Monday 8 July 2024

Euro 2024 Network Diagram - It looks like the semifinals could get interesting

I said Spain vs Germany would be close (https://fulltimesportsfan.wordpress.com/2024/07/04/euro-2024-network-diagram-quarterfinals/). And I think the semifinals are going to be even closer. Normally at this stage, there might be an outlier, but this time everyone is evenly spaced. The network graph looks like a compass, with the four teams sitting at the cardinal points. Same diagram but labelled.  If it is a compass, then the Netherland sit at North, France at East, Spain at South and England at West. The community view has got complicated, because the 4 teams make eight communities. Netherlands are the dirty yellow colour, France are green, Spain are pink and England are blue.  The other communities are West Ham in a sort of dark green, Bayern Munich who are an orangey pink, Brentford who are a mauve-ish purple and Atletico Madrid who are a slightly darker blue that is hard to tell apart from England blue (sorry about that) The four countries are their own communities but four teams are also their own communities. They are West Ham in a sort of dark green, Bayern Munich who are an orangey pink, Brentford who are a mauve-ish purple and Atletico Madrid who are a slightly darker blue that is hard to tell apart from England blue (sorry about that). 

The club team closest to the centre are West Ham, Bayer Leverkusen or RB Leipzig. 

There's a real mix of teams with the most representatives still in, but Real Madrid have the most. This is what the list looks like: 
Real Madrid = 7 
Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain = 6 
Barcelona, Arsenal, Real Sociedad, Manchester City = 5 

I'm not even going to try to predict the semifinals from this.

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