Differences in the Offensive and Defensive Actions of the Goalkeepers at Women's FIFA World Cup 2011.

Pilar Sainz De Baranda,Antonio García-Angulo,Brittany Nikolic,Laura Adán,Enrique Ortega-Toro,Maite Gómez-López

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00223

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The aim of this study was to analyze the technical and tactical offensive and defensive actions of the goalkeepers and to determine the relationship between these actions and the qualifying results of their respective teams. The sample studied is made up of the goalkeepers (n = 20) of the senior national teams that participated in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011. A descriptive analysis was developed comparing the offensive and defensive actions in competition carried out by the goalkeepers on qualified teams (pass the group stage) with the goalkeepers on unclassified teams (not pass the group stage). For the inter-group comparison, the value of the coefficient of variation was incorporated and the effect size calculated. All data were treated with a statistical significance level of p < 0.05. The results show that the goalkeepers on qualified teams have higher offensive registers, as well as a higher number of passes successfully completed in different areas of the field. The goalkeepers on unclassified teams show higher defensive records such as saves inside the area, foot stops and wrong clearances among others.

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The number of scientific investigations on women’s football specific to the topics of player characteristics and demands of the game has considerably increased in recent years due to the increased popularity of the women’s game worldwide, they are not yet as numerous as in the case of men’s football (Martínez-Lagunas et al, 2014)
This review summarized the available literature pertaining to the performance responses of football goalkeepers and concluded that football goalkeepers demonstrate different physiological profiles from outfield players
It is noteworthy that none of the variables show any significant differences between classified and unclassified teams; There exists a trend toward statistical significance in the successful passes in the middle third field (p = 0.06; ES = 0.93; high effect) and in the successful passes in the offensive third field (p = 0.05; ES = 1.04; high effect)

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The number of scientific investigations on women’s football specific to the topics of player characteristics and demands of the game has considerably increased in recent years due to the increased popularity of the women’s game worldwide, they are not yet as numerous as in the case of men’s football (Martínez-Lagunas et al, 2014). The analysis of competition is currently a key process for improving the performance of football teams in matches and training (Carling et al, 2005; Sarmento et al, 2014) This analysis of the competition pretends to identify the strengths of the own or rival team and to have information more adequate to the complexity of collective sports (Carling et al, 2008; Agras et al, 2016). To this end, a variety of performance indicators are proposed, which are a combination of variables. The comparative analysis over time of the performance profiles of the winning teams reveals how the styles of play evolve and identifies those variables (such as possession of the ball or blank shots) that are considered the most important in today’s football (Castellano et al, 2012; Sarmento et al, 2014)

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