Science Behind the Germany victory in the 2014 World Cup
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The quality of players is now not enough to deliver a country win the World Cup. German victory in the biggest football competition held in Brazil since June 2014 show. Germany embarrass Brazil with a score of 7-1 in a semifinal match. In the final round, the Germans managed to beat a team from a country that is not less formidable soccer game, Argentina.
What is the key to victory in the 2014 World Cup Germany? The answer is the use of science and technology to help analyze the performance of the players and determine a strategy game. The use of science and technology by the German could be seen in two ways, namely the use of Big Data to analyze the game and determines the strategy and innovative exercise program that works to increase the performance of the player. German team sponsored by Adidas and Daimler, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Thursday (07/10/2014), using Big Data solutions from SAP. Solution in the form of a tool called Match Insight.
In collaboration with 50 students from the University Sport Cologne, Germany team collected data from each of the opposing team before and during the World Cup, starting from the player to a strategy game developed, even every article in the newspaper about a game opponent. The students were recruited himself a football fan. Before they were given the right to collect and analyze the data, they were asked to swear to maintain the confidentiality of the data.
With the solution, Germany, for example, analyzing the Brazil game in the last four years. "We had the game data without Silva and Neymar of Brazil," said Olivier Bierhoff, the German team manager, in an interview with ESPN on Tuesday (07/08/2014) ago. Match Insight also helped the German team to evaluate. The device was connected to the camera in the field that can record the match. Video recordings of short duration can be sent to players via mobile devices.
Bierhoff said, "Players get a few examples of good and bad things are done every game was over. They can see at any time and the data can also check the performance of the game." Evidence that Match Insight helps, in addition to a landslide victory against Brazil, is currently competing against France. Team Germany became know, during the game, the French teams tend to be concentrated in the middle, but weak on the wing. The gap was used to attack.
Not only Match Insight. Germany, as quoted by Bloomberg, on Saturday (12/07/2014), also became the only team that uses GPS tracking to detect player movement and vitality. With it, they minimize the risk of injury. In addition to software, Germany also use the insights of biology and medicine to improve the performance of the player. Before the World Cup, the German team held a training for 10 days in the Alps, Italy. Why the Alps? The region is located at an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level. Exercises in place it will trigger the production of hemoglobin, the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood circulation. With more hemoglobin, the player has a higher resistance.
Eight days before the match, the German team to the residence while they were in Brazil in areas near Porto Seguro. There, they had a temporary shelter with a capacity of 60 rooms built last year by developer Hirmer Immobilien GmbH & Co.. Why do they live there, not in the hotel? In that place, the Germans learn to adapt to the humid tropical conditions. Before this World Cup, Germany has not won a match held in Latin America. Step Germany this time may mark a new era in sporting events. In future sporting events, not just the strength of the players are pitted, but also superiority in science and technology.
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