(click to enlarge)de Jong was an integral part of the Netherlands' success in the competition and this graph explores his actions throughout.
The legend shows several aspects of his game and the vertical axis portrays the amount of times that he completed these aspects.
With new developments in technology, we can now discover just how much of an impact a player can have in a football match. We can see how many passes they complete, how many tackles they put in and even how many yards they have covered throughout the game.
I collected such data from the Guardian's online Data Store and then transformed the relevant information into a graph (via Google Spreadsheets).
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