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Influence of contextualized physical performance metrics on offensive and defensive outcomes in professional football players

Paolo Troiani
1
,
Antonio Lucadamo
2
,
Dario Pompa
1, 3
,
Cristian Savoia
4
,
Francesco Laterza
5, 6
,
Maurizio Bertollo
1, 3
,
Marco Beato
6, 7

  1. Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
  2. Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
  3. BIND-Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
  4. The Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, The Tom Reilly Building, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  5. Department of Wellbeing, Nutrition and Sport, Pegaso Open University, Naples, Italy
  6. Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
  7. School of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Biol Sport. 2026;43:875–886
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.158681
Online publish date: 2026/02/06
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