Ball possession strategies in elite soccer according to the evolution of the match-score: The influence of situational variables

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Lago Peñas, Carlos ^a   Dellal, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b University of Sports Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

match analysis; possession strategies; soccer; tactical component; team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958020611     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-010-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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