DYNAMICS OF COLLECTIVE BALL CONTROL IN THE UKRAINE-BELGIUM MATCH OF THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP-2024

Abstract

Collective attack tactics are one of the main and most important components of the game of football. Collective tactics should be understood as the organization of group and team interactions of players to achieve victory over the opponent. That is, this is the interaction of football players within the team scheme of the game that takes place according to a certain plan, which allows for a successful tactical struggle with the opponent. Whatever tactical settings the coach makes for the match, these instructions are implemented by the actions of the football players. That is why without individual tactical skill it is unthinkable to carry out clear group and team tactical actions that give the game harmony and coherence. Most tactical tasks that arise during a football match are solved precisely by group actions, which is why during the match, teams actively use the interaction of two, three or more players in different parts of the playing field. Since a football match consists of multiple transitions from defense to attack, it is quite obvious that the attacking actions of each team must be organized. In national teams, building the content of the game based on collective control of the ball is a very difficult task for any coach. Leading European teams, demonstrating a high level of group and team interaction, quite often become champions of Europe and the World. Teams that have the ball 60% or more of the time win 2.5 times more often than they lose. To build such tactics of the game, you need not only a good selection of highly qualified players, but also the art of coaching thought. In addition, due to the short time allotted for training players in national teams, tactics based on total ball control are much more difficult to implement. Analyzing the available literature, we found out that the issues of collective tactics of the game are given great attention. But at the same time, there remains an incompletely resolved question regarding all the regularities of tactics, which in a certain way affect the positive result in the match.