Opta's and the official one in comparison

[size=large]Uefa Euro 2016 Team of tournament -  The team (4-2-3-1): 

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[size=large]Rui Patrício (Portugal)
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[size=large]Joshua Kimmich (Germany), Jérôme Boateng (Germany), Pepe (Portugal), Raphaël Guerreiro (Portugal)
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[size=large]Toni Kroos (Germany), Joe Allen (Wales)
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[size=large]Aaron Ramsey (Wales), Antoine Griezmann (France), Dimitri Payet (France)
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[size=large]Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[/size]

Ramsey really had an outstanding tournament. 

Hopefully it gives him some confidence going into the new season. Despite all the things said about his positioning and his role, I reckon the main reason for his erratic form last season was down to confidence.

Does Payet really deserve to be included? He tailed off massively after the first couple of games. Same with Hazard, I think he just about managed 50 minutes of quality across all his games.

Opta's teams are always based on statistical values so it is abit skewed in that sense. One really bad game can bring down your overall ratings. Payet deserved to be included because of his outstanding group stages and QF match. 

Uefa's team of the tournament is closer to reality though IMO. I think I will have it something like this in a 3421 and mix it up a little.

Fabianski

Glik Sigurdsson Pepe 

Kimmich Kroos Ramsey Guereirro

Payet Ozil

Griezmann 

Xhaka and Perisic would probably be included if they made it further. 

Mirth wrote:

Does Payet really deserve to be included? He tailed off massively after the first couple of games. Same with Hazard, I think he just about managed 50 minutes of quality across all his games.

I don't think Boateng and Ronaldo deserve to be in there either.

I think Kos had an excellent Euros as well.

Lies
Damn lies
And statistics

Its all rubbish, most of those players weren't playing with the players near to them, eg Portugals goalie had Portugals back four in front of him, may have had something to do with how many clean sheets he kept.

Klaus wrote:
Mirth wrote:

Does Payet really deserve to be included? He tailed off massively after the first couple of games. Same with Hazard, I think he just about managed 50 minutes of quality across all his games.

I don't think Boateng and Ronaldo deserve to be in there either.

Ronaldo deserves to be there. He didn't dominate games but he was a massive difference maker. 3 goals and 3 assists.

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