The 2010 FIFA World Cup web site has some fascinating information about Spain’s performance at the tournament. In this post I want to draw attention to Spain’s: Discipline Defence as characteristics of a winning team. There is something about their kit I would like to share too. I believe their discipline and defence were exceptional. [...]
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Discipline + Defence + Red Shirts: A Winning Formula at the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, byfer, Defence, Discipline, Goals Conceded, Goals Scored, La Roja, Martin Atrill, Red Cards, Red Shirts, South Africa, Spain, UCNISS, Winning Formula, World Cup, wvs, Yellow Cards on 13 July, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Penalty Shoot Outs at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010, Association Football, FIFA Ranking, FIFA World Cup, Football, Japan, Nwardez, Paraguay, Penalty Shoot Out, Soccer, South Africa, UCNISS, World Cup on 30 June, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 2010 World Cup Regulations stipulate that: In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes each will be played. If the score is level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken to determine the winner in accordance with [...]
The Knockout Stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010, Association Football, FIFA Ranking, FIFA World Cup, Football, joisyshowaa, Knockout, Referee, Soccer, South Africa, UCNISS, Venue, World Cup on 27 June, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Knockout Stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup started on 26 June. Information about the draw can be found at the FIFA web site. Teams The 16 teams that qualified for the knockout stages were: Group Team Group Position FIFA Rank May 2010 Games Won Goals Scored Yellow Cards A Uruguay 1 16 2 [...]
Ranking and Qualification for the Knock Out Stages of 2010 FIFA World Cup
Posted in Performance Analysis, Sport, tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Association Football, FIFA Ranking, Football, Leonrw, Qualification, Soccer, South Africa, UCNISS, World Cup on 26 June, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Group games have concluded at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This is the outcome of the qualification process: Group Team Group Position FIFA Rank May 2010 Games Won Goals Scored Yellow Cards A Uruguay 1 16 2 4 3 A Mexico 2 17 1 3 8 A South Africa 3 83 1 3 4 [...]