A quick look at the stats after an hour of the Austria vs Poland game shows that the fastes and most industrious players on the pitch are all defence-minded players. Does this show, then that noth attacks are sharing the work, or just that the defenders are turning on the pace and covering the distance to keep this one at 0-1? Aufhauser at 28.51km/h and 7746m covered after 60 mins takes both plaudits for the co-hosts, whilst Jop was the fastest Pole before he was subbed, with Dudka, just as he was against the Germans, the hardest working with 7900m covered.

Compare the workload of the attacks, who actually *do* appear to have shared out the work load amongst themselves. Football - it’s a funny old game.

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