What s been said?
De Boer says his final selection was based on having to omit several younger players so that they can play for the Netherlands U21 side at the European Under-21 Championship, which is due to kick off on March 24.
“For the development of young players, it is good to play matches at a final tournament, he said in an official press release. For that reason, I have not included a number of boys in our preliminary selection, so that they can experience the European Championship with the Dutch juniors. Of course the first team is always leading, but where possible we naturally want take other teams into account. ”
7 weeks ago
It seems that as far as Robert Lewandowski is concerned, we should expect the unexpected. That s according to the latest Expected Goals (xG) data for the Bundesliga this season, which suggests that the unparalleled Bayern striker is converting far more chances than he should be.
xG data is designed to give an idea of how many goals a team or a player is likely to score, based on a number of factors including the quality of chance that was created. You are much more likely to score from a penalty, for example, than with a long-range shot.
Words like clinical, lethal, and ruthless get thrown about fairly easily in football, but the data behind Lewandowski’s goalscoring exploits suggest such descriptions are entirely fitting.
13 weeks ago
Robert Lewandowski heads the scoring charts once again, but who else is setting the gold standard heading into the Bundesliga s customary winter break? bundesliga.com weighs up the numbers.
Most goals
Defending Bundesliga champions and leaders Bayern Munich have scored a league-high 39 goals after 13 matches, with Lewandowski accounting for 17 of them at a clip of one every 58.6 minutes. Borussia Dortmund s Erling Haaland is next on the list with 10, despite missing the final four rounds of 2020 fixtures with a hamstring injury. Andre Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg) have nine apiece, while Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) and Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim) are all on eight.