Mor 3 57 BALLS RECOVERED • With this structure, the wide midfielders • Support strikers Reus, Dembélé making 15 André Carrillo 3 134 1 Ljubomir Fejsa 53 10 Mario Götze 4 292 1 1 1 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 54 moved in to support central striker penetrating runs from deep 2 Nélson Semedo 51 2 Julian Weigl 46 17 Andrija Živković 1 16 • Good use of wide areas, notably via 17 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 9 708 7 1 • Dangerous counterattacking via high-speed 20 Gonçalo Guedes 6 422 2 3 Victor Lindelöf 46 powerful solo runs by Salvio on right 20 Adrián Ramos 1 90 1 3 Łukasz Piszczek 45 runs, through-passes 70 José Gomes 1 8 • Full-backs ready to overlap but generally 21 André Schürrle 6 188 1 1 • Strong centre-backs with aerial power ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G prioritised compact defending ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G in both areas; threats at set plays 1 Eduardo Salvio 14 7 3 • Very dangerous set plays using strength 1 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 27 16 7 • Emphasis on vertical attacking play Unused substitutes: Hendrik Bonmann, Mikel Merino Unused substitutes: Jardel 2 Gonçalo Guedes 14 5 2 and aerial power of Luisão App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Christian Pulišić 14 6 1 by team with pace, talent, flexibility App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists * 3 Kostas Mitroglou 9 3 1 A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Ousmane Dembélé 13 10 2 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

70 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 71 JUVENTUS LEICESTER CITY FC ITALY ENGLAND

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE

Massimiliano Craig Shakespeare 9 9 Allegri Born: 26/10/1963, 20 Born: 11/08/1967, 17 21 23 Birmingham (ENG) 11 26 Livorno (ITA) Nationality: English 6 Nationality: Italian 5 Matches in UEFA 4 25 Matches in UEFA Champions League: 3 28 17 12 15 Champions League: 66 3 19 Head coach: 6 5 Since 23/02/2017 Head coach: 1 1 Since 16/07/2014 Claudio Ranieri was in charge for matchdays 1 to 7

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL SEV DZG LYO LYO SEV DZG POR POR BAR BAR MON MON RM BRU POR KOB KOB BRU POR SEV SEV ATM ATM D 0-0 W 0-4 W 0-1 D 1-1 W 1-3 W 2-0 W 0-2 W 1-0 W 3-0 D 0-0 W 0-2 W 2-1 L 1-4 W 0-3 W 1-0 W 1-0 D 0-0 W 2-1 L 5-0 L 2-1 W 2-0 L 1-0 D 1-1

Matches: Blue = home, white = away, grey = final Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 52% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 41% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 69% v Porto (a) Max. 51% v Brugge (h) 1 Gianluigi Buffon 12 1080 USED 25 SCORED 23% 1 Kasper Schmeichel 8 720 USED 26 SCORED 23% 22 Min. 34% v Barcelona (h) 48% 11 & Atlético (h) 46% Min. 32% v Sevilla (a & h) 25 Neto 1 90 28% 12 Ben Hamer 1 90 31% GOAL ATTEMPTS 180 (13.8) CARDS 31 2 21 Ron-Robert Zieler 1 90 GOAL ATTEMPTS 103 (10.3) CARDS 19 0 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 65 (5) Sent off: ON TARGET 33 (3.3) Juan Cuadrado, Mario Lemina 3 Giorgio Chiellini 9 723 1 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 547 PASSING ACCURACY 88% DEFENDERS (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 340 PASSING ACCURACY 76% Max. 810 v Zagreb (a) Max. 93% v Porto (a) Max. 488 v Atlético (h) Max. 80% v Atlético (h) 4 Medhi Benatia 5 183 TIME SCORED Min. 280 v Barcelona (h) Min. 77% v Barcelona (a) 2 Luis Hernandez 4 360 TIME SCORED Min. 199 v Sevilla (h) & Brugge (h) Min. 70% v Sevilla (h) 12 Alex Sandro 11 854 1 3 2 135 4 4 3 3 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 109,258m 4 1 3 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 107,349m 2 1 4 1 5 9 804 1 2 0 1 0 15 Andrea Barzagli 11 715 Max. 112,860m v Barcelona (a) | Min. 104,678m v Monaco (h) Max. 110,910m v Atlético (h) | Min. 103,045m v Atlético (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 6 8 720 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 19 Leonardo Bonucci 11 968 1 Minutes Minutes PASSES PER MATCH 17 6 540 PASSES PER MATCH 23 Dani Alves 12 1001 3 3 SUBSTITUTIONS 39/39 Long 72 (13% of total) 27 Marcin Wasilewski 1 90 SUBSTITUTIONS 25/30 Long 64 (19% of total) 24 2 180 1 (Including two double substitutions) (Including three double substitutions) Medium 360 (66%) 28 9 810 1 Medium 177 (52%) 1 0 0 0 4 16 18 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 11 2 26 Stephan Lichtsteiner 1 73 Short 115 (21%) Short 99 (29%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 29 Yohan Benalouane 2 135 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 33 6 500 Minutes Minutes MIDFIELDERS MIDFIELDERS 4 Danny Drinkwater 10 886 1 5 Miralem Pjanić 12 908 1 3 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 10 Andy King 4 233 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 6 Sami Khedira 11 895 • 1-4-2-3-1 with 1-3-5-2 or 1-3-4-3 • Nuances on 1-4-4-2 with Okazaki as shadow PASSES* A C % 11 Marc Albrighton 9 751 2 PASSES* A C % options according to game situation striker behind Vardy 8 Claudio Marchisio 8 528 1 1 1 Dani Alves 718 636 89 13 Daniel Amartey 8 292 1 Danny Drinkwater 565 469 83 • Compact, disciplined, aggressive deep • Compact, disciplined 1-4-5-1 defending; 11 Hernanes 2 95 2 Leonardo Bonucci 688 606 88 defending in 1-4-4-1-1 formation 15 Jeff Schlupp 3 138 2 Christian Fuchs 371 281 76 back four about 25m from goal 18 Mario Lemina 7 270 3 Miralem Pjanić 612 523 85 • Buffon an influential figure; excellent 22 5 155 3 Riyad Mahrez 282 206 73 • Twin midfield screen with one always 22 3 160 goalkeeping, positional sense, distribution 24 1 90 back in balancing role 27 Stefano Sturaro 4 139 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • Preference for building through thirds; under 25 Wilfred Ndidi 4 360 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • Emphasis on direct attacks/counters 1 Dani Alves 182 pressure use diagonal openings to wings 1 Danny Drinkwater 102 using long passes to front two 28 Tomás Rincón 3 30 26 Riyad Mahrez 9 777 4 2 • Dybala a key linking element as shadow • Influential goalkeeper Schmeichel; 2 Miralem Pjanić 150 39 Harvey Barnes 1 14 2 Riyad Mahrez 81 FORWARDS striker behind Higuaín preference for long passes to Vardy 3 Paulo Dybala 132 3 Christian Fuchs 73 7 Juan Cuadrado 12 586 1 1 • Strikers coming short to receive; wide players FORWARDS • Wrong-footed wingers; Mahrez, into pockets to provide passing options Albrighton ready to cut infield 9 Gonzalo Higuaín 12 1039 5 1 BALLS RECOVERED 7 Ahmed Musa 5 214 BALLS RECOVERED • Fast defence-to-attack transitions also • Good overlapping, underlapping runs 17 Mario Mandžukić 11 914 3 1 Dani Alves 71 9 Jamie Vardy 9 772 2 1 Christian Fuchs 78 channelled through Dybala, Cuadrado on left by Fuchs; dangerous long throws 2 Leonardo Bonucci 65 19 5 271 1 1 2 Danny Drinkwater 78 20 4 94 1 • Balanced attacking with five players ready • Powerful runs through channels by 20 Shinji Okazaki 7 336 1 21 Paulo Dybala 11 797 4 3 Giorgio Chiellini 58 to pre-empt counterattacks 3 Wes Morgan 62 Vardy; inswinging crosses by Albrighton 23 4 120 34 Moise Kean 1 6 • Full-backs overlapping to supply • Physique and strength at back; aerial ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G high-quality crosses ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ability in both boxes 1 Gonzalo Higuaín 33 19 5 • Dynamic, well-synchronised team with Unused substitutes: None 1 Jamie Vardy 12 5 2 • Great tactical discipline; team with Unused substitutes: Federico Mattiello App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists players complementing each other strong work ethic, commitment to cause App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Mario Mandžukić 19 10 3 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 2 Riyad Mahrez 11 4 4 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Paulo Dybala 17 8 4 3 Danny Drinkwater 7 3 0

72 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 73 MANCHESTER CITY FC AS MONACO FC ENGLAND FRANCE

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE Josep Guardiola Leonardo Jardim 10 Born: 18/01/1971, 19 7 Born: 01/08/1974, 29 9 Santpedor (ESP) Barcelona (VEN) 21 17 27 10 Nationality: Spanish Nationality: Portuguese 2 14 Matches in UEFA 25 Matches in UEFA Champions League: 93 11 5 Champions League: 28 23 19 Head coach: 24 30 Head coach: 5 25 Since 01/07/2016 Since 10/06/2014 13 1

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL MGB CEL BAR BAR MGB CEL MON MON TOT LEV CSKA CSKA TOT LEV MC MC DOR DOR JUV JUV W 4-0 D 3-3 L 4-0 W 3-1 D 1-1 D 1-1 W 5-3 L 3-1 W 1-2 D 1-1 D 1-1 W 3-0 W 2-1 L 3-0 L 5-3 W 3-1 W 2-3 W 3-1 L 0-2 L 2-1

