Analysis of technical and physical variables according to the result of the match in 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

• DOI: 10.15517/pensarmov.v23i1.57150
• Publication Date: 2025-01-31T20:04:41Z
• Authors: Moisés Arturo Cab...; Luis Javier Tafur; Sergio Andrés García; Alexander Quiñonez; Carmen Ximena Tejada; Yecid Mina-Paz
• Keywords: Possession (linguistics); Variables

Soccer is the most popular sport worldwide, with an increasing number of professional players every year, and associated it, it complex unpredictable multiple physical, technical, tactical psychological problems critical to performance. In 90s, performance analysis based on tools included global positioning systems optical tracking for each player. For this reason, study aimed analyze physical technical variables related result a match fact that team qualifies different phases 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The covered all matches played during Russia, up 64 32 participating national teams. goal could be insufficient define team's success, as variable depends variables. Teams qualified knockout phase showed significantly better in some On other hand, regarding variables, successful teams traveled shorter total distances, presenting more significant distances intensity zones 1 5 possession ball. These aspects deserve analyzed their relationship success game.