I am very naive about cheating. I have tried to bear in mind the wisdom contained in the advice that “rules do not bring about conformity, rather they bring about a different kind of non-conformity”. A recent ABC Science article has drawn attention to a paper from October 2011 that has added to my interest [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Soccer’
Asian Football Cup Qatar 2011
Posted in Performance, Sport, tagged Asian Cup 2011, Football, Game 1, IFunz, Khalifa Stadium, Qatar, Soccer, UCNISS on 7 January, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Asian Football Tournament 2011 kicked off tonight in Qatar. I have a page of information about the Tournament at this link. See this post for an analysis of goals scored in the Group Stage of the Tournament. See this post for an analysis of the goals scored in the Knockout Stage of the Tournament. [...]
2010 FIFA World Cup: After the Final Whistle
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 145 goals, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 64 games, Association Football, Brazil 2014, FIFA Ranking, Football, Germany v Spain, goals scored first half, goals scored in extra time, goals scored second half, Haddasah28, higher ranking team, Lowfatbrains, no cards, Penalty Shoot Out, Referees, Soccer, team that scores first, UCNISS on 12 July, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At this World Cup I have been following: Goal scoring patterns. Game outcome in relation to FIFA Ranking (May 2010). Referees for each game. The official web site for the World Cup has provided enormous detail about each game and the tournament. I have collected all my posts at this page. After 64 Games at [...]
Semi Finals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Outputs
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Association Football, Castrol Index, Football, Germany, Netherlands, Outputs, Semi Final, Soccer, South Africa, Spain, UCNISS, Uruguay on 8 July, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote a post before the semi finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The post noted some of the inputs going into these two games from the four teams involved. The outputs of the games were: Higher ranked teams (FIFA Ranking May 2010) won both games The team that scored first won both games [...]
Semi Finals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Inputs
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Altitude, Association Football, FIFA Ranking, Football, Games Won, Germany, Goals Scored, Netherlands, Performance, Raphaelpecheco, Red Cards, Referees, Sea Level, Semi Final, Soccer, South Africa, Spain, UCNISS, Uruguay, World Cup, Yellow Cards on 6 July, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Going into the semi final games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, these are some of the performance characteristics of the four teams remaining. Alphabetical Team Germany Netherlands Spain Uruguay Alphabetical and Group Position Team Qualifying Group Position Germany 1 Netherlands 1 Spain 1 Uruguay 1 FIFA Ranking May 2010 Team FIFA Rank May 2010 [...]