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 56% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 47% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 68% v Mönchengladbach (a) Max. 60% v CSKA Moskva (h) 1 Claudio Bravo 4 323 USED 22 SCORED 18 23% 1 Danijel Subašić 11 990 USED 23 SCORED 22 28% Min. 40% v Barcelona (h) 50% (1 own goal) Min. 36% v Dortmund (a) 44% 13 5 393 27% 16 Morgan De Sanctis 1 90 28% GOAL ATTEMPTS 101 (12.6) CARDS 16 2 GOAL ATTEMPTS 147 (12.2) CARDS 28 0 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 47 (6) Sent off: DEFENDERS ON TARGET 56 (4.7) Fernandinho, Claudio Bravo 3 Bacary Sagna 4 292 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 542 PASSING ACCURACY 88% 5 Jemerson 11 989 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 400 PASSING ACCURACY 81% Max. 776 v Mönchengladbach (a) Max. 94% v Mönchengladbach (a) Max. 655 v CSKA Moskva (h) Max. 89% v CSKA Moskva (h) 5 Pablo Zabaleta 6 445 TIME SCORED Min. 315 v Barcelona (h) Min. 80% v Barcelona (h) 19 Djibril Sidibé 9 810 1 1 TIME SCORED Min. 275 v Manchester City (a) Min. 69% v Dortmund (a) 11 Aleksandar Kolarov 6 540 2 3 1 3 3 23 Benjamin Mendy 7 525 4 4 5 2 4 3 1 3 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 110,413m 4 0 2 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 106,757m 22 Gaël Clichy 5 289 Max. 115,842m v Mönchengladbach (h) | 24 Andrea Raggi 11 682 1 Max. 112,401m v CSKA Moskva (a) | Min. 100,136m v Juventus (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Min. 103,317m v Barcelona (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 24 7 557 1 Minutes 25 Kamil Glik 10 900 1 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 30 Nicolás Otamendi 6 540 34 Abdou Diallo 1 90 SUBSTITUTIONS 17/24 Long 62 (11% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 34/36 Long 60 (15% of total) 50 Pablo Maffeo 1 62 (Including one double substitution) 35 Kévin N'Doram 1 90 (No double substitutions) Medium 358 (66%) Medium 234 (58%) 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 20 1 53 Tosin Adarabioyo 1 90 Short 123 (23%) 38 Almamy Touré 5 298 Short 107 (27%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ MIDFIELDERS Minutes MIDFIELDERS Minutes 6 Fernando 4 137 2 Fabinho 10 846 1 2 8 Ilkay Gündogan 6 520 2 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 7 7 235 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 15 Jesús Navas 5 228 • Variations on 1-4-3-3 with rapid 8 João Moutinho 11 629 1 • 1-4-4-2 with, generally, Bakayoko in PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % transitions to 1-4-1-4-1 defending balancing role in front of back four 17 Kevin De Bruyne 6 539 1 1 1 John Stones 446 426 96 10 Bernardo Silva 11 922 2 1 1 Tiemoué Bakayoko 449 399 89 • Expansive play out from back; centre-backs • Narrow, compact defence and midfield; 21 David Silva 6 540 1 2 14 Tiemoué Bakayoko 10 842 1 2 Nicolás Otamendi 388 349 90 splitting; full-backs forward 2 Fabinho 437 382 87 backline some 30m from goal 25 Fernandinho 7 545 1 3 Fernandinho 358 316 88 • Single screening midfielder dropping 20 Adama Traoré 1 23 3 Djibril Sidibé 424 322 76 • High-speed, athletic, direct penetration 42 Yaya Touré 1 90 1 deep to associate with centre-backs 26 Gabriel Boschilia 2 76 with and without ball PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • High-tempo combination play, building PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD • Defence-to-attack transitions based FORWARDS 27 Thomas Lemar 12 895 2 4 1 David Silva 126 through the thirds 1 Bernardo Silva 177 on high-speed runs with the ball 7 Raheem Sterling 7 577 2 4 FORWARDS 2 Kevin De Bruyne 112 • High defensive line with goalkeeper 2 Thomas Lemar 140 • Full-backs ready to make deep 9 Nolito 4 224 1 1 quick to cover spaces behind 9 Radamel Falcao 8 666 5 overlapping runs, combine with wingers 3 Raheem Sterling 89 3 João Moutinho 99 10 Sergio Agüero 7 541 5 3 • Wide players on touchlines to open 11 Guido Carrillo 5 174 2 • Well-balanced attack; experienced interior channels for De Bruyne, Silva Falcao plus pace, 1v1 skills of Mbappé 19 Leroy Sané 4 281 2 2 BALLS RECOVERED 18 Valère Germain 12 498 2 1 BALLS RECOVERED • Full-backs tucking inside to give support • Goalkeeper preferring to start moves 72 Kelechi Iheanacho 3 103 2 1 Nicolás Otamendi 50 28 Corentin Jean 1 76 1 Tiemoué Bakayoko 80 to midfield play with short pass; played long when 2 Aleksandar Kolarov 43 2 Kamil Glik 69 • Dangerous front five; three attackers 29 Kylian Mbappé 9 536 6 opponents pressed 3 John Stones 40 plus two attack-minded No10s 3 Fabinho 67 • After ball loss, instant high press • Comfortable on ball; good at opening to disrupt opposition counters ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G spaces, maximising 1v1 skills ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G • Positional interchanging in wide areas; Unused substitutes: Fabian Delph, Phil Foden, Angus Gunn, 1 Sergio Agüero 17 11 5 • Attacking vocation; ready to take risks; 1 Radamel Falcao 25 12 5 good crosses, movement in box , Jose Tasende Unused substitutes: Loïc Badiashile, Irvin Cardona, Jorge, Pierre-Daniel Nguinda App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 llkay Gündoğan 13 10 2 strong belief, mental strength App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Kylian Mbappé 15 12 6 • Effective blend of players: strong, * * hardworking, technical, fast, creative A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Thomas Lemar 12 5 2 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Kevin De Bruyne 8 5 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

74 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 75 SSC NAPOLI PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN ITALY FRANCE

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE Maurizio Sarri Unai Emery 14 9 Born: 10/01/1959, 24 7 Born: 03/11/1971, 23 11 Naples (ITA) Hondarribia (ESP) 17 5 Nationality: Italian Nationality: Spanish 14 6 42 Matches in UEFA Matches in UEFA 25 8 31 2 32 Champions League: 26 33 Champions League: 20 12 Head coach: Head coach: 2 5 Since 12/06/2015 Since 28/06/2016 25 16

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL DYN BEN BES BES DYN BEN RM RM ARS LUD BAS BAS ARS LUD BAR BAR W 1-2 W 4-2 L 2-3 D 1-1 D 0-0 W 1-2 L 3-1 L 1-3 D 1-1 W 1-3 W 3-0 W 1-2 D 2-2 D 2-2 W 4-0 L 6-1

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPER PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 50% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 54% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 55% v Benfica (h) Max. 64% v Basel (h & a) 25 8 720 USED 20 SCORED 13 18% 1 2 180 USED 24 SCORED 18 20% & Beşiktaş (h) 52% (1 own goal) Min. 35% v Barcelona (a) 55% Min. 46% v Kyiv (a) 16 6 540 DEFENDERS & Real Madrid (a) 30% 25% GOAL ATTEMPTS 112 (14) CARDS 10 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 125 (15.6) CARDS 17 1 2 Elseid Hysaj 7 630 ON TARGET 41 (5.1) DEFENDERS ON TARGET 48 (6) Sent off: Marco Verratti 11 1 90 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 592 PASSING ACCURACY 88% 2 7 585 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 587 PASSING ACCURACY 90% Max. 632 v Real Madrid (h) Max. 91% v Kyiv (a) & Benfica (h) Max. 779 v Ludogorets (a) Max. 93% v Ludogorets (a) 19 Nikola Maksimović 2 169 TIME SCORED Min. 514 v Kyiv (h) Min. 83% v Kyiv (h) 3 1 90 TIME SCORED Min. 251 v Barcelona (a) Min. 73% v Barcelona (a) 21 Vlad Chiricheș 1 90 3 1 1 2 5 8 720 2 4 4 2 1 1 4 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 113,359m 1 0 3 2 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 108,333m 26 8 720 Max. 117,768m v Real Madrid (h) | Min. 104,378m v Beşiktaş (a) 12 6 454 1 2 Max. 113,283m v Barcelona (h) | Min. 104,768m v Ludogorets (h) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 31 Faouzi Ghoulam 8 720 3 Minutes 17 Maxwell 4 350 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 33 Raúl Albiol 6 461 19 5 281 1 SUBSTITUTIONS 23/24 Long 58 (10% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 20/24 Long 55 (9% of total) (No double substitutions)) 20 5 370 2 (No double substitutions) MIDFIELDERS Medium 343 (58%) Medium 367 (63%) 1 0 0 0 2 11 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 14 2 4 2 12 Short 191 (32%) MIDFIELDERS Short 165 (28%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 5 Allan 8 442 Minutes 4 Grzegorz Krychowiak 6 209 Minutes 8 Jorginho 4 329 6 Marco Verratti 7 599 2 17 Marek Hamšík 8 652 2 2 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 7 Lucas 7 512 1 2 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 20 Piotr Zieliński 7 305 • 1-4-3-3 with single controlling midfielder 8 Thiago Motta 5 377 • 1-4-3-3 with single controlling PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % (Diawara) staying behind the ball midfielder screening the centre-backs 30 Marko Rog 2 44 1 Kalidou Koulibaly 588 537 91 10 2 15 1 Marco Verratti 635 575 91 • Patient build-up; goalkeeper to centre-backs • Quick transitions into compact 42 Amadou Diawara 6 391 11 Ángel Di María 7 540 4 1 2 Marek Hamšík 566 490 87 or midfielder; good passing by Albiol 2 Marquinhos 506 478 94 1-4-5-1 defensive block FORWARDS 3 Faouzi Ghoulam 392 333 85 • Construction via attacking midfielders 14 Blaise Matuidi 8 700 2 1 3 Thiago Motta 497 470 95 • High-tempo combination play; 7 José Callejón 8 700 1 1 and diagonals to wide midfielders 23 Julian Draxler 2 161 1 powerful, direct attacking PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 14 Dries Mertens 8 571 5 3 • Excellent transitions through midfield 24 1 21 • Frequent use of long pass by goalkeeper 1 Marek Hamšík 108 with Hamšík the creative catalyst 1 Marco Verratti 93 Trapp; second ball won in midfield 23 5 177 1 25 Adrien Rabiot 5 356 1 2 Lorenzo Insigne 108 • When in upper midfield, great runs 2 Ángel Di María 87 • Constant rotation of Verratti, Rabiot, 24 Lorenzo Insigne 8 498 1 behind defence, notably by Mertens 36 Nanitamo Ikone 1 2 Matuidi in central midfield triangle 3 Faouzi Ghoulam 95 3 Blaise Matuidi 79 99 Arkadiusz Milik 4 199 3 1 • Wide players inside into pockets; Insigne FORWARDS • Aggressive pressing, ball winning ready on left for ball over full-back in midfield; platform for fast counters BALLS RECOVERED 9 Edinson Cavani 8 720 8 1 BALLS RECOVERED • Powerful overlapping runs by left-back • Penetrating wing play; Di María, Draxler 1 Kalidou Koulibaly 68 21 3 122 1 Marquinhos 53 Ghoulam; greater caution on right supported by hard-running full-backs 2 Faouzi Ghoulam 65 2 Thiago Silva 44 • Instant press after loss of possession; 22 Jesé 4 17 • Powerful runs by central striker Cavani 3 Elseid Hysaj 43 strikers disturbing build from back 29 Jean-Kévin Augustin 1 1 3 Marco Verratti 42 to meet supply from wings • High defensive line to help keep the • Dangerous set plays; centre-backs ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G team compact and tight ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G supplying aerial power in both areas 1 Dries Mertens 20 11 5 • Patient response when ball was won; 1 Edinson Cavani 27 15 8 • Powerful, athletic team with good pace Unused substitutes: Rafael Cabral, Luigi Sepe Unused substitutes: None App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Marek Hamšík 15 6 2 rational attacking, four balancing players App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Ángel Di María 17 13 4 and ability to sustain high-tempo play * * A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Lorenzo Insigne 12 7 1 A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Lucas 8 6 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

