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Μητροτάσιος Μιχάλης, Λέκτορας, ΣΕΦΑΑ, ΕΚΠΑ
Summary:
The aim of the present study is to analyze the basic technical and tactical elements of the teams that qualified and were excluded in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup football, which took place in Russia.
This study seeks to outline the racing profile of the mentioned teams in order to draw safe and useful conclusions to improve the quality of players' training programs in order to maximize their racing performance.
For this reason, the 48 matches (N = 48 matches) of the teams participating in the group stage at the 2018 FIFA World Cup were analyzed and the WyScout web platform was used to collect the data, which was then registered in a special Microsoft protocol Excel. Specifically, variables such as goal-scoring, shoot, shoot on target, ball possession, passes, duels, attacks, ball recovery, free-kicks, corners were used, while descriptive statistics were used such as min values, max values, average, standard deviation, frequency and relative frequency (%).
The results of the analysis showed that the successful teams had more average goals (1,71±1,35), more average shots on target (35,13%), more average ball possession (52,35%) and more average attacks with shots (21,30%), as well as more average won duels (40,12%).
In conclusion, teams that want to play a leading part in top competitions must have high success rates in the above mentioned variables.
Keywords:
Football, technical-tactical data, statistic match analysis, ball possession, shooting, goals.
