Author(s): Dr. Rakesh Malik, Dr. Neeru Malik and Anuj Vohra

Abstract:
The purpose of the present study was to analyze the top attacking offensive strategies and tactics used by the quarterfinalist team during FIFA U-17 World cup 2017 India. In this study top attacking strategies and tactics namely Total attacks (TA),Attacks from the Left(AFL),Attacks from the Centre (AFC), Attacks from the Right (AFR), Assists Goal (AG), Total Deliveries in Penalty Area (TDP), Goal through Head (GTH), Penalty kick (PK), Total goal score (TGS). The data was recorded through video recorder of the live matches under the supervision of technical expert, and further the same videos were analyzed by three professional qualified coaches from the field of football. The required data used for the statistical analysis was mean score of three experts evaluation on above said strategies and tactics. The statistical interpretation indicate that during quarter final stage England and Mali team had made more numbers of attacks from left, center and right side and also remain successful in total attacks as compared to remaining quarter final team. More over England and Spain followed by Mali and Germany were found more attacking with in the penalty area as compared to USA followed by Brazil, Ghana and Iran. The results of the study suggested that team should play attacking game to create pressure on the opponents.

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