“The best day of my career”
In the final, he had to sit out half an injured player after making a save. Nevertheless, after the 2-1 win against England, he said: “This is probably the best day of my career. We are European champions – we have become the best team in Europe.”
The choice of the best player is made by the UEFA observers who are present at every match. This year they included experts such as Fabio Capello, Rafael Benítez, Frank de Boer or Ole Gunnar Solskjær. At the European Championship in 2021, Italy’s goalkeeper was Gianluigi Donnarumma was named best player. With the end of the tournament in 2024, it is also worth taking a look at other statistics from the final round. Two Austrians also appear in them: The 1:2 of Michael Gregoritsch against Turkey was the 100th goal of this European Championship. And the 2:1 by Romano Schmid The 3-2 win against the Netherlands was the 900th goal in European Championship history.
No free kick goal
There should have been 117 in total at this European Championship, which is a Average of 2.3 In 2021, it was 2.78 per game. To date, this is the highest average of all European Championship tournaments.
What is special about the 117 hits: There were no goal from a direct free kick. 108 dropped out of the game, 9 of the 12 penalties were converted. 19 goals were scored from outside the penalty area. The Right-footed with 60 Hit the mark, A left-footer scored 28 goals and 18 goals were headed. One fell with another body part, 10 own goals complete the statistics. UEFA analysts attribute the high number to the increased use of sharp crosses from the side.
On average, the first goal was scored in the 30th minute, 11 minutes earlier than in 2021. This is also due to the fact that four of the six fastest European Championship goals were scored this year. For example, Turkey’s Demiral’s 1-0 goal after 57 seconds against Austria.
German passports came exactly
By the way, Germany won one rating: 91.2 percent of passports arrived is the top value of the tournament. In the ball possession statistics, the Germans (63 percent) were only separated by Portugal (67 percent). Austria ranks 10th (54%).
Remarkable figures come from the tournament organization and the German police: 22,000 civil servants were in operation over the four weeks, they registered 2,340 crimes These included 700 cases of physical assault, around 120 thefts and around 200 cases of trespassing. Riots by hooligans were prevented.
2.6 million People have watched the 51 games in the Stadiums visited, which represents an average of 50.890 In the fan zones all over Germany, six million people counted.