Tag: Euro 2008

• May 29, 2012

  Were Spain possessed in South Africa?

  A reader asked Differentgame to look into whether the big international tournaments were won by teams with high possession percentages. We only looked back as far as Euro 2008 before we stopped and rubbed our eyes to make sure our peepers weren’t playing tricks on us. Spain won Euro 2008 averaging 49.5% of possession per…