2008-06-05 11:40 CEST Castrol Performance Index ger dig Euro 2008 A-Z

Knowledge is power Kick-off Euro 2008 with the Castrol Performance Index A-Z...

A - Assists and Franck Ribery supplied the most assists in qualifying (six).

B - Fifty-six of this summer's players are based in 's Bundesliga (see E).

C - Corners Spain and Portugal had the most - 213 between them - in qualifying.

D - Defence France, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands all conceded just five goals in qualifying.

E - England's ...... will supply 44 players at Euro 2008, that's more than Spain's (40), Italy's (35) and Russia's Premier League (29).

F - Form guide Italy won nine of their last 10 qualifying matches, but the Czech Republic have the best tournament record. They've won 39 of their 54 games (72 per cent) compared to the Netherlands' 71 wins in 117 (62 per cent).

G - Get stuck in The Czech Republic committed the most (187) fouls in qualifying. H - Half-time Of the 833 goals in qualifying, 482 came before the interval.

I - Injury (Italy) and Ryan Babel (Netherlands) are the latest casualties.

J - Jogging According to Castrol's match tracker system Germany's consistently runs further over 90 minutes than anyone else.

K - Knockout Germany boast the best knock-out record; they've been semi finalists on six occasions and won five.

L - Last is among those playing in their last European Championship.

M - Missing David Healy (13 goals) and Eduardo da Silva (10) were the two highest scorers in qualifying, but aren't involved this summer.

N - Nine Galatasaray and Bayern each have nine players at Euro 2008 (see T).

O - Old The average age of the Italian side is 29.57, three years up on Russia, the youngest team at 26.26. The average player age is 27.60.

P - Prolific Mario Gomez is Europe's most prolific striker with six goals in nine internationals (66.7 per cent). Jan Koller has 52 in 85 (61.2 per cent).

Q - Qualifying This is Poland's first appearance. Russia are the only unseeded team.

R - Ronaldo had the most shots in qualifying (31) and was also fouled the most (48).

S - Shoot-out Seven of the last 21 knockout matches have been decided by penalties.

T - Ten and Panathinaikos have 10 representatives at the tournament, more than any other clubs.

Be a Euro guru with Castrol's helpU - Underdog 42.65 per cent of euro2008.castrolindex.com users think an ‘outsider' will triumph this year.

V - Van Basten will become the first person to win the tournament as player and coach if the Netherlands triumph.

W - Waiting game 131 (of 833) qualifying goals came in the final 15 minutes.

X - Hernandes The Spaniard (1816 points) was statistically the best in the last seven qualifiers.

Y - Youth Switzerland's , age 19, is the youngest player in the tournament.

Z - Zealous In qualifying, Jan Koller gave away 36 free-kicks.

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