https://youtu.be/UgSZkSygB0k A live problem on the touchline The opponent circulates from left to right and your back four shuffle… almost. One wide midfielder lags half a step, the full-back tucks too early, and a passing lane opens across your box. Nothing “catastrophic” on the GPS sheet—but the...
https://youtu.be/BgA8MOrG5x0 A coach’s dilemma Every week, coaches and analysts ask themselves the same question: How does my team really build its attacks? We often measure possession in percentages or completed passes, but these numbers don’t explain how a team progresses. Did they circulate endlessly in their own half?...
Are your small-sided training sessions truly representative of what happens during matches? This article presents a cutting-edge model developed by LALIGA’s Football Intelligence Area using real match data and artificial intelligence to dynamically detect and classify small-sided game contexts based on opponent behavior, tactical systems,...
LALIGA’s new tactical synchrony model, developed by the Football Intelligence Area, offers a powerful way to visualize, measure, and interpret how both teams organize their blocks throughout a match. Applied to the latest ElClásico, the model reveals when a team achieves spatial dominance, how positional...
In professional football, data is no longer optional — it's a competitive edge. At LALIGA’s Football Intelligence & Performance Area, we explore how tools like Media Coach, advanced tracking technologies, and AI-powered predictive models are transforming tactical decision-making. This article reveals how we use top-tier...
Is passing talent something you learn, or is it innate? A data-driven analysis from LALIGA Football Intelligence & Performance suggests that elite-level passing ability is an innate trait, not a skill developed over time. After analyzing passing quality using an advanced Voronoi-based model in LALIGA EA...