76 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 77 FC PORTO REAL MADRID CF PORTUGAL SPAIN

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE Nuno Espírito Santo Zinédine Zidane 10 29 9 7 Born: 25/01/1974, Born: 23/06/1972, São Tomé (STP) 19 16 Marseille (FRA) 22 Nationality: São Toméan 30 Nationality: French 8 19 22 14 Matches in UEFA Matches in UEFA Champions League: 8 13 2 Champions League: 20 12 2 5 28 4 5 Head coach: Head coach: From 01/06/2016 Since 04/01/2016 1 1 to 22/05/2017

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL KOB LEI BRU BRU KOB LEI JUV JUV SPO DOR LEG LEG SPO DOR NAP NAP BAY BAY ATM ATM JUV D 1-1 L 1-0 W 1-2 W 1-0 D 0-0 W 5-0 L 0-2 L 1-0 W 2-1 D 2-2 W 5-1 D 3-3 W 1-2 D 2-2 W 3-1 W 1-3 W 1-2 W 4-2* W 3-0 L 2-1 W 4-1

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away, grey = final * after extra time

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPER PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 50% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 53% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 64% v Leicester (h) Max. 61% v Atlético (h) 1 Iker Casillas 8 720 USED 23 SCORED 9 23% 1 Keylor Navas 12 1110 USED 23 SCORED 36 25% Min. 31% v Juventus (h) 51% (2 own goals) Min. 41% v Dortmund (a) 47% DEFENDERS 26% 13 Kiko Casilla 1 90 28% GOAL ATTEMPTS 108 (13.5) CARDS 17 2 GOAL ATTEMPTS 244 (18.8) CARDS 19 0 2 Maxi Pereira 5 400 1 ON TARGET 35 (4.4) Sent off: DEFENDERS ON TARGET 94 (7.2) Alex Telles, Maxi Pereira 4 Willy Boly 1 45 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 465 PASSING ACCURACY 85% 2 Dani Carvajal 11 975 5 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 592 PASSING ACCURACY 89% Max. 613 v Leicester (h) Max. 91% v Leicester (h) Max. 690 v Legia (a) Max. 92% v Legia (h) 5 Iván Marcano 8 720 TIME SCORED Min. 227 v Juventus (h) Min. 77% v København (a) 3 Pepe 3 199 TIME SCORED Min. 436 v Dortmund (a) Min. 84% v Napoli (a) 13 Alex Telles 7 567 2 1 2 2 1 4 Sergio Ramos 11 1001 1 3 7 3 5 8 2 0 0 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 108,134m 2 0 6 5 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 106,842m 21 Miguel Layún 6 431 1 Max. 110,778m v Brugge (a) | Min. 101,353m v Juventus (h) 5 Raphaël Varane 10 900 2 Max. 135,723m v Bayern (h) | Min. 102,874m v Atlético (h) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 28 Felipe 8 720 Minutes 6 Nacho 4 345 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 12 Marcelo 11 1001 3 MIDFIELDERS SUBSTITUTIONS 23/24 Long 66 (14% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 37/39 Long 83 (14% of total) (Including two double substitutions) 15 Fábio Coentrão 2 96 (No double substitutions) 3 Sérgio Oliveira 1 33 Medium 285 (61%) Medium 355 (60%) 0 1 0 1 2 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 18 2 6 Rúben Neves 3 103 Short 114 (25%) 23 Danilo 3 270 Short 154 (26%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 8 5 281 1 Minutes MIDFIELDERS Minutes 15 Evandro 1 6 8 Toni Kroos 12 1027 1 2 16 Hector Herrera 6 322 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 10 James Rodríguez 6 318 2 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES 20 André André 3 171 • 1-4-4-2 or 1-4-1-4-1 with twin 14 Casemiro 9 827 2 2 • 1-4-3-3 or 1-4-4-2 with Isco in PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % or single screening midfielder linking role at apex of midfield diamond 22 Danilo 8 706 1 Danilo 431 399 93 16 Mateo Kovačić 6 219 1 1 Toni Kroos 885 833 94 • Danilo the main anchor man in • Emphasis on midfield control; Casemiro 25 Otávio 6 427 1 1 17 Lucas Vázquez 10 366 1 1 2 Óliver Torres 419 369 88 front of back four in both systems 2 Luka Modrić 759 689 91 holding, Kroos, Modrić distributing 30 Óliver Torres 7 597 3 Felipe 386 330 85 • Compact deep defending with entire team 19 Luka Modrič 11 983 1 3 Sergio Ramos 692 635 92 • Outstanding power in attack spearheaded FORWARDS in own half 20 Marco Asensio 8 255 3 1 by Benzema PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 7 Silvestre Varela 1 2 • Excellent discipline in tracking opponents, 22 Isco 6 386 1 • Full-backs Carvajal, Marcelo key 1 Óliver Torres 102 keeping defensive shape 1 Toni Kroos 190 elements in construction of attacks 9 Laurent Depoitre 1 28 FORWARDS 2 Alex Telles 81 • Goalkeeper aiming to play short to defenders; 2 Marcelo 182 • After ball winning, vertical 10 André Silva 8 603 4 2 long when defenders under pressure 7 Cristiano Ronaldo 13 1200 12 6 counterattacking whenever possible 3 Otávio 77 3 Luka Modrić 181 11 Adrián López 1 63 • Extensive use of direct passes 9 Karim Benzema 13 954 5 2 • Goalkeeper aiming to play short; from defenders to strikers’ feet centre-backs then feeding wide areas 17 Jesús Corona 7 317 1 1 BALLS RECOVERED 11 Gareth Bale 8 509 2 2 BALLS RECOVERED • Strikers working as a pair, dropping • Centre-backs, one full-back, central 19 Diogo Jota 8 386 1 1 Felipe 87 18 Mariano Díaz 1 5 1 Sergio Ramos 106 deep in turns to receive passes midfielder ready to nullify the counter 2 Iván Marcano 65 2 Casemiro 85 29 2 180 • Good runs, solo skills by winger Brahimi; 21 Álvaro Morata 9 165 3 1 • High pressing a key weapon for ball 59 Rui Pedro 1 12 3 Danilo 51 also defended with real discipline 3 Dani Carvajal 83 recovery, allowing full-backs to retreat • Wide players often move inside to support, • Able to dictate tempo, mixing patient ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G a cue for full-backs to push forward ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G build-up with effective long passing 1 Diogo Jota 13 5 1 • Quick defence-to-attack transitions; 1 Cristiano Ronaldo 53 27 12 • Wide tactical variations; strength Unused substitutes: José Sá Unused substitute: Rubén Yáñez, Álvaro Tejero App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 André Silva 12 6 4 immediate supply to strikers App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Karim Benzema 27 17 5 on bench; confidence, winning mentality *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Yacine Brahimi 9 4 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Gareth Bale 19 9 2

78 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 79 SEVILLA FC SPAIN

COACH 8TEAM8 88 SHAPE Jorge Sampaoli 12 16 Born: 13/03/1960, 20 17 Casilda, Santa Fe (ARG) 10 Nationality: Argentinian 15 Matches in UEFA * 18 3 Champions League: 6 21 23 Head coach: From 27/06/2016 1 to 26/05/2017 * (suspended for matchdays 6 and 7) GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL JUV LYO DZG DZG JUV LYO LEI LEI D 0-0 W 1-0 W 0-1 W 4-0 L 1-3 D 0-0 W 2-1 L 2-0

Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPER PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 58% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 72% v Zagreb (a) 1 8 720 USED 22 SCORED 24% 9 Min. 42% v Lyon (a) 49% DEFENDERS 27% GOAL ATTEMPTS 106 (13.3) CARDS 19 2 3 Mariano Ferreira 8 583 2 ON TARGET 38 (4.8) Sent off: (Per match) , Franco Vázquez PASSES ATTEMPTED 551 PASSING ACCURACY 87% 5 Timothée Kolodziejczak 1 3 Kevin Kampl takes his chance Max. 846 v Zagreb (a) Max. 91% v Zagreb (h & a) for Leverkusen at Wembley 6 Daniel Carriço 2 36 TIME SCORED Min. 360 v Juventus (h) Min. 80% v Lyon (a) 18 Sergio Escudero 8 720 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 109,984m 21 Nicolás Pareja 6 540 1 Max. 115,031m v Zagreb (a) | Min. 104,129m v Juventus (h) Seven teams bowed out of the competition the group phase by only Bayern München and 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ without a win to their credit, two former Barcelona. Their compatriots, Leicester City, 23 7 630 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH champions of Europe among them – though it on the other hand, made a 43% share of the 24 Gabriel Mercado 7 582 SUBSTITUTIONS 20/24 GROUP has to be said that 50 and 29 years had elapsed ball compatible with first place in their group. Long 64 (11% of total) 45 Clément Lenglet 1 55 (Including two double substitutions) Medium 325 (59%) since the trophy had graced, respectively, the Dinamo Zagreb (the only team who failed to 0 0 0 3 2 8 6 1 MIDFIELDERS Short 163 (30%) STAGE cabinets of Celtic and PSV Eindhoven. It could score a goal) and Rostov propped up the 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ be argued that the early exit of ball-possession chart with an average of 4 Matías Kranevitter 4 185 Minutes high-flyers Tottenham Hotspur was a lack of 36% apiece, with the latter able to control 8 Vicente Iborra 7 419 FALLERS respect for the pre-season form book. However, the ball during only 17 minutes of their 10 Samir Nasri 5 431 1 PLAYER STATISTICS KEY FEATURES a conditioning factor was the exile to Wembley opening game against Bayern in Munich. 11 Joaquín Correa 3 111 1 • 1-4-4-2 with single screening Stadium, where two successive ‘home’ defeats Borussia Mönchengladbach completed the PASSES* A C % Making chances is one 14 Hiroshi Kiyotake 1 15 midfielder or 1-4-2-3-1 with two effectively spelled elimination. trio whose share of the ball was below 40%. 1 Steven N’Zonzi 699 644 92 thing but, as ever, it was • Compact, disciplined high defensive line; As usual, there were incongruent statistics The ability to create and convert scoring 15 Steven N’Zonzi 8 720 1 2 Samir Nasri 478 435 91 quick to anticipate through passes efficiency in front of goal that that might have left fans of some eliminated chances can, evidently, spell the difference 17 Pablo Sarabia 7 332 1 1 3 Sergio Escudero 399 349 87 • Excellent construction through thirds determined who advanced clubs feeling aggrieved. København, for between progress to the knockout rounds and 19 Ganso 1 75 even under intense pressure instance, were eliminated with nine points a pre-Christmas exit. Only Bayern and Real PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 20 Vitolo 8 705 1 • Fast counters based on direct supply whereas Manchester City progressed with the Madrid bettered Lyon’s average of 17.17 goal from defenders to front men 22 Franco Vázquez 5 335 1 1 Steven N’Zonzi 159 same total and Benfica with one point less. attempts per game, but only one in three hit 2 Samir Nasri 152 • Constant movement, positional Ståle Solbakken’s team conceded only two the target and the net result from 103 FORWARDS interchanging among attacking players 3 Vitolo 136 goals in six games and Lyon just three – a stark attempts by Bruno Génésio’s team was five 9 Luciano Vietto 4 290 1 1 • Wide players making strong dribbling goals. Tottenham Hotspur’s finishing accuracy runs into inside channels contrast to the 24 that hit the Legia Warszawa 12 5 229 2 BALLS RECOVERED net. The Polish club, along with Beşiktaş, scored was 30% (Atlético Madrid, it has to be said, • Full-backs forward at every opportunity; 16 Stevan Jovetić 2 135 1 1 Sergio Escudero 50 often at same time; good crosses nine goals: Leicester, Atlético Madrid and Sevilla posted the same average) and Pochettino’s 2 Adil Rami 49 • Central midfielders alternating in all qualified with seven. team needed 81 attempts to score six goals. 3 Steven N’Zonzi 44 supporting attacking moves Tottenham also provided an exception to Similarly, Sporting scored five from 73 attempts • Immediate collective high pressure the general rule that group-stage fallers tend to and Basel three from 65. For the sake of ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G after loss of possession be the teams who enjoy a lesser share of the comparison, 57% of Barcelona’s finishing was 1 Luciano Vietto 10 4 1 • Tactically well-organised; excellent ball. Mauricio Pochettino’s side averaged 61% on target during the group phase, when Unused substitutes: , App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Vitolo 9 4 0 positional play; good changes of rhythm of possession – a percentage surpassed during 69 attempts yielded 20 goals. *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Pablo Sarabia 9 2 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

80 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 81 FC BASEL 1893 BEŞIKTAŞ JK SWITZERLAND TURKEY

88 88 COACH TEAM SHAPE COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE

Urs Fischer Şenol Güneş 9 88 Born: 20/02/1966, Born: 01/06/1952, Triengen (SUI) Trabzon (TUR) 3 15 7 11 10 8 Nationality: Swiss Nationality: Turkish 13 18 Matches in UEFA 7 34 Matches in UEFA Champions League: 6 Champions League: 10 3 23 17 5 88 6 30 32 Head coach: Head coach: From 01/07/2015 1 Since 11/06/2015 1 to 30/06/2017

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL LUD ARS PAR PAR LUD ARS BEN DYN NAP NAP BEN DYN D 1-1 L 2-0 L 3-0 L 1-2 D 0-0 L 1-4 D 1-1 D 1-1 W 2-3 D 1-1 D 3-3 L 6-0

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 43% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 50% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 57% v Ludogorets (h) Max. 56% v Benfica (h) 1 Tomáš Vaclík 6 540 USED 18 SCORED 17% 1 Fabri 5 450 USED 21 SCORED 15% 3 Min. 36% v Paris (h & a) 55% 9 Min. 45% v Napoli (a) 54% DEFENDERS 28% 29 Tolga Zengin 1 90 32% GOAL ATTEMPTS 65 (10.8) CARDS 13 1 GOAL ATTEMPTS 57 (9.5) CARDS 15 2 3 Adama Traoré 6 540 ON TARGET 20 (3.3) Sent off: DEFENDERS ON TARGET 20 (3.3) Sent off: Geoffroy Serey Dié Vincent Aboubakar, (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 428 PASSING ACCURACY 83% (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 464 PASSING ACCURACY 85% 4 Omar Gaber 1 69 6 Duško Tošić 6 444 Andreas Beck Max. 560 v Ludogorets (h) Max. 89% v Ludogorets (h) Max. 588 v Benfica (h) Max. 88% v Kyiv (h) & Benfica (h) 5 Michael Lang 5 450 TIME SCORED Min. 353 v Paris (h) Min. 77% v Ludogorets (h) 30 Marcelo 6 540 TIME SCORED Min. 351 v Napoli (a) Min. 82% v Napoli (a) & Benfica (a) 17 Marek Suchý 6 540 0 0 0 3 32 Andreas Beck 6 479 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 110,055m 1 0 1 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 106,672m 23 Éder Balanta 6 540 Max. 112,458m v Arsenal (h) | Min. 106,570m v Paris (a) 33 Atınç Nukan 1 30 Max. 112,916m v Benfica (h) | Min. 92,278m v Kyiv (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Minutes 44 Rhodolfo 1 90 Minutes MIDFIELDERS PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 77 Gökhan Gönül 2 90 6 Geoffroy Serey Dié 3 236 SUBSTITUTIONS 18/18 Long 54 (13% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 17/18 Long 73 (16% of total) (including one double substitution) 88 Caner Erkin 3 270 (No double substitutions) 7 6 298 1 Medium 274 (64%) Medium 273 (59%) 0 0 1 0 5 6 6 0 0 1 0 5 1 6 4 0 8 Birkir Bjarnason 5 434 Short 100 (23%) MIDFIELDERS Short 119 (25%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 10 Matías Delgado 6 356 Minutes 3 Adriano 6 471 1 Minutes 11 Renato Steffen 5 450 1 7 Ricardo Quaresma 6 520 3 3 15 Alexander Fransson 2 110 PLAYER STATISTICS 10 Olcay Şahan 2 54 PLAYER STATISTICS 34 6 540 1 13 Atiba Hutchinson 6 540 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 39 Davide Callà 3 43 1 Taulant Xhaka 321 291 91 15 Oğuzhan Özyakup 4 249 1 Marcelo 349 319 91 FORWARDS 2 Marek Suchý 313 279 89 18 Tolgay Arslan 5 332 2 Atiba Hutchinson 331 310 94 9 Andraž Šporar 4 93 3 Éder Balanta 308 278 90 20 1 90 3 Duško Tošić 251 215 86 21 5 184 1 21 Kerim Frei 2 25 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 80 Gökhan Inler 5 234 24 Mohamed Elyounoussi 3 169 1 Ricardo Quaresma 47 1 Adama Traoré 45 94 Talisca 3 136 1 88 Seydou Doumbia 6 342 1 2 Atiba Hutchinson 39 2 Matías Delgado 44 FORWARDS 3 Andreas Beck 33 3 Luca Zuffi 43 9 Vincent Aboubakar 6 492 3 BALLS RECOVERED BALLS RECOVERED 23 Cenk Tosun 6 220 1 1 Marcelo 45 1 Éder Balanta 47 2 Duško Tošić 43 2 Marek Suchý 44 3 Atiba Hutchinson 32 3 Taulant Xhaka 37 ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 Vincent Aboubakar 13 7 3 1 Matías Delgado 10 2 0 2 Ricardo Quaresma 12 5 3 Unused substitutes: Daniel Høegh, Germano Vailati Unused substitutes: None App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Renato Steffen 8 3 1 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 3 Talisca 10 4 1 * Midfielder Renato Steffen scored against Ludogorets * Ricardo Quaresma celebrates scoring at home to Napoli A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Birkir Bjarnason 6 2 0 A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

82 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 83 CELTIC FC CLUB BRUGGE KV SCOTLAND BELGIUM

COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE Brendan Rodgers Michel 10 Born: 26/01/1973, Preud’homme 9 11 Carnlough (NIR) 11 18 49 Born: 24/01/1959, Ougree (BEL) Nationality: Northern Irish 20 3 15 25 Matches in UEFA 8 14 Nationality: Belgian Champions League: 12 Matches in UEFA 63 28 5 23 21 24 5 2 Head coach: Champions League: 11 Since 20/05/2016 1 Head coach: 1 From 19/09/2013 to 30/06/2017

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL BAR MC MGB MGB BAR MC LEI KOB POR POR LEI KOB L 7-0 D 3-3 L 0-2 D 1-1 L 0-2 D 1-1 L 0-3 L 4-0 L 1-2 L 1-0 L 2-1 L 0-2

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 45% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 49% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 58% v Mönchengladbach (h) Max. 59% v Leicester (h) 1 Craig Gordon 5 450 USED 22 SCORED 5 14% 1 Ludovic Butelle 6 540 USED 21 SCORED 2 18% (1 own goal) Min. 33% v Barcelona (a) 53% Min. 41% v Porto (h) 53% 24 Dorus de Vries 1 90 33% DEFENDERS 30% GOAL ATTEMPTS 54 (9) CARDS 8 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 51 (8.5) CARDS 14 0 2 6 457 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 17 (2.8) ON TARGET 20 (3.3) 2 Kolo Touré 3 270 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 464 PASSING ACCURACY 85% 4 Björn Engels 1 53 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 438 PASSING ACCURACY 84% Max. 626 v Mönchengladbach (h) Max. 89% v Mönchengladbach (a) Max. 585 v Leicester (h) Max. 88% v Porto (a) 3 Emilio Izaguirre 3 270 TIME SCORED Min. 324 v Barcelona (a) Min. 79% v Manchester City (h) 5 Benoit Poulain 5 397 TIME SCORED Min. 347 v Kobenhaven (a) Min. 81% v Kobenhaven (a) and Leicester (a) 5 Jozo Šimunović 2 180 1 0 0 1 21 Dion Cools 3 270 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 104,268m 1 0 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 108,065m 12 Cristian Gamboa 2 175 Max. 115,373m v Mönchengladbach (h) 24 5 450 Max. 112,273m v Porto (h) | Min. 102,448m v Kobenhaven (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ Min. 102,487m v Barcelona (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 23 Mikael Lustig 6 540 Minutes 28 Laurens De Bock 3 250 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 28 Erik Sviatchenko 6 518 1 44 2 180 SUBSTITUTIONS 17/18 Long 63 (14% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 17/18 Long 72 (16% of total) 34 Eoghan O'Connell 1 22 (Including one double substitution) 63 Boli Bolingoli 3 163 (No double substitutions) Medium 294 (63%) Medium 257 (59%) 0 0 0 1 3 9 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 8 0 63 3 270 1 Short 106 (23%) MIDFIELDERS Short 109 (25%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ MIDFIELDERS Minutes 3 4 360 Minutes 6 Nir Bitton 4 249 6 Claudemir 5 445 8 Scott Brown 6 540 PLAYER STATISTICS 15 Tomás Pina 5 409 PLAYER STATISTICS 11 5 405 19 Felipe Gedoz 4 126 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 14 5 325 1 Scott Brown 411 393 96 20 6 364 1 Claudemir 257 223 87 16 Gary Mackay-Steven 1 39 2 Erik Sviatchenko 321 283 88 25 5 373 1 2 Hans Vanaken 231 201 87 18 Tom Rogic 5 351 3 Mikael Lustig 317 274 86 FORWARDS 3 Stefano Denswil 228 205 90 42 Callum McGregor 4 134 7 Wesley 5 205 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 49 James Forrest 5 310 8 1 66 1 Scott Brown 40 1 Hans Vanaken 72 53 Liam Henderson 1 5 9 Jelle Vossen 4 265 1 2 Tom Rogic 35 2 Claudemir 55 FORWARDS 10 2 107 3 Mikael Lustig 33 3 Tomás Pina 41 9 3 43 11 José Izquierdo 4 259 1 10 Moussa Dembélé 6 523 3 BALLS RECOVERED 17 Anthony Limbombe 4 201 BALLS RECOVERED 27 Patrick Roberts 6 232 1 1 Scott Brown 51 1 Benoit Poulain 37 2 Erik Sviatchenko 44 2 Stefano Denswil 36 3 Mikael Lustig 29 3 Timmy Simons 34

ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 Moussa Dembélé 14 9 3 Unused substitutes: Sébastien Bruzzese, Laurent Lemoine, 1 José Izquierdo 10 4 1 Unused substitutes: Dedryck Boyata, Nadir Çiftçi Nikola Storm, Jens Teunckens App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Tom Rogic 7 1 0 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Wesley 8 4 0 * Moussa Dembélé was a threat for Celtic * Striker Jelle Vossen rises to the challenge A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Scott Sinclair 6 1 0 A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Ricardo van Rhijn 6 2 0 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

84 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 85 PFC CSKA MOSKVA FC DYNAMO KYIV UKRAINE

COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE Leonid Slutski Serhiy Rebrov 9 11 Born: 04/05/1971, Born: 03/06/1974, 15 10 Volgograd (RUS) Horlivka (UKR) 8 10 7 29 16 Nationality: Russian Nationality: Ukrainian Matches in UEFA 17 3 Matches in UEFA 17 Champions League: 39 Champions League: 14 42 4 24 2 27 24 34 9 Head coach: Head coach: From 26/10/2009 From 17/04/2014 35 72 to 07/12/2016 to 31/05/2017

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL LEV TOT MON MON LEV TOT NAP BES BEN BEN NAP BES D 2-2 L 0-1 D 1-1 L 3-0 D 1-1 L 3-1 L 1-2 D 1-1 L 0-2 L 1-0 D 0-0 W 6-0

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 40% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 53% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 54% v Leverkusen (h) Max. 56% v Benfica (h) 35 6 540 USED 19 SCORED 19% 1 Olexandr Shovkovskiy 1 90 USED 24 SCORED 16% 5 Min. 33% v Tottenham (a) 49% 8 Min. 50% v Benfica (a) 51% DEFENDERS 33% 72 Artur Rudko 5 450 33% GOAL ATTEMPTS 49 (8.2) CARDS 7 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 70 (11.7) CARDS 15 1 2 Mário Fernandes 5 450 ON TARGET 20 (3.3) DEFENDERS ON TARGET 27 (4.5) Sent off: Serhiy Sydorchuk 4 4 360 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 372 PASSING ACCURACY 76% 2 Danilo Silva 1 90 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 480 PASSING ACCURACY 86% Max. 478 v Leverkusen (h) Max. 81% v Leverkusen (h) Max. 569 v Beşiktaş (h) Max. 90% v Beşiktaş (h) 6 5 316 TIME SCORED Min. 298 v Tottenham (a) Min. 71% v Tottenham (h) 5 Antunes 4 360 TIME SCORED Min. 358 v Beşiktaş (a) Min. 82% v Napoli (a) 14 2 91 0 4 0 1 9 Mykola Morozyuk 3 270 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 111,445m 1 1 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 111,420m 24 5 405 Max. 115,867m v Tottenham (h) | Min. 103,925m v Leverkusen (h) 24 6 540 Max. 119,514m v Benfica (h) | Min. 107,044m v Beşiktaş (h) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 42 Georgi Schennikov 6 540 Minutes 26 Mykyta Burda 1 90 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 27 Yevhen Makarenko 3 270 MIDFIELDERS SUBSTITUTIONS 16/18 Long 66 (18% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 18/18 Long 70 (15% of total) (No double substitutions) 34 Yevhen Khacheridi 6 540 (No double substitutions) 3 5 450 Medium 201 (54%) Medium 307 (64%) 0 0 0 3 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 8 0 7 Zoran Tošić 4 289 2 Short 106 (28%) MIDFIELDERS Short 103 (21%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 8 Georgi Milanov 6 346 Minutes 15 Viktor Tsygankov 6 262 1 1 Minutes 10 3 263 2 16 Serhiy Sydorchuk 5 357 1 1 11 3 213 1 PLAYER STATISTICS 17 Serhiy Rybalka 5 442 1 PLAYER STATISTICS 17 Aleksandr Golovin 6 495 18 Nikita Korzun 4 190 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 25 Roman Eremenko 2 180 1 1 Bibras Natcho 226 186 82 19 Denys Garmash 3 270 1 1 Yevhen Khacheridi 389 369 95 66 Bibras Natcho 5 378 1 2 Igor Akinfeev 214 110 51 20 Oleh Gusev 1 17 2 Domagoj Vida 350 325 93 72 Astemir Gordyushenko 2 34 3 Pontus Wernbloom 209 168 80 25 Derlis González 5 322 1 3 Serhiy Rybalka 337 301 89 FORWARDS 29 Vitaliy Buyalskiy 4 233 1 1 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 9 Lacina Traoré 6 360 1 1 32 Valeriy Fedorchuk 1 56 1 Aleksandr Golovin 51 1 Serhiy Rybalka 50 23 Carlos Strandberg 5 98 48 Pavlo Orikhovskiy 2 37 2 Mário Fernandes 43 2 Antunes 41 63 Fedor Chalov 2 135 77 Artem Gromov 1 3 3 Bibras Natcho 41 3 Serhiy Sydorchuk 33 FORWARDS BALLS RECOVERED 7 Olexandr Gladkiy 3 25 BALLS RECOVERED 1 Pontus Wernbloom 54 10 Andriy Yarmolenko 5 450 1 3 1 Yevhen Khacheridi 54 2 Aleksandr Golovin 36 11 Júnior Moraes 6 368 1 2 Domagoj Vida 42 3 Sergei Ignashevich 35 41 Artem Besedin 3 186 1 3 Serhiy Rybalka 28

ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 Zoran Tošić 8 3 0 1 Andriy Yarmolenko 11 5 1 Unused substitutes: Sergei Chepchugov, Ilya Pomazun Unused substitutes: Maxym Koval, Zurab Ochigava App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Fedor Chalov 7 1 0 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Denys Garmash 10 3 1 * Sweden’s Pontus Wernbloom anchored the midfield * Dynamo forward Júnior Moraes A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Alan Dzagoev 5 3 2 A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Júnior Moraes 9 4 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

86 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 87 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB FC KØBENHAVN CROATIA DENMARK

COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE Ivaylo Petev Ståle Solbakken Born: 09/07/1975, 11 2 Born: 27/12/1968, 19 11 Lovech (BUL) Kongsvinger (NOR) 24 7 24 18 Nationality: Bulgarian Nationality: Norweigan 6 8 Matches in UEFA 26 25 Matches in UEFA Champions League: 4 Champions League: 26 19 23 22 37 3 5 25 22 Head coach: Head coach: From 28/09/2016 Since 21/08/2013 to 13/07/2017 40 31 Zlatko Kranjčar was coach for MD1 and Željko Sopic for MD2

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL LYO JUV SEV SEV LYO JUV POR BRU LEI LEI POR BRU L 3-0 L 0-4 L 0-1 L 4-0 L 0-1 L 2-0 D 1-1 W 4-0 L 1-0 D 0-0 D 0-0 W 0-2

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 36% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 52% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 45% v Lyon (a) Max. 58% v Brugge (h) 40 Dominik Livaković 4 360 USED 24 SCORED 0 14% 31 6 540 USED 19 SCORED 7 21% Min. 28% v Sevilla (h) 49% (2 own goals) Min. 44% v Porto (a) 55% 98 Adrian Šemper 2 180 37% DEFENDERS 24% GOAL ATTEMPTS 37 (6.2) CARDS 13 1 GOAL ATTEMPTS 67 (11.2) CARDS 9 1 2 Tom Høgli 1 1 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 8 (1.3) Sent off: ON TARGET 24 (4) Sent off: Petar Stojanovič Ján Greguš 19 Josip Pivarić 5 450 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 325 PASSING ACCURACY 81% 3 Ludwig Augustinsson 6 540 3 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 493 PASSING ACCURACY 84% Max. 405 v Juventus (a) Max. 87% v Lyon (a) Max. 534 v Brugge (h) Max. 88% v Brugge (h) 22 5 450 TIME SCORED Min. 221 v Sevilla (a) Min. 76% v Sevilla (a & h) 5 Erik Johansson 6 540 TIME SCORED Min. 440 v Porto (h) Min. 77% v Porto (h) 23 5 450 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 111,537m 2 0 2 1 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 110,174m 26 Filip Benković 5 450 Max. 115,557m v Lyon (h) | Min. 103,241m v Sevilla (a) 22 Peter Ankersen 6 536 1 Max. 112,725m v Leicester (a) | Min. 106,505m v Brugge (h) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 35 Borna Sosa 1 90 Minutes 25 Mathias Jørgensen 6 540 2 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 37 Petar Stojanovič 4 241 SUBSTITUTIONS 18/18 Long 51 (16% of total) MIDFIELDERS SUBSTITUTIONS 16/18 Long 77 (16% of total) 55 Dino Perić 1 30 (No double substitutions) (Including one double substitution) Medium 176 (54%) 6 William Kvist 6 540 Medium 281 (57%) 2 0 0 1 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 1 77 Alexandru Măţel 3 64 Short 98 (30%) 7 Benjamin Verbič 5 327 1 Short 135 (27%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ MIDFIELDERS Minutes 8 Thomas Delaney 6 540 1 1 Minutes 5 Jonas 4 210 16 Ján Greguš 4 116 8 Domagoj Antolić 2 87 PLAYER STATISTICS 17 Kasper Kusk 2 22 PLAYER STATISTICS 10 Paulo Machado 4 162 24 Youssef Toutouh 6 375 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 14 Amer Gojak 3 152 1 Junior Fernandes 170 127 75 32 Danny Amankwaa 1 6 1 William Kvist 397 354 89 18 Domagoj Pavičić 5 394 2 Mario Šitum 163 142 87 35 Aboubakar Keita 1 2 2 Erik Johansson 373 340 91 24 Ante Ćorić 4 248 3 Josip Pivarić 147 117 80 FORWARDS 3 Thomas Delaney 346 301 87 25 Bojan Kneževič 3 267 11 5 450 1 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 27 Nikola Moro 1 85 19 Federico Santander 4 328 1 1 Junior Fernandes 37 1 Thomas Delaney 82 FORWARDS 23 Andrija Pavlović 4 194 2 Josip Pivarić 29 2 Ludwig Augustinsson 72 2 El Arabi Hilal Soudani 5 389 33 Rasmus Falk 6 319 3 Ante Ćorić 25 3 Peter Ankersen 65 7 Mario Šitum 5 330 9 Ángelo Henríquez 2 79 BALLS RECOVERED BALLS RECOVERED 11 Junior Fernandes 6 508 1 Leonardo Sigali 38 1 Mathias Jørgensen 74 15 Armin Hodžić 1 32 2 Gordon Schildenfeld 31 2 Erik Johansson 58 29 Ivan Fiolić 4 187 2 Mario Šitum 31 3 Peter Ankersen 44

ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 El Arabi Hilal Soudani 8 1 0 1 Andreas Cornelius 12 6 1 Unused substitutes: None Unused substitutes: Stephan Andersen, Bashkim Kadrii, Jores Okore App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Junior Fernandes 7 3 0 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Federico Santander 11 6 1 * * A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Mario Šitum 4 1 0 Dinamo Zagreb forward Junior Fernandes A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Peter Ankersen 10 4 0 Striker Andreas Cornelius scored against Porto ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

88 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 89 LEGIA WARSZAWA PFC LUDOGORETS RAZGRAD POLAND BULGARIA

88 88 COACH TEAM SHAPE COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE Jacek Magiera Georgi 22 Born: 01/01/1977, 99 Dermendzhiev Częstochowa (POL) Born: 04/01/1955, 88 84 93 32 6 Nationality: Polish 8 75 Plovdiv (BUL) Matches in UEFA 3 Nationality: Bulgarian 12 18 Champions League: 5 Matches in UEFA 14 25 2 19 6 5 27 25 Head coach: Champions League: 6 Since 24/09/2016 1 Head coach: 21 Besnik Hasi was in charge for MD1 Since 06/11/2015

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL DOR SPO RM RM DOR SPO BAS PAR ARS ARS BAS PAR L 0-6 L 2-0 L 5-1 D 3-3 L 8-4 W 1-0 D 1-1 L 1-3 L 6-0 L 2-3 D 0-0 D 2-2

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 40% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 47% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 45% v Sporting Max. 57% v Arsenal (a) 1 Arkadiusz Malarz 5 450 USED 22 SCORED 18% 1 Milan Borjan 1 90 USED 19 SCORED 13% 9 (a) & Real Madrid (h) 44% 6 Min. 41% v Paris (h & a) 52% Min. 31% v Dortmund (a) 33 Radosław Cierzniak 1 90 38% 21 Vladislav Stoyanov 5 450 35% GOAL ATTEMPTS 56 (9.3) CARDS 15 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 40 (6.7) CARDS 9 0 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 22 (3.7) DEFENDERS ON TARGET 15 (2.5) 2 Michał Pazdan 3 270 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 381 PASSING ACCURACY 83% 4 2 180 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 468 PASSING ACCURACY 86% Max. 520 v Real Madrid (h) Max. 87% v Real Madrid (h) Max. 622 v Arsenal (a) Max. 91% v Arsenal (a) 4 Jakub Czerwiński 4 360 TIME SCORED Min. 284 v Dortmund (h) Min. 78% v Dortmund (h) 5 José Luis Palomino 5 450 TIME SCORED Min. 373 v Paris (a) Min. 81% v Basel (h) 5 Maciej Dąbrowski 2 91 3 1 0 2 6 Natanael 6 530 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 112,395m 2 0 0 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 106,674m 14 Adam Hloušek 4 360 Max. 116,097m v Real Madrid (h) | Min. 105,010m v Dortmund (a) 25 Yordan Minev 4 360 Max. 107,696m v Paris (a) | Min. 105,748m v Basel (h) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 19 Bartosz Bereszyński 6 540 1 Minutes 27 Cosmin Moţi 6 540 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 25 Jakub Rzeźniczak 5 450 32 Igor Plastun 3 96 SUBSTITUTIONS 18/18 Long 54 (14% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 14/18 Long 50 (11% of total) 52 Mateusz Wieteska 1 21 (Including one double substitution) 77 Vitinha 1 10 (No double substitutions) Medium 213 (56%) Medium 275 (59%) 0 0 0 1 2 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 4 MIDFIELDERS Short 114 (30%) MIDFIELDERS Short 143 (30%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 3 Tomasz Jodłowiec 5 309 Minutes 8 1 1 Minutes 6 Guilherme 6 461 1 1 10 Gustavo Campanharo 2 5 7 Steeven Langil 2 135 PLAYER STATISTICS 12 Anicet Abel 6 540 PLAYER STATISTICS 8 Vadis Odjidja 6 461 1 1 18 Svetoslav Dyakov 6 540 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 9 Valeri Kazaishvili 2 82 1 Vadis Odjidja 247 207 84 84 Marcelinho 5 446 1 Svetoslav Dyakov 355 320 90 15 Michał Kopczyński 5 283 2 Thibault Moulin 229 190 83 88 Wanderson 6 523 1 1 2 Anicet Abel 299 272 91 22 Kasper Hämäläinen 1 4 3 Bartosz Bereszyński 205 174 85 92 Jody Lukoki 4 50 3 Marcelinho 298 256 86 32 Miroslav Radović 6 435 2 2 93 Virgil Misidjan 6 399 1 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 75 Thibault Moulin 5 423 1 FORWARDS 1 Vadis Odjidja 75 1 Wanderson 64 77 Mihail Alexandrov 2 69 22 Jonathan Cafú 6 540 2 2 2 Bartosz Bereszyński 42 2 Marcelinho 62 FORWARDS 28 Claudiu Keșerü 5 194 1 3 Thibault Moulin 41 3 Jonathan Cafú 47 11 Nemanja Nikolić 5 187 1 18 Michał Kucharczyk 4 229 1 BALLS RECOVERED BALLS RECOVERED 99 Aleksandar Prijovic 4 231 2 2 1 Bartosz Bereszyński 37 1 Anicet Abel 45 2 Guilherme 33 2 Cosmin Moţi 43 3 Adam Hloušek 29 3 Natanael 42

ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 Miroslav Radović 9 4 2 1 Wanderson 7 5 1 Unused substitutes: Łukasz Broź Unused substitutes: Júnior Quixadá App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Aleksandar Prijovic 8 4 2 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Jonathan Cafú 7 4 2 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed Miroslav Radović fires home from the spot against Madrid *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed Dutch winger Virgil Misidjan scores in Paris ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Nemanja Nikolić 8 4 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Claudiu Keșerü 4 1 1

90 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 91 OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS VfL BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH FRANCE GERMANY

COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE Bruno Génésio André Schubert 10 28 Born: 01/09/1966, Lyon (FRA) Born: 24/07/1971, 31 18 20 Kassel (GER) 13 Nationality: French 17 19 Matches in UEFA Nationality: German Champions League: 6 8 21 Matches in UEFA 5 6 Head coach: 14 2 Champions League: 11 30 4 3 27 Since 24/12/2015 15 3 Head coach: From 21/09/2015 1 1 to 21/12/2016

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL DZG SEV JUV JUV DZG SEV MC BAR CEL CEL MC BAR W 3-0 L 1-0 L 0-1 D 1-1 W 0-1 D 0-0 L 4-0 L 1-2 W 0-2 D 1-1 D 1-1 L 4-0

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 52% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 39% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 62% v Dinamo Zagreb (a) Max. 47% v Celtic (h) 1 6 540 USED 21 SCORED 25% 1 Yann Sommer 6 540 USED 19 SCORED 17% 5 Min. 44% v Sevilla (a) and 53% 5 Min. 32% v Manchester City (h) 47% Juventus (h) & Barcelona (a) DEFENDERS 22% DEFENDERS 36% GOAL ATTEMPTS 103 (17.2) CARDS 14 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 55 (9.2) CARDS 10 2 2 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 5 422 3 4 360 ON TARGET 34 (5.7) ON TARGET 18 (3) Sent off: 3 4 360 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 509 PASSING ACCURACY 88% 4 Jannik Vestergaard 4 300 (Per match) Julian Korb, Lars Stindl PASSES ATTEMPTED 444 PASSING ACCURACY 83% Max. 763 v Dinamo Zagreb (a) Max. 91% v Dinamo Zagreb (a) Max. 547 v Celtic (h) Max. 87% v Celtic (h) 4 Emanuel Mammana 1 90 TIME SCORED Min. 307 v Sevilla (a) Min. 85% v Juventus (a) 5 Tobias Strobl 5 437 TIME SCORED Min. 336 v Manchester City (h) Min. 81% v Barcelona (a) and Sevilla (a) & Manchester City (h) 5 Mouctar Diakhaby 3 270 0 0 1 1 17 Oscar Wendt 5 450 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 110,507m 0 0 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 114,524m 15 Jérémy Morel 6 540 Max. 113,035m v Sevilla (h) | Min. 106,552m v Sevilla (a) 24 Tony Jantschke 3 193 Max. 118,293m v Barcelona (h) | Min. 109,427m v Man. City (h) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 20 Rafael 5 450 2 Minutes 27 Julian Korb 5 397 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 23 Jordy Gaspar 1 79 30 Nico Elvedi 6 540 SUBSTITUTIONS 17/18 Long 57 (11% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 17/18 Long 50 (11% of total) (Including two double substitutions) (Including one double substitution) MIDFIELDERS Medium 311 (61%) MIDFIELDERS Medium 262 (59%) 0 0 1 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 8 0 7 Clément Grenier 1 12 Short 142 (28%) 6 Christoph Kramer 5 339 Short 133 (30%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 8 6 450 2 1 Minutes 8 4 299 1 Minutes 12 3 206 1 10 4 252 1 1 14 Sergi Darder 6 395 PLAYER STATISTICS 13 Lars Stindl 5 386 2 PLAYER STATISTICS 21 Maxime Gonalons 6 482 14 2 63 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 26 Aldo Kalulu 2 38 1 Maxime Gonalons 314 299 95 16 Ibrahima Traoré 4 226 1 Christoph Kramer 258 227 88 29 Lucas Tousart 1 58 2 Corentin Tolisso 296 259 88 19 Fabian Johnson 5 343 2 Nico Elvedi 248 217 88 31 Maciej Rybus 4 252 3 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 277 261 94 23 2 139 3 Tobias Strobl 245 213 87 FORWARDS 28 André Hahn 6 342 1 1 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 10 4 342 1 FORWARDS 1 Corentin Tolisso 92 1 Lars Stindl 68 11 5 186 1 7 Patrick Herrmann 3 32 2 Rafael 70 2 Raffael 43 18 5 286 11 Raffael 5 249 1 3 Sergi Darder 67 3 Christoph Kramer 38 27 Maxwel Cornet 6 284 1 1 28 3 198 BALLS RECOVERED BALLS RECOVERED 1 Maxime Gonalons 59 1 Nico Elvedi 46 2 Rafael 33 2 Jannik Vestergaard 32 3 Jérémy Morel 32 3 Tobias Strobl 30

ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 Corentin Tolisso 14 4 2 1 Lars Stindl 10 5 2 Unused substitute: Alan Dzabana, Mathieu Gorgelin Unused substitutes: László Bénes, Nils Rütten, Tobias Sippel, App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Maxwel Cornet 13 4 1 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 André Hahn 10 2 1 * Goalscoring midfielder Corentin Tolisso * Lars Stindl was Gladbach’s top scorer A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Sergi Darder 11 3 0 A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed 3 Raffael 7 1 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

92 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 93 PSV EINDHOVEN FC ROSTOV NETHERLANDS RUSSIA

88 88 COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE COACH TEAM SHAPE Phillip Cocu Ivan Daniliants 9 11 Born: 29/10/1970, Born: 20/02/1953, 20 7 Eindhoven (NED) 18 6 23 Ashgabat (TKM) Nationality: Dutch Nationality: Austrian 16 84 89 Matches in UEFA Matches in UEFA 5 Champions League: 14 15 4 Champions League: 6 3 2 30 4 44 23 2 Head coach: Head coach: Since 01/07/2013 From 09/09/2016 1 35 to 01/06/2017

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL ATL ROS BAY BAY ATL ROS BAY PSV ATL ATL BAY PSV L 0-1 D 2-2 L 4-1 L 1-2 L 2-0 D 0-0 L 5-0 D 2-2 L 0-1 L 2-1 W 3-2 D 0-0

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 46% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 36% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 65% v Rostov (h) Max. 53% v PSV (h) 1 5 450 USED 20 SCORED 16% 35 Soslan Dzhanaev 6 540 USED 18 SCORED 15% 4 Min. 31% v Bayern (h) 56% 6 Min. 28% v Bayern (a) 48% 22 Remko Pasveer 1 90 28% DEFENDERS 37% GOAL ATTEMPTS 53 (8.8) CARDS 6 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS 35 (5.8) CARDS 10 0 4 6 540 DEFENDERS ON TARGET 20 (3.3) ON TARGET 20 (3.3) 2 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 6 466 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 449 PASSING ACCURACY 86% 5 Denis Terentyev 5 210 (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 302 PASSING ACCURACY 72% Max. 695 v Rostov (h) Max. 90% v Bayern (a) Max. 427 v PSV (h) Max. 87% v PSV (h) 3 Héctor Moreno 6 540 TIME SCORED Min. 265 v Bayern (h) Min. 81% v Bayern (h) 23 Miha Mevlja 6 540 TIME SCORED Min. 197 v Bayern (h) Min. 66% v Bayern (h) 4 4 332 1 0 1 0 0 30 Fedor Kudryashov 4 360 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 110,789m 1 0 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 117,496m 5 6 525 Max. 114,681m v Rostov (h) | Min. 108,292m v Rostov (a) 44 César Navas 6 540 Max. 122,498m v PSV (a) | Min. 111,905m v Bayern (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 15 5 360 Minutes Minutes PASSES PER MATCH MIDFIELDERS PASSES PER MATCH 20 Joshua Brenet 4 315 SUBSTITUTIONS 17/18 Long 59 (13% of total) 2 Timofei Kalachev 5 420 SUBSTITUTIONS 14/18 Long 60 (20% of total) 30 Jordy De Wijs 1 45 (Including two double substitutions) (No double substitutions) Medium 293 (65%) 6 Saeid Ezatolahi 2 2 Medium 164 (54%) 0 0 0 2 0 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 1 MIDFIELDERS Short 97 (22%) 8 Igor Kireev 1 90 Short 78 (26%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 6 Davy Pröpper 6 534 1 1 Minutes 9 Maksim Grigoryev 1 8 Minutes 8 Jorrit Hendrix 2 130 10 Moussa Doumbia 4 91 10 Siem de Jong 3 135 PLAYER STATISTICS 16 Christian Noboa 6 540 1 PLAYER STATISTICS 18 Andrés Guardado 4 331 28 Andrei Prepeliţă 4 84 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 23 Bart Ramselaar 4 277 1 Héctor Moreno 396 356 90 84 Aleksandr Gatskan 6 540 1 Christian Noboa 221 150 68 25 Olexandr Zinchenko 4 173 2 Daniel Schwaab 347 318 92 89 Aleksandr Erokhin 6 495 1 2 Aleksandr Gatskan 216 170 79 38 Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist 1 6 3 Davy Pröpper 287 227 79 FORWARDS 3 César Navas 173 139 80 FORWARDS 7 Dmitri Poloz 6 481 3 2 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 7 Gastón Pereiro 5 272 1 11 Aleksandr Bukharov 1 1 1 Héctor Moreno 70 1 Christian Noboa 45 9 5 450 1 1 20 6 458 2 1 2 Davy Pröpper 47 2 Timofei Kalachev 34 11 Luciano Narsingh 5 285 1 3 Luuk de Jong 35 3 Dmitri Poloz 25 27 6 224 BALLS RECOVERED BALLS RECOVERED 1 Héctor Moreno 50 1 Aleksandr Gatskan 61 2 Daniel Schwaab 44 1 Miha Mevlja 61 3 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 28 3 Christian Noboa 36 3 Davy Pröpper 28

ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 Gastón Pereiro 8 7 0 1 Sardar Azmoun 10 7 2 Unused substitutes: Florian Jozefzoon, Hidde Jurjus, Simon Poulsenn Unused substitutes: Khoren Bayramyan, Papa Gueye, Nikita Medvedev App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Davy Pröpper 8 3 1 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Christian Noboa 9 3 1 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed Steven Bergwijn appeared in every match *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed Dmitri Poloz scored in a famous win against Bayern ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Luuk de Jong 8 2 1 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals 3 Dmitri Poloz 5 4 3

94 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 95 SPORTING CLUBE DE PORTUGAL TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC PORTUGAL ENGLAND

COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE COACH 88TEAM88 SHAPE Mauricio Pochettino 10 Born: 24/07/1954, 10 28 Born: 02/03/1972, Amadora (POR) Murphy (ARG) 7 20 23 11 77 Nationality: Portuguese Nationality: Argentinian Matches in UEFA 23 14 Matches in UEFA 19 12 Champions League: 37 Champions League: 6 31 35 13 21 3 5 15 2 Head coach: Head coach: Since 01/07/2015 Since 27/05/2014 1 1

GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL GROUP STAGE ROUND OF 16 QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL RM LEG DOR DOR RM LEG MON CSKA LEV LEV MON CSKA L 2-1 W 2-0 L 1-2 L 1-0 L 1-2 L 1-0 L 1-2 W 0-1 D 0-0 L 0-1 L 2-1 W 3-1

Matches: Blue = home, white = away Matches: Blue = home, white = away

SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES SQUAD App Mins G A TEAM STATISTICS MATCH AVERAGES

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 48% POSSESSION POSITION GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS GOALS POSSESSION 61% POSSESSION POSITION Max. 59% v Legia (a) Max. 67% v CSKA (h) 1 Rui Patrício 6 540 USED 21 SCORED 5 24% 1 Hugo Lloris 6 540 USED 21 SCORED 6 21% Min. 41% v Real Madrid (a) 52% (1 own goal) Min. 56% v Leverkusen (a) 51% DEFENDERS 24% DEFENDERS 28% GOAL ATTEMPTS 73 (12.2) CARDS 16 2 GOAL ATTEMPTS 81 (13.5) CARDS 16 0 2 Ezequiel Schelotto 3 203 2 Kyle Walker 3 270 ON TARGET 23 (3.8) Sent off: ON TARGET 24 (4) (Per match) João Pereira, PASSES ATTEMPTED 492 PASSING ACCURACY 85% (Per match) PASSES ATTEMPTED 598 PASSING ACCURACY 85% 4 Jefferson 1 90 William Carvalho 3 Danny Rose 3 270 1 Max. 632 v Legia (a) Max. 89% v Legia (h) Max. 724 v CSKA (h) Max. 90% v CSKA Moscow (h) 13 Sebastián Coates 6 540 TIME SCORED Min. 396 v Dortmund (h) Min. 78% v Dortmund (h) 4 3 202 1 TIME SCORED Min. 493 v Leverkusen (a) Min. 77% v Leverkusen (h) 15 Paulo Oliveira 2 148 1 1 1 1 5 5 450 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 112,676m 0 1 1 0 TEAM DISTANCE COVERED 114,000m 21 João Pereira 3 244 Max. 117,188m v Dortmund (a) | Min. 109,524m v Real Madrid (h) 16 3 270 Max. 118,867m v CSKA Moscow (a) | Min. 111,022m v Monaco (a) 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 31 5 428 Minutes 27 Kevin Wimmer 1 90 Minutes PASSES PER MATCH PASSES PER MATCH 35 Ruben Semedo 6 540 33 Ben Davies 3 270 SUBSTITUTIONS 18/18 Long 53 (11% of total) SUBSTITUTIONS 17/18 Long 73 (12% of total) 47 Ricardo Esgaio 1 32 (No double substitutions) (Including one double substitution) Medium 289 (59%) MIDFIELDERS Medium 377 (63%) 0 0 0 1 4 7 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 11 4 0 MIDFIELDERS Short 151 (30%) 11 3 232 2 Short 148 (25%) 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 1-15 16-30 31-45 Half-time 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ 3 Lazar Marković 5 178 Minutes 12 5 428 Minutes 8 Radosav Petrović 1 3 14 Georges-Kévin N'Koudou 3 69 11 Bruno César 6 397 2 PLAYER STATISTICS 15 5 441 PLAYER STATISTICS 14 William Carvalho 6 535 1 17 4 134 PASSES* A C % PASSES* A C % 22 Elías 2 77 1 William Carvalho 444 402 91 19 Mousa Dembélé 4 165 1 Eric Dier 337 300 89 23 5 375 1 1 2 Adrien Silva 299 273 91 20 Dele Alli 6 532 1 1 2 Jan Vertonghen 330 301 91 77 Gelson Martins 6 506 3 Gelson Martins 241 197 82 23 6 450 1 3 Victor Wanyama 315 280 89 FORWARDS 25 Joshua Onomah 2 8 PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD PASSES COMPLETED IN THE FINAL THIRD 7 Joel Campbell 4 68 29 4 197 1 Gelson Martins 107 1 Christian Eriksen 94 10 6 433 1 FORWARDS 2 William Carvalho 90 2 Dele Alli 65 16 André 3 47 7 Heung-Min Son 6 424 1 3 Bruno César 81 3 Ben Davies 64 20 1 45 9 Vincent Janssen 5 236 28 6 481 1 BALLS RECOVERED 10 3 263 2 BALLS RECOVERED 1 Sebastián Coates 52 1 Jan Vertonghen 47 2 Ruben Semedo 47 2 Eric Dier 35 3 William Carvalho 32 2 Victor Wanyama 35

ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G ATTEMPTS ON GOAL** TA OT G 1 Bruno César 16 4 2 1 Dele Alli 18 5 1 Unused substitutes: Beto, Douglas, Matheus Pereira Unused substitutes: Cameron Carter-Vickers, Michel Vorm App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Adrien Silva 11 4 1 App = Appearances; Mins = Minutes played; G = Goals; A = Assists 2 Heung-Min Son 14 3 1 *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed Defender Ruben Semedo was ever-present *A = Passes attempted; C = Passes completed Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli 3 Bas Dost 11 3 1 ** 3 Harry Kane 13 7 2 ** TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals TA = Total attempts; OT = On target; G = Goals

96 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TECHNICAL REPORT 2016/17 TEAM PROFILES 97 Sergio Ramos lifts the European Champion Clubs’ Cup as Real Madrid celebrate ROLL OF HONOUR CREDITS their 12th triumph

2017 REAL MADRID CF 1986 FC STEAUA BUCUREŞTI EDITORIAL Ioan Lupescu, Graham Turner, David Gough 2016 REAL MADRID CF 1985 JUVENTUS 2015 FC BARCELONA 1984 LIVERPOOL FC TECHNICAL ASSESSOR Sir Alex Ferguson (UEFA coaching ambassador) 2014 REAL MADRID CF 1983 HAMBURGER SV 2013 FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN 1982 ASTON VILLA FC TECHNICAL OBSERVERS Fabio Capello, Ryan Giggs, Roy Hodgson, Mircea Lucescu, 2012 CHELSEA FC 1981 LIVERPOOL FC Ginés Meléndez, Mixu Paatelainen, Peter Rudbæk, 2011 FC BARCELONA 1980 NOTTINGHAM FOREST FC Willi Ruttensteiner, Thomas Schaaf, Gareth Southgate

2010 FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO 1979 NOTTINGHAM FOREST FC MANAGING EDITOR 2009 FC BARCELONA 1978 LIVERPOOL FC Michael Harrold

2008 MANCHESTER UNITED FC 1977 LIVERPOOL FC DESIGN DIRECTION 2007 AC MILAN 1976 FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN Oliver Meikle 2006 FC BARCELONA 1975 FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN DESIGN 2005 LIVERPOOL FC 1974 FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN Oliver Meikle, Daniel Nutter, Tom Radford, James Willsher 2004 FC PORTO 1973 AFC AJAX SUB-EDITORS 2003 AC MILAN 1972 AFC AJAX Patrick Hart, Conrad Leach, Anthony Naughton 2002 REAL MADRID CF 1971 AFC AJAX ADMINISTRATION/COORDINATION 2001 FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN 1970 Aleksandra Sersniova, Emily Meikle, Stéphanie Tétaz, 2000 REAL MADRID CF 1969 AC MILAN Lisa-Marie Chandler 1999 MANCHESTER UNITED FC 1968 MANCHESTER UNITED FC STATISTICS 1998 REAL MADRID CF 1967 CELTIC FC Rob Esteva, Andy Lockwood, UEFA Data Services 1997 BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1966 REAL MADRID CF TRANSLATION 1996 1965 FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO Doris Egger, Zouhair El Fehri, Alexandra Gigant, Helene JUVENTUS Kubasky, Patrick Pfister, Cécile Pierreclos, Florian Simmen, 1995 AFC AJAX 1964 FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO Anna Simon, Sandra Wisniewski, Frédéric Wyler

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