Soccer match analysis: lessons about the technical and tactical component, research plans, thematic studies and specific control of competitive actions

Abstract

This study aims at reviewing the literature on the analysis of play in football, bringing lessons on the technical and tactical component, research plans, thematic studies and specific control of competitive actions. From the survey, we should mention some points for this study: i) analysis of play in football has been considered a major factor in the preparation of sport and football teams, as it allows the adequate training of the specific actions Competitive ii) despite the functional logic of the game of football is tactical in nature, the analysis of technical and tactical components during the games appear to be treated with less proportionality in relation to the physical component of the sport, as distinct types of displacement, distance traveled in different intensities and patterns of biomechanical movement of players, iii) the investigation of the football match takes place at the individual, and collective sector, both quantitative and qualitative indicators of the performance of footballers, iv) at the national level, few studies have focused on analysis of play in soccer, v) is important in controlling the actions of competitive football match to be considered what action is performed, its result in terms of effectiveness, location and timing of their implementation, as well as understand the various factors that may influence the responses of any indicator studied during the games as competitive level, training and player positions, environmental conditions, methods of analysis and especially the functional dynamics of the game of football.