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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/43693| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Variations of network centralities between playing positions in favorable and unfavorable close and unbalanced scores during the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| Authors: | Filipe Manuel Clemente Hugo Borges Sarmento Gibson Moreira Praça Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis Thomas Rosemann Beat Knechtle |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is twofold: (i) analyze the variations of network centralities between close (difference of goals equal to one) and unbalanced (difference of goals equal to or greater than two) scores; and (ii) compare the centrality levels between playing positions. The passing sequences that occurred during the 64 matches played by the 32 national teams that participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup were analyzed and coded. The network centralities of degree prestige and degree centrality were calculated based on the weighted adjacency matrices built from the passing sequences. The results reveal that higher degree centralities of midfielders occurred in unfavorable (lost) unbalanced scores (p = 0.046; ES (effect size) = 0.472). Moreover, in favorable (won) matches the higher values of degree centrality of central defenders (p = 0.014; ES: 0.458) and defensive midfielders (p = 0.004; ES: 0.715) were also found in unbalanced scores. The comparisons between positions revealed that the highest and significant degree prestige levels were found in defensive midfielders in both close (12.10%) and unbalanced scores (10.95%). In conclusion, it is possible to observe that winning by an unbalanced score significantly increased the centrality levels of the wingers and forwards in comparison to close scores. Moreover, it was also found that independent of the final score or the unbalanced score level, the defensive midfielders were the most prominent or recruited players during the passing sequences. |
| Subject: | Teoria dos grafos Redes de relações sociais Observação Jogadores de futebol Desempenho Copa do mundo (Futebol) |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | EEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE ESPORTES |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01802 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/43693 |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2019 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01802/full |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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