Diaa Salah takes talks about the significance of performance analysis in taking African football to the top of the global game
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN FOOTBALL: Diaa Salah
Football, like all sports, has been embedded with technology for everything from ticketing and entering stadiums to goal-line technology, and even player fitness, recovery and performance.
Performance analysis for football managers and players has evolved massively over the last 10 years and now includes indicators such as complete and incomplete passes, interceptions, crosses, areas covered, tackles won/lost, shots on/off, ball possession and much more.
Of course, this technology has been used in European leagues for a while, and the coaches and analysts use the data to the benefit of the team and the player.