MOSCOW, Oct. 16 -- Possession is clearly not everything in football as the FIFA Technical study Group (TSG) highlighted in their report over the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, which was published on Tuesday.
The TSG is made up of football luminaries such as former Brazil coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, former Dutch international, Marco van Basten (who is FIFA's Chief Technical Development Officer), Emmanuel Amunike, Bora Milutinovic, Andy Roxburgh (former Scotland coach) and Pascal Zuberbuhler, a goalkeeping specialist in FIFA's Technical Development Division, and overseen by FIFA's Coaching & Player Development Department, led by Branimir Ujevic.
The report contains detailed statistics on the tournament as a whole and every one of the 64 matches played in Russia this summer and among the main findings are that World Cup winners France were only 19th in the overall ranking of possession in the tournament, while Spain, who failed to progress past the last 16, saw more of the ball than any team in the tournament with 69 percent possession.
While possession is clearly not a guarantee for success, putting in the mileage was also not a certain recipe for winning matches. The hardest working team in Russia - Serbia, whose players covered a combined total of 113 kilometers per game, failed to make it out of the group stage, while the French players only managed an average total of 101 kilometers per match and were 28th out of 32 teams in that respect.
Teams are becoming more effective from set pieces, with one in 29 corners in Russia seeing the ball end up in the back of the net, an improvement from one in 36 in Brazil 2017 and one in 61 in South Africa in 2010.
Long range shooting has also improved with one in 29 shots from outside of the penalty area ending in goal, while only one in 42 long range shots in Brazil finished in the net.
However, although they didn't have the most possession and certainly didn't do the most running, the report concludes that in Russia 2018, the best team won.
"France were worthy winners. Under the steady stewardship of (coach) Didier Deschamps, who had a clear and precise vision of how to make the most of the players at his disposal and go all the way, they were the most settled and assured performers overall," says the report.
体坛英语资讯:German coach Loew to nominate two youngsters due to injuries
体坛英语资讯:Newly-crowned Ajax sign Janssen from rivals Twente
体坛英语资讯:Fabiano promises to silence mouths of critics
书中有悟
体坛英语资讯:China reserves crush US IBL All-Stars 70-55 in friendly
家里着火了
体坛英语资讯:Monchengladbach to stay in German Bundesliga
体坛英语资讯:Internacional scores first win in Brazilian Champioship
体坛英语资讯:Ferrer takes opening win at French Open
小白兔和小松鼠
体坛英语资讯:German Heidler breaks hammer-throw world record
六一儿童节
读《聪明的山羊》有感
体坛英语资讯:Athletic Bilbao announce elections for club presidency
体坛英语资讯:Schalke crush Duisburg 5-0 to lift German Cup
体坛英语资讯:Chinese shuttlers to fight for fourth-straight Sudirman Cup
体坛英语资讯:Portos coach establishes a mark better than Mourinho
体坛英语资讯:Rockets confirms McHale as new coach
体坛英语资讯:Nadal grabs sixth French Open title
体坛英语资讯:Russia approves 2013 Summer Universiade date
阳光总在风雨后
第一次炒菜
体坛英语资讯:Goalkeeper coach of Argentinas River Plate resigns
体坛英语资讯:Chinese runners line up for Rwandan marathon
体坛英语资讯:FC Barcelona end league campaign with win in Malaga
体坛英语资讯:Ronaldo makes history as Madrid put eight past Almeria
体坛英语资讯:Real Madrid confirm signing of Altintop from Bayern Munich
看泥鳅测天气
体坛英语资讯:World No. 1 Nadal romps into final at French Open
体坛英语资讯:Bayern build up strength to sign goalkeeper Neuer and defender Rafinha
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |