In Soccer, tactical dimension seems to influence significantly team and individual players performance. Our study focus on the analysis of team offensive tactical organization, considering three latent variables in interaction and covariation: time, space and task. We analysed 497 offensive sequences, played by six international top level teams. Statistical procedures consist of discriminant analysis, with and without stepwise procedure, logistic regression and cluster analysis. We conclude that the great variability expressed on the behaviour of the players is the main point. Notwithstanding, it is possible to perceive some regularities, illustrated by the way some variables are expressed and group themselves for interaction. The results of our study allow the following conclusions: (1) the variability of the offensive actions is a factor which is associated with the efficacy; to a greater variability corresponds a bigger efficacy; (2) the lane-, type of pass-, and tempo variations are associated with the offensive efficacy; (3) the interception is the way of ball recovering that offers more advantages to reach offensive efficacy; (4) the reduced time of attack, in opposition to the conclusions of other studies, shall not be understood as a factor which comes in association with a bigger offensive efficacy of the teams. So, the efficacy of teams seems to depend mainly on the capability to control the game, through variations in ball circulation, changes of tempo and type of pass, in order to create surprise and to promote unbalanced actions in the opposite team.
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