A NEW TAXONOMY OF EVALUATING, DIAGNOSING AND PLAN-PROGRAMMING FOR FUTURE 3 WORLD CUPS ACTIVITY.

EURO-2004 (EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP)

Ph.D. KOSTAS FAMISSIS, Football Lecturer University of Trikala, Greece

Drd. JULIAN V. STANCULESCU, President Soccer
Academy of America, Chicago – Zurich

MB NICO STANCULESCU, President of the World Events Forum – USA

Ph.D. VICTOR STANCULESCU, International Football Technical,
Scientific & Business Consultant

Key words: Football, Taxonomy, Three Dimensional System, Maximum performance efficiency, Euro-2004, FIFA, UEFA

Introduction

EURO-2004 represents an important study, part of the 'Continuing Adult Education Program' presented by Soccer Academy of America for development of world of football. 'The specific references' are usually done through 'Technical Reports', through group Study': FIFA – for all World Cups, the Confederations - for Continental competitions and National FA-for each country. Those studies are done, particularly, for 'Evaluation' of the competitions which is the first part of the complete professional circle of activity (without diagnosis and the implementation strategies, as our study is presenting).

Our extensive study has 100 pages and is a non-traditional concept based on three dimensional systems:

1. 'Evaluating the Game, Teams and the Results', using a new professional tools, the profiles evaluating the game's factors in marks from 1-10 (Knowing that the science is applied in football when we are using numbers) .

2. Diagnosing the game's Essential Qualities, main Weaknesses and Latent Capacities, and

3. Plan-Programming: for the future 3 World Cups; Actual Juniors for – 2014 World Cup, actual Youth for - 2010 World Cups and actual Seniors for - 2006 World Cup.

Hypothesis

1. Studying the World Cup 2002 we find out important metamorphosis, establishing a new 'World Football Order' a new orientation and reorientation of the world of football and automatically, of world football practical activity. Interested to know if those aspects are really facts, we tried to make the same study for the Euro-2004 as we did for the 2002 World Cups and we will continuing to do the same for World Cup 2006, in 'a longitudinal study'.

2. Also, we wanted to find out why the National Teams as France, Argentina. Italy, Spain, Portugal etc. are getting out from the first and second round of the Man-World Cup 2002? In the same time, why some of the other national teams classified in the 2^nd or/and 3^rd performance categories before the World Cup 2002, played very well and qualified to the quarter-finals and semi-finals (as Turkey, Korea, USA etc.)? Is this phenomenon repeated at EURO, 2004? What about for the World Cup 2006?

3. In the same time, we want to verify a new technology and methodology (used in the last 14 years by the Soccer Academy of America as 'Learning from the Champion of Champions and implementing in own concept of performance'. This is the new Football Taxonomy for the next three world cups, a new 'Scientific Classification of any football concept of performance'. This methodology perfected can be a useful inspiration for all football organizations and associations, as well as for the professional football staff: Coaches, Players, Referees, Managers, Medical Staff, Football Media etc.

Subjects

- Euro-2004, is a competition organized for the 16 winners out of 51 national teams' countries from Europe after a preliminary qualification:

- 16 national teams X 22 = 352 professional players; 16 teams x 10-20 staff = 160-260 professional staff; referees, managers, organizers, media, observers, national FA leaders, and thousands supporters' transforming Euro-2004 in second major competitions after the World Cups-for seniors.

- Every team will play mandatory 3 games and if they are qualifying, for the 2^nd, 3^rd and the finals 4^th rounds, will be a total of maximum 6 games, all played at 3 days distance.

Methods of research/study and the results

Step 1: We establish the methodology of the study: First, 'Evaluation': based on profiles composed by 10 game's factors, using a scale in marks from 1 to 10 (10 being maximum):

• In the extensive paper 'Euro – 2004 study' we made the Evaluation for each game, for all groups.
• Limited by space and rules of presentation the first step of the study, is illustrated in table 1, by a total vision of the first round for 16 teams' evaluation, through a Professional Profile with 10 game's factors: 4 groups X 4 teams X 3 games each team.

Table 1

STEP I: EVALUATION PROCESS:

The 16 teams - first round evaluation - 4 groups X 4 teams X 3 games each team

Game No	THE NATIONAL TEAMS	Mental	Physical	Attack	Set-Play	Deffens	Star Play	Ref-Eres	Coach	Opponent	Game Value	Total	PLACE
	Group –A
1	Greece	8	8	7	7	8	9	7	8	4	7	73	1
2	Portugal	8	7	7	5	7	7	7	8	6	7	69	2
3	Russia	7	8	7	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	68	3
4	Spain	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	4	7	67	4
	TOTAL	31	31	28	24	29	30	26	29	21	28	277
	Places	1	1	4	6	3	2	5	3	7	4	-
	Group – B
1	France	10	8	7	10	9	10	9	5	8	9	74	1
2	England	8	8	8	5	4	8	9	8	7	7	73	2
3	Croatia	8	8	8	7	7	8	4	4	5	7	66	3
4	Swiss	7	7	6	5	4	6	8	5	5	5	61	4
	TOTAL	33	31	29	27	24	32	30	22	25	28	281
	Places	1	3	5	7	9	2	4	10	8	6	-
	Group – C
1	Denmark	8	8	8	6	8	7	7	8	8	7	75	1
2	Sweden	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	70	2
3	Italy	8	8	7	5	6	6	8	6	7	6	67	3
4	Bulgaria	8	7	5	5	6	6	7	5	5	5	60	4
	TOTAL	31	31	27	22	27	26	29	26	27	25	271
	Places	1	1	3	6	3	4	2	4	3	5	-
	Group – D
1	Czech	9	8	8	7	8	9	7	9	8	8	81	1
2	Holland	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	75	2
3	Latvia	9	8	8	6	7	8	3	8	7	8	72	3
4	Germany	5	6	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	46	4
	TOTAL	31	30	28	24	27	27	24	28	26	27	272
	Places	1	2	3	6	4	4	6	3	5	4	-
	Total General	126	123	110	97	107	115	109	105	99	108	-
		1	2	4	10	7	3	5	8	9	6	-

We presented graphs to illustrate the value of the evaluated factors.

Graph 1. The evaluation of the first round of Euro-2004

Table 2

CLASSIFICATION OF 10 GAME'S FACTORS EVALUATED

PLACE	QUALITIES	POINTS
1.	Mental	126
2	Physical	123
3	Star Players	115
	LATENT CAPACITIES
4	Playing in Attack	110
5	Referees & Refereeing	109
6	Games' Value	108
7	Playing in Defense	107
	WEAKNESSES
8	Coaches' Value & Strategies	105
9	The Opponent's value	99
10	Set Plays	97

EVALUATION OF THE FINAL EURO-2004 GAME: PORTUGAL-GREECE: 0-1

We used a profile with 15 major factors X 3 aspects, with a 45 game's factors.

Connecting the marks we obtained professional game's profile:

* The marks situated on the right side of the profile, are the game's QUALITIES

* The marks situated on the left side of the profile are the game's WEAKNESSES

* The marks situate between the Qualities & Weaknesses are game's and of course the teams, LATENT CAPACITIES - UNPREPARED QUALITIES.

Table 3

PORTUGAL – GREECE: 0-1

Euro – 2004 Final Game's Profile, made by 15 factors and 45 aspects

No	MAIN FACTORS OF THE GAME	-5	5	6	7	8	9	10
1.	TEAM composition: first 11 & substitutions: 21-22
	1.1. Composition of the first 11				P	g
	1.2. Number and value of the Reserves				p-g
	1.3. Number and value of the stars & super-star				p-g
2.	COACH' S: Playing, training & recovery concept 17-25
	2.1. Talent for this profession						p-g
	2.2. Intelligence and Creativity for Winning	P				g
	2.3. Positive attitude, fairness and character	P				g
3.	MENTAL: Power to go ahead, coming back+win: 18-24
	3.1. Knowing the Playing System and Sport Concept			P		g
	3.2. Self Control, and Players Integration in Team			P		g
	3.3. Creativity, Self Perfection and Efficiency			P		g
4.	PHYSICAL Fitness for 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 games to win 17-24
	4.1. Freshness and Sport Estate for every Game!		p		G
	4.2. Speed and Agility, timing self-body & opponent			P		g
	4.3. Power & Endurance for 100 minutes/game			P			G
5.	SKILLS: Accuracy, creativity and efficiency: 19-25
	5.1. For Attack: Passing, Dribbling & Shooting				P	g
	5.2. For Defense: Pressing, Interception, Tackling				P	g
	5.3. For Set Plays: Free Kicks, Corner, Throw-In		p				G
6.	METHODS of playing: attack, defense & S. Plays 18-22
	6.1. For Attack: Own, Middle & Opponent field				p-g
	6.2. For Defense: Own, Middle and Opponent Field				p-g
	6.3. For Set Plays: Attack, Defense and Set Plays	P				g
7.	PRINCIPLES of Playing: attack, defense +S.Plays 17-22
	7.1. Attack: Switch D-A, Build & Finish Attack			p-g
	7.2. Defense: Switch A-D, Build Zone & Man/Man +				p-g
	7.3. Set Plays: Attack and Defense	P					G
8.	GAME'S Development: when 0-0; 0-1 and 1-0 21-21
	8.1. Temperature and the field				p-g
	8.2. Using the Water, Vitamins and Minerals				p-g
	8.3. Using Oxygen, Relaxations &				p-g
9.	CODE of Communication & mental Support: 19-25
	9.1. Communication & Support between Players			P		g
	9.2. Communication & Support with Referee						p-g
	9.3. Communication & Support with Coach/outside	P				g
10.	OPPONENTS' Value, sport estate and freshness 18-24
	10.1. Mental, Physical & Skills (Individual)			P		g
	10.2. Playing in Attack, Defense and Set Plays			P		g
	10.3. Freshness and Sport Estate for the Game			P		g
11.	GAME'S Importance: Qualification or elimination: 28-26
	11.1. Tradition is advantage for the team?			G		p
	11.2. Championship of Cup							p-g
	11.3. Qualification or knock-out							p-g
12.	REFEREES: Value, Fairness, Change the Results: 24-24
	12.1. Value – knows of not the game					p-g
	12.2. Fair – calling what the game shows					p-g
	12.3. Changed the result of the game or not					p-g
13.	TEAM Strategies: Subs. coming back +win 21-23
	13. 1. 1 vs. 1 from analyzing 11 vs. 11 Team's value				P	g
	13.2. Controlling the ball: attack, defense, set plays				p-g
	13.3. Controlling the opponent and the result?				P	g
14.	STARS Coach & Players Contributions: 9-25
	14.1. Star Players Contribution for the result	P				g
	14.2. Star Coach Contribution at the result	P				g
15.	THE RESULT of the game is correct? 18-26
	15.1. Better: own team or the opponent?		