Consequences of a busy soccer match schedule on team performance: Empirical evidence from Spain

International SportMed Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-94

  Lago Peñas, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Match schedule; Soccer; Spanish team; Team performance; UEFA champions league

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249083077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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