The study was conducted using a system designed to analyse crossing and shooting, with the use of a database, within which the data was inputted. A reliability study using the test-retest method (conducted one week later), was carried out on the Semi Final between England and Spain of Euro 96. All 64 matches from the 1998 World Cup were notated post event over a period of 90 minutes plus injury time, although extra time and penalty shootouts were omitted from the analysis. The time the cross occurred, event leading, team, area crossed from, area crossed to, type of cross, infront or behind the defence, result of cross, if applicable: whether or not a pass was made, number of passes in sequence, shot type, height of shot, direction in relation to goalkeeper, speed and intent of shot, contact, direction GP, Outcome and Possession, were analysed, which enables the frequency of the actions to be recorded. A Chi-Square test was used as a statistical process to determine if differences occurred between the 1986 and 1998 World Cup Finals.
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