Midfield
RM: Raheem Sterling
This should not come as any surprise at all. The Manchester City winger did not have the best of domestic seasons and he followed it up with a poor showing at the Euros as well. He failed to complete most of his take-ons and his decision making was average to say the least.
LM: Mario Goetze
Mario Goetze was a World Cup winner in 2014, the hero of his country after he came on to score the winning goal in that dramatic final in Brazil. But 2016 was definitely not the 23-year-old’s most memorable of years After spending most of the season on the bench for Bayern he was very ineffective for Germany which forced Loew to play Mario Gomez ahead of him.
CAM: David Alaba
Alaba was Austria’s big hope in this tournament. With a decent squad and a group in which they were definitely within a chance of qualifying for the latter stages a lot was expected of their main man. But Alaba had a very average tournament and was very ineffective in midfield, with his country ending up 4th in their group.
CM: Sergio Busquets
Busquets is usually not the type to lose possession but he was often left wanting at the Euros. He produced several uncharacteristic displays and also had a poor percentage of challenges won. Spain’s fluency was lost and a lot of that had to do with Busquets poor form.
