A bizarre statistic has come to the fore in the aftermath of Real Madrid’s meeting with AS Roma on Wednesday. The stat in question serves to highlight just how badly…
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In the first half of the match, Courtois had completed 19 passes, a number greater than that of the team's two central midfielders, as Tchoumaeni had 17 and Valverde 16. Gasperini's Roma tactic of blocking internal passes forced the Madrid team into deadlocks, with the Belgian goalkeeper resorting to 17 long-range shots.