Players’ performance during worst-case scenarios in professional soccer matches: a systematic review

Markel Rico-González; Rafael Oliveira; Luiz H. Palucci Vieira; José Pino-Ortega; Filipe Clemente

doi:10.5114/biolsport.2022.107022

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Review paper

Players’ performance during worst-case scenarios in professional soccer matches: a systematic review

Markel Rico-González

^{1, 2}

,

Rafael Oliveira

^{3, 4, 5}

,

Luiz H. Palucci Vieira

⁶

,

José Pino-Ortega

^{2, 7}

,

Filipe Manuel Clemente

^{8, 9}

Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country, UPV EHU. Lasarte 71, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
BIOVETMED & SPORTSCI Research group. University of Murcia, San Javier. España
Sports Science School of Rio Maior, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, 2140-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Life Quality Research Centre, 2140-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Research Centre in Sport Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
MOVI-LAB Human Movement Research Laboratory, School of Sciences, Graduate Program in Movement Sciences, Physical Education Dept., UNESP São Paulo State University, Bauru, Brazil
Faculty of Sports Sciences. University of Murcia, San Javier. Spain
Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Delegação da Covilhã, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal

Biol Sport. 2022;39(3):695–713.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2022.107022

Online publish date: 2021/08/30

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Since the analysis of worst-case scenarios (WCS) has been increasing knowledge about match demands and possible impacts for the training process, it seems important to summarize the evidence to provide useful information for the soccer community. Thus, the purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the evidence about WCS in professional soccer. A systematic review of PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and FECYT (Web of Sciences, CCC, DIIDW, KJD, MEDLINE, RSCI, and SCIELO) was performed according to the guidelines for performing systematic reviews in sport science. From the 85 studies initially identified, 12 were fully reviewed, and their outcome measures were extracted and analyzed. There was an inverse relationship between the duration of WCS windows and running output during match play. Occurrences of WCS during soccer matches were also position-dependent across studies, at least, when analyzing performance with the total distance covered variable, although different outputs were identified between women and men players. Future research should consider analyzing the impact of contextual variables (match status, team formation, and match location) on peak match values and the weight of these moderators.

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Players’ performance during worst-case scenarios in professional soccer matches: a systematic review

Markel Rico-González 1, 2 , Rafael Oliveira 3, 4, 5 , Luiz H. Palucci Vieira 6 , José Pino-Ortega 2, 7 , Filipe Manuel Clemente 8, 9

Football, Peak performance, High intensity, Elite, Game analysis

Markel Rico-González

^{1, 2}

,

Rafael Oliveira

^{3, 4, 5}

,

Luiz H. Palucci Vieira

⁶

,

José Pino-Ortega

^{2, 7}

,

Filipe Manuel Clemente

^{8, 9}