More toothless than Cape Verde: this stat shames Mbappé & co
16-06-2026 22:22 via sports.yahoo.com

More toothless than Cape Verde: this stat shames Mbappé & co

More toothless than Cape Verde: this stat shames Mbappé & coThe first half was truly one to forget from the French perspective. Against Senegal, they almost fell behind twice and, despite perhaps having the best attack in the tournament, posed no threat at all. And that “posed no threat at all” really has to be emphasized. According to the stats account 'The xG Philosophy', the World Cup co-favorites produced a lower expected goals value in the first half than me
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