Portugal had the ball for more time than Germany. Parreira also insists on this. The logic behind is "if you have the ball, the opponent doesn't score". But not much time is needed to score. We need data on possession time and game results. We'll need to control for a bunch of variables, as time controlling the ball and scoring may both reflect quality differences between the teams.
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