A comparison of the Spanish teams performance at world cup 2014 compared to previous tournaments

1. World Cup 2014!
The decline of the Spanish?

2. Successful Pass Count
0
200
400
600
800
World Cup 2006 Euro 2008 World Cup 2010 Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
613
719
527
454
481
Spain’s Journey

3. Spain’s Journey
Pass Accuracy
84%
85.5%
87%
88.5%
90%
World Cup 2006 Euro 2008 World Cup 2010 Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
87%
88% 88%
90%
85%

4. Passes in final third
0
50
100
150
200
250
Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
163
215

5. Final third pass accuracy
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
70.0%
79.0%

6. 0
0.55
1.1
1.65
2.2
World Cup 2006 Euro 2008 World Cup 2010 Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
1.33
2
1.14
2
2.2
Goals per game

7. Hot Zone shots per game
0
2
4
6
8
10
Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
6.3
7.16

8. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
World Cup 2006 Euro 2008 World Cup 2010 Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
2.3
0.16
0.28
0.5
1
Goals conceded per game

9. Hot Zone shots conceded per game
0
1
2
3
4
5
Euro 2012 World Cup 2014
4.7
2.16

10. 0
1
2
3
4
5
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Spain’s Hot Zone ratio v pass countRatioofShotsattemptedin80%zonevshots
concededin80%Zone
passes per game
Spain Euro 2012
Spain World Cup 2014

11. Defensive
0
8
16
24
32
40
0
8
16
24
32
40
World Cup 2006 Euro 2008 World Cup 2010 Euro 2012 World cup 2014
Tackles per game Interceptions per game
1413.113.814.3
24
34
29
24
20
2727
20
24
29
34
Defensive attributes