Russia 2018 in numbers
135 years and three months – the cumulative age of Portugal’s Fernando Santos and Uruguay’s Oscar Tabarez when they met in the Round of 16. They were the oldest combined age for two coaches in a World Cup match. While England’s Roy Hodgson and Tabarez had a combined age of 134 years and two months when their teams met at Brazil 2014. 519 centimeters – Luka Modric (1.72), Eden Hazard (1.73) and Antoine Griezmann made the smallest combined height of the Adidas Golden, Silver and Bronze Ball recipients since Lothar Matthaus, Toto Schillaci and Diego Maradona had merely 512 centimeters between them in 1990. 48 years – have passed since a team had won a knockout-phase match and had overturned a two-goal deficit at the World Cup until Belgium rallied to stun Japan 3-2. West Germany came two goals down to edge England with 3-2 at Mexico 1970, albeit with the aid of extra-time. 72.5 kilometers – Ivan Perisic covered during the tournament more than any player. Thomas Muller (84km) and Xavi (80km) ran unprecedented totals at South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014. 21 hours and 10 minutes – is a combined total that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have staggeringly, gone without a scoring in the knockout phase of the World Cup. Eight and six appearances, the Argentinean and the Portuguese have made in the knockout rounds respectively. 40 years – since a World Cup was without a player from Inter Milan or Bayern Munich. Status preserved by Corentin Tolisso had the German giants when he came on for France against Croatia, who started Ivan Perisic and Marcelo Brozovic of I Nerazzurri. 18 matches – Asian sides had gone without beating South American opposition in the World Cup until Japan won with a 2-1 defeat of Colombia. 10 Belgians – have scored at Russia 2018. Before that this record has been shared by France in 1982 and Italy in 2006, and now Russia equaling the record for most marksmen from one country at a World Cup.
