The following is the abstract of my presentation at the Congress in cognitive psychology held in tese days at Al-Ain University, UAE.
Main issues in football talking about attention are: (a) how can measure on the pitch the team focus and (b) how can understand that the team has focused during the different match periods. This study proposes to use as concentration index the goal distribution, dividing the football match in 6 periods of 15 minutes each one. The study has analyzed three different championships, first League, in four European countries as England, Italy, Spain and The Netherland. The data collected shown that there are no differences among all the four championships, most of the goals are scored in the second half-time and mainly in the last 30 minutes. Concerning the Italian Serie A when the match finishes with a draw or with one or two goals more of the opponents, the goals are again mainly scored in the last 30 minutes of the games. The study has shown that the team concentration index could be defined by the reduction of goals scored by the opponent team in the last time period. Example of specific Italian Serie A teams are reported to show the relevance of the goal frequency, scored in the last period of the match, on the final results.
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