The Process between the Initiation of an Attack and Scoring Touch in the UEFA Champions League

Abstract

In this study, a total of 306 goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group games of the 2017-2018 season were assessed. The differences in the distribution of technical and tactical criteria created in the scoring of goals were examined. According to the criteria, the distribution of goals and Ki-square distribution difference analyses were evaluated at the level of .05. The general characteristics of the goals scored: the beginning of the attack from the second zone (45%) and the open play (71%) with organized offences (56%), team passing between 1-3 (45%), inside the penalty area (88%), in the "B2" zone (54%), strikers (54%) who were not under opponent pressure (64%), using the right foot (53%) with one touch (64%). In the Champions League, where high-level football is played, the second part of the field won and organized attacks in the penalty area without making too many passes, especially in the penalty area where the opponent's pressure to meet the attacking player who survived the pressure and the goal scorer's one-touch goal kick, reveals the characteristics of the goals scored in such championships.