ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
Missing pieces, new patterns: the impact of association football international call-ups on team offensive and defensive performance indicators.
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Introduction: To examine how mid-season international call-ups (AFCON and AFC Asian Cup) affect club performance across offensive, defensive, and playing-style key performance indicators (KPIs). Methods: A non-participant observational study analyzed 522 league matches from 58 teams in Europe's top five leagues (2023-2024). For teams losing players to international duty ( Results: INT-CUP showed clear improvements in ball-possession KPIs versus PRE and POST: higher total, successful, frontal, lateral, and backward passes; more progressive and deep completed passes; more crosses; and greater passes per possession, alongside shorter average passing length (all Discussion: Contrary to expectations, international absences coincided with a more possession-oriented style and enhanced attacking output, without compromising defensive outcomes. Effects between PRE and POST were modest, suggesting tactical adaptations during absences can sustain or even improve offensive efficiency. Coaches may leverage forced rotations to explore possession-based structures that preserve defensive stability.
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