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Swiss attack runs like clockwork

June 15th, 2008 •  Permalink 

The Swiss attack, 15 minutes from time, has come up trumps with 2 goals against the much-fancied Portugal, and from the heat map evidence they really, really deserved it for their efforts. Just see how much busier they appear and the ground they have covered. But the Castrol Index throws up a conundrum - the Swiss attack covered 8788m in the 75 minutes, Portugal 9188m. The Portuguese attack was more concentrated, so which was the more successful? The scoreline suggests the Swiss, but stats can be misleading. On this occasion, however, they’re not. Effort expended chasing down lost causes paid dividends, and the Portguese knew they were qualified, so didn’t bother.

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