Finland women`s national team has gained a delightful success in the past few years in football and will play in Women`s Euro-tournament for the third time in a row in Sweden in 2013. It is obvious, that in order to achieve this high level in European football, things have to be and have been done in a correct way in Finnish women`s football in the past years. However, as the game constantly evolves and develops and the technical, tactical and physical requirements placed on players change, it is important to get and update relevant information about the requirements of the game and the level of Finnish football in order to develop the level of the game in Finland and the Finnish players. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the technical and tactical aspects of women`s football in three different levels. World Cup matches were analyzed to get information about the absolute top level in women`s football. Furthermore, national team matches played by Finnish women`s national team as well as Finnish league matches were analyzed in order to clarify the technical and tactical aspects of women`s football in Finland. Also, one of the main purposes was to create an objective review about the level of Finnish football and to point out some key aspects which should be improved and to which coaches and players could concentrate on during training sessions.
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