"Insurgence of fatigue and its implications in the selection and accuracy of passes in football. A case study”,

Football is a situational team sport, the measurement of individual and group performance is therefore complex, especially if the intent is to investigate the individual components that influence the result. Performance depends on multiple factors, which can be summarized in four specific areas physiological, psychological, technical and tactical, all of these together build the player performance model. The execution of the pass, in all its modalities, is a substantial technical and tactical ability during a football game and is it influenced by several factors that may be intrinsic or extrinsic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of fatigue in the distribution of type of passes and their accuracy, analysing two complete season 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 from a team belonging to the Lega Pro (third level of the Italian Football) for a total of 74 matches. Data were collected from thereports provided by WyScout database (Chiavari, Italy).