Busiest man in the opening 15 minutes was Romania’s Petre, who covered a staggering 2010m. In 15 minutes. Take a look at his heat map for where he was plying his trade, and it quickly shows the right wing is being exploited to the full.

The final 10 minutes saw Romania defending for all they were worth, but as the heat map for the Italian attack shows, none of the forward motion is coming from wide. I’m sure if you’ve read anything on this site before, you’ll know that the stats show wide play gets results at the tournament. Look at the map below and it’s clear that the Azzurri are going straight down the middle.

Stats supplied by http://www.castrolindex.com