Las crisis durante el juego: el gol psicológico en el fútbol

Abstract

Psychological score, Game crisis, Football teams, Cognitive coping, Communicative co-ordination.ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to delve empirically and theoretically into the relationship between an essential situational variable in football scoring a goal in the last stretch of the first period and its consequences in terms of the matchs final score. A theoretical framework was devised and the results of data from two top-level championships the Spanish and Argentine national leagues confirm the existence of this effect. The discussion analyses the importance of the players cognitive interpretation of the situation to explain the phenomenon.