Author: Alicia Arias

Data Analysis to Evaluate Performance in Women’s Football Women’s football in Argentina continues to rise in high-performance sports and shows no signs of slowing down, accompanied by advancements that can at times be overwhelming due to the wide range of available tools. In this discipline, the collection of quantitative data on match actions is still […]

The Development of Strikers in Colombia Colombia is a country with a privileged geography, characterized by its tropical and Caribbean climate, conditions that favor the development of football talent. In particular, it has historically excelled in producing strikers; players who combine speed, physical strength, and refined technique. The country has been a cradle of high-level […]

The world of sports analytics is more competitive than ever. With more and more teams and organisations relying on data analytics for strategic advantage, aspiring sports analysts must master a wide range of skills to identify key patterns and trends. With these five skills, you will make a difference: 1. Mastering video analysis:  Video is […]

Data Analysis for Assessing Physical Performance in Soccer In elite soccer, the analysis of players’ physical performance has become an essential tool. Today, teams constantly monitor players’ physical activity using precise data obtained from GPS tracking devices, accelerometers, and high-tech camera systems. This data provides detailed insight into each player’s physical capabilities and limitations, allowing […]

We’re thrilled to present Longomatch 2.0. This new version incorporates features that enhance your analyses’ flexibility, control, and customization. Below, we detail each of these new features and how they can help you in your daily tasks. 1. Direct editing of events from the timeline or zonal tags. With Longomatch 2.0, you can edit event properties […]

In high-performance sports, injuries pose a significant challenge not only for athletes but also for teams and coaching staff. Injury prevention and effective rehabilitation are fundamental pillars for the success and longevity of athletes. In this context, video analysis has become an essential tool that allows us to minimize risks and optimize recovery processes. Identifying […]

A Shift in Modern Football Modern football has undergone a remarkable change in its style of play in recent seasons. Teams have evolved, and this transformation is reflected in a more positional approach on the pitch. This change has generated an interesting debate around the decline of a key indicator: progressive passing (PrgP), those that […]

England Press England started this final in 4-2-3-1 with an extreme man-to-man pressing from the front (not as intense as Bielsa ball). Here we see the evidence from the very first minute of the game, they match Spain’s 4-3-3 build-up, force La Roja to play outside, and try to recover the ball there. The game […]

HOW BVB CAN HURT BVB IN LONDON The Champions League 2024 final presents an exciting showdown, and Borussia Dortmund go into this one with a number of key tactical cues that have been pivotal to their success throughout the season. Here are Dortmund’s tactical highlights ahead of this crucial match: BVB is a team that […]

There are only a few rounds left in the league, where there are still some things to resolve: Champions League positions, the fight for Europe, relegation, etc. Although in general terms we can already glimpse how the qualification will be at the end of the 38th matchday. Therefore, in this article, we will analyse, through […]

Under the slogan “One skin”, a friendly match was held on March 26 between the world champion teams, Spain and Brazil, to prepare for and combat racism and violence in soccer. This event occurred at the Santiago Bernabéu, in a thrilling match ending in a three-goal draw. Despite being a friendly match, the intensity and […]

Strategic movements in the finishing zones do not solely rely on the individual skills of players, as commonly assumed. Increasingly, solutions are sought to dismantle opposing defences from a collective gameplay perspective. Therefore, in this article, we will explore a movement during the finishing phase that involves capitalizing on the spaces between the centre-back and […]

In the current era of sports, analytics has become crucial to understanding and improving team performance. In a context where competition is increasingly intense and winning margins are reduced to fractions of a second, sports analysis has become a fundamental element to improve skills and strategies. In recent years, we have witnessed an exponential boom […]

Saving time is the obsession of every analyst. More analysis in less time and with at least the same quality. In the world of sports, where tasks and working hours seem endless, anything that helps us save time is always welcome. And this is often the biggest challenge an analyst encounters. So here are some […]

In the history of sports, numbers, statistics, data and records have always been present: goals scored, points scored, seconds taken to complete 100 metres, and so on. But their function was merely for results, to magnify a sporting milestone, or simply informative, to record a fact. As time went by, tactics, scouting and analysis of […]

Beyond the goals we celebrate, there is a hidden narrative. A narrative that is woven with data, probability, but how can we measure a team’s true goal scoring efficiency on the pitch? This is where a powerful metric comes into play: expected goals, or xG.  To understand this blog’s explanation, we must first explain what […]

The 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-finals will be remembered for a long time. On one hand, Fiji’s dream was stopped by England, but Argentina managed to get the better of a tough Wales. But the other two games were a clash of the Titans between the first 4 teams in the World ranked before the […]

At the end of the 70s, the NBA had just beaten its main competitor the ABA, from which up to 4 teams became part of the NBA, thanks to a rapid expansion in those years. However, it was a bittersweet victory, because the NBA was going through its worst moment, the low attendance in the […]

Thai people have been fans of the English Premier League for a long time as it was the only league broadcasted in the country back in the day. They sought to learn its tactics, aspired for their national team to play a similar style of football, and often discussed strategies to achieve success like the […]

Ten years ago, Muthu Alagappan delivered a famous TED talk on the new basketball positions, recognizing the paradigm shift that was taking place in the NBA. He proposed a classification of 13 positions based on different player characteristics, which helped to understand the concept of modern basketball that has been implemented in recent years. This […]

One of the objectives of any team in its offensive play is to be able to overcome the opposing defense by finding players who are free between the lines, generating decisive advantages to create opportunities for progression and successful finishes. In this post, we will analyze two situations to find players between the lines, either […]

Real Madrid will play in another Club World Cup final on Saturday after defeating Al-Ahly 4-1 in the semi-finals, a match marked by notable absences for the Whites, but which they dominated at all times despite the Egyptian team closing the gap and making Madrid doubt the result at times. The Egyptian team played a […]

Analysis: Super Cup final The Gavi effect was one of FC Barcelona’s main weapons in their Super Cup final victory. The first title of Xavi’s era at the helm of the team will be remembered for the display against the reigning European champions. The blaugranas tried to impose their football and in many moments managed […]

FC Barcelona won a hard-fought victory on Sunday 9 January at the Wanda Metropolitano to take advantage of Real Madrid’s slip-up the day before. The team coached by Xavi Hernandez started by taking control of the game and found a goal that put them in the lead and from then on they were able to […]