Abstract
Women’s football is the sports game with the most spectacular development in recent years both in terms of the number of participants (approximately 40 million) and all other factors involved in this process (international federations, investments, spectators, etc.). The general perception that most specialists have about women’s football is: “Like amateur football, but in slow motion”. This perception has fundamentally changed with the significant improvement in the level of performance shown on the field by football players. The questions we are trying to answer by conducting this research are the following: Are there important technical and tactical differences between women’s and men’s high-performance football? If there are such differences, what relevance do they have for the preparation process? In this context, the present study represents a comparative analysis, from a technical and tactical point of view, of the teams ranked in the top 3 at the last World Cups for both men (2018 FIFA World Cup Russia) and women (2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France). The data were obtained from the FIFA website and from live statistics provided during each World Cup game. The conclusions that will emerge from this study may represent directions for the further technical and tactical development of women’s football.
Highlights
The development of women’s football has reached a level that few people could have imagined
“If we want to increase performance in women’s football, we will have to focus on the study of its conditional, technical, tactical-strategic, volitional and socio-affective structure” (Casal et al, 2020, p. 2)
Trying to compare the results of our study with those of other research, we have found that there are a number of studies focused on the analysis of matches in women’s football
Summary
The development of women’s football has reached a level that few people could have imagined. The question we want to answer is: “Will women one day be better at football than men?” We do not have the answer to this question but, with the help of this research, we try to identify the technical and tactical level of expression of the most valuable national football teams (both men and women). Could the level of football shown by women be higher than that of men?. One of the main physiological differences between male and female athletes in general is the large difference in “hormonal factors” (women have lower testosterone levels than men but much higher oestrogen). These differences become evident in the specific responses or magnitude of the response to various training regimens (Lewis et al 1986). “If we want to increase performance in women’s football, we will have to focus on the study of its conditional, technical, tactical-strategic, volitional and socio-affective structure” (Casal et al, 2020, p. 2)
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