Does Veron's Performance Measure up to our expectations?

• The diagram above is the Dynamic Spine of Veron # 23.
• A Dynamic Spine illustrates the general location where players were playing and the connections between that player and his teammates.
• Each player icon in Dynamic Spine represents the center of the zone where the player was covering based on actual ball touches.
• The thickness of the lines represent the frequency of ball passes between players, i.e., the thicker the line, the more passes between the players.
• please refer to the legend below the field itself

• The Dynamic Spine shows how active Veron was, passing and receiving balls from his teammates.
• Veron had noticeable links with almost all Lazio players.
• In our spotlight of Juan Veron, we see his role as the teams ball distributor. His offensive activity in the midfield made him available to his teammates to play off of him.
• Veron connected with all Lazio players but he was especially active with Almeyda (#25) and Stankovic (#20) in this game.

• The two charts above are detailed analyses of Verons passes based on SoftSports revolutionary technology for tracking player and ball locations.
• The chart on the left shows where Veron completed his 57 passes while the chart on the right gives us the location of Verons 20 lost passes.
• Veron had a pass completion rate of 74%, a very high percentage compared to our 1998 World Cup standard of 60%. His 57 completed passes are also higher than normal for a match at this level.
• Notice how Verons completed passes are mostly short to medium range. His controlled passes enabled Lazio to keep possession of the ball in the midfield that led to numerous shot opportunities for the Italian team.
• Veron lost most of his passes in the center of the field. Again, notice that these passes are mostly short passes and they occur in an area that is generally thought of as a safer area of the field to lose the ball. These turnovers were in an area where Lazio could defensively react quickly.