Oh dear, Les Bleus! The alarming stat in this World Cup semi-final exit

Oh dear, Les Bleus! The alarming stat in this World Cup semi-final exitThe French had surely imagined it very differently. In the semifinal against Spain (0–2), they likely delivered one of their weakest performances of this World Cup. Just how poor — or rather how harmless — "Les Bleus" were in front of goal is illustrated by a statistic from data provider 'Opta'. Over 90 minutes, the French managed an xG value (the metric that measures expected goals) of just 0.3. It was