Offensive and defensive team performance: relation to successful and unsuccessful participation in the 2010 Soccer World Cup

Autor: Carlos Domenech-Monforte, Juan Luis Delgado-Bordonau, Alberto Mendez-Villanueva, José F. Guzmán
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp 894-904 (2013)
RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante
Universidad de Alicante (UA)
Popis: Delgado-Bordonau, J.L., Domenech-Monforte, C., Guzman, J.F. & Mendez-Villanueva, A. (2013). Offensive and defensive team performance: relation to successful and unsuccessful participation in the 2010 Soccer World Cup. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 8(4), pp.894-904. The present study was conducted to analyze the impact of selected offensive and defensive performance indicators in relation to teams’ success in the 2010 soccer World Cup. The sample used corresponded to 54 matches played in both the group and knockout stage. The game-related statistics gathered were: total shots, shots on goal, shots off goal, % of shots on goal from total shots, % of shots off goal from total shots, offensive and defensive effectiveness 1 (goals /total shots), and offensive and defensive effectiveness 2 (goals/shots on goal). In addition, the first’s goal influence in the match’s outcome (for the team scoring the goal: win, draw, lose) was also investigated. The results showed that, during the group stage, successful teams had better values (P
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