The best of the Euro 2024 group stage

Best team

Although placed in the group of death, Spain easily passed the group stage with 3 wins in all 3 matches. The most impressive of which was the 3-0 victory over Croatia. The victory showed the effectiveness of coach Luis de la Fuente's team.

In addition, the Spanish team is also the team with the best defense in the Euro 2024 group stage when it has not conceded any goals. Therefore, Spain is one of the brightest candidates for the championship this year.

The most disappointing team

If we had to point out the most disappointing team, it would probably be the Czech Republic. After an acceptable performance against Portugal, the two matches against Georgia and Turkey brought only great disappointment to the fans.

It was the squandering of chances in the match against Georgia or the excessive brutality in the match against Türkiye that caused coach Ivan Hašek's team to stop at the group stage. Not only that, the Czech team is also the most unscrupulous team at Euro when they received 12 yellow cards and 2 red cards after 3 matches.

Best player

The name of the best player in the group stage made many fans feel very surprised. It was not Toni Kroos of the German National Team or N'Golo Kanté of the French National Team. It was midfielder Fabián Ruiz of the Spanish National Team.

Although he only played 2 group stage matches, the midfielder of Paris Saint-Germain has very impressive statistics. That is 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 passes that opened up opportunities for teammates, an accurate passing rate of up to 94% or 21 ball recoveries. With the above performances, Fabián Ruiz was given 8.9 points and 8.3 points by sofascore in the two matches of group B. And the midfielder of the Spanish team is one of the best players in the group stage.

In contrast to Fabián Ruiz, Romeo Lukaku of the Belgian National Team was the most disappointing player. The Chelsea striker played all 3 matches in the group stage. But the number of goals scored was only 0.

The striker born in 1993 has missed 6 good chances this season, which contributed to the Belgian team only getting 2nd place in Group E and having to meet the French team in the round of 16. If he cannot improve his scoring record, Lukaku will cause the Belgian team to stop early in this Euro.

Best goalkeeper

The Euro group stage saw a number of excellent goalkeepers, which significantly reduced the number of goals scored. They were Gianluigi Donnarumma of the Italian team, Mike Maignan of the French team, and Jan Oblak of the Slovenian team.

However, the best goalkeeper in the group stage was probably Georgia's goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili. 21 saves and an average score of 8.17 were the numbers that proved the excellence of this goalkeeper who plays for Valencia Club. It was that excellence that helped Georgia get through the group stage in their first time participating in a major tournament.

Most goals and most assists

The race for the top scorer of this year's tournament has not had a breakthrough in the group stage. The leader, Georges Mikautadze, is only 1 goal ahead of the people behind (3 compared to 2). Therefore, the owner of the Euro golden boot this time can completely change in the next rounds. However, there are still many disappointments when top strikers such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lukaku, Harry Kane or Kylian Mbappe play poorly in the group stage.

Meanwhile, leading the list of assists are also quite unfamiliar names. Dennis Man, Remo Freuler or Orkun Kökçü all have 2 assists after 3 matches in the group stage.

It can be said that the small number of goals (81 goals after 36 matches) has made the race for the top scorer and the top assist king not very attractive. Hopefully, the matches in the knockout round will be more explosive to create attractive matches at this Euro.