“…In order to control a football game, a team needs to have more frequent possession of the ball. Similar findings, but for different leagues, can be found from other studies (Lago-Peñas & Dellal , 2010;Armatas, Zaggelidis, Skoufas, Papadopoulou, & Fragkos, 2009;GÖRAL, 2015;Kempe, Vogelbein, Memmert, & Nopp, 2014;Aquino, Garganta, Manechini, Bedo, & Puggina, 2017). Moreover, for possession to be effective, it must happen closer to your opponent's goal; otherwise, an increase in possession is totally ineffective (Casal, Maneiro, Ardá, Marí, & Losada, 2017).…”