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ActionJack87 t1_iz8uxxr wrote

Some of the most influential players (Messi, Bellingham, Modric, De Jong, Gundogan, Pedri, Fernandes) tend to receive the ball whilst under less pressure. Other teams may want to consider marking them more tightly.

Mbappe and Depay receive the ball under the most pressure. Tadic, Musiala and Olmo next. All are technically skilful players, able to control the ball and think quickly about distribution or taking a player on one-on-one. Mbappe is a huge outlier though, as he is far above the others in this section; standing off him would invite even more trouble. This is what makes him the most dangerous player at this World Cup.

There are an interesting mix of players in the low ball reception/low pressure category. Some are older/slower players, like Giroud, Mitrovic, Ayew and Choupo-Moting. But there are also younger players with higher levels of movement like Richarlison, Gakpo and Sarr. What does that suggest? These players are heavily marked, which can create space for those more influential playmakers.

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max_667 t1_iz9diti wrote

I would say that Modric tends to go back in his own half to get the ball where he is under less pressure than for example Mbappe that receives the ball in very offensive positions where there are more defenders and more pressure.

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antantoon t1_iz9qdl1 wrote

Maybe it’s their ability to get into spaces away from opposition players

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antennawire t1_iz8jd3i wrote

I'm trying to understand the axis labels.

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detalbruh OP t1_iz8jtv3 wrote

This is the fifa terminology. X axis is how many times a player received a ball while being put under direct pressure by an opponent. Y axis is the total number of times a player received the ball.

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antennawire t1_iz8jzb1 wrote

Per 90?

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detalbruh OP t1_iz8l971 wrote

Per 90 minutes - we normalise the stats to be reflective of a 90 minute period (per match), instead of raw numbers which just show absolute values

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musicandfood_2 t1_izbjno3 wrote

Does this account for substitutes who come in later in the game?

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detalbruh OP t1_izbvv09 wrote

I've set this as a minimum 180 minutes played during the World Cup

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cancerballs69420 t1_iz7yyjr wrote

Pedri is so good. The way the dude find space is literally xavi reincarnate

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detalbruh OP t1_iz7sq05 wrote

Source: FIFA+ Technical Match Reports Tool: R Studio

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ogungbadey t1_iz8odq2 wrote

Pedri is so good, also one of the leaders for passes into the final third.

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slippsterr3 t1_iz9dqwq wrote

Very cool. Did you do some sort of unsupervised clustering or did you choose the three zones manually?

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Obi8 t1_izaosk4 wrote

This is really cool! Do you mind sharing the variable you used to determine direct pressure? Thanks!

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detalbruh OP t1_izb6dg2 wrote

Hi - the "receptions under direct pressure" variable is reported directly by FIFA :)

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RonPMexico t1_iz903cc wrote

This would be meaningful if I knew who any of these people are

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provencfg t1_iz90wuz wrote

Im certain you heard the name Messi at least once or twice.

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RonPMexico t1_iz91592 wrote

Does that give me any meaningful context? While I'm sure some of these guys are big names in popular soccer leagues, I doubt anyone is familiar with every soccer league globally and can put most of these names into a meaningful context.

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detalbruh OP t1_iz93a2b wrote

I've made this as its the world cup at the moment -there are plenty of people who are watching the tournament!

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provencfg t1_iz9fzxr wrote

You said it would!

I simply pointed out the one you probably do know out of these. But since you call it soccer I now know who I’m messing with.

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RonPMexico t1_iz9g9lm wrote

You mean the original name from the British who invented the game as we know it today? Are you saying hearing a name gives meaningful context that would help me understand the information in this graph? Do you know more than 20 percent of the names represented?

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TheCadburyGorilla t1_izairdr wrote

I know literally all the names on the graph, and I would say any half committed football fan probably would. It’s not some amazing feet of memory, they’re all well known players at the top level.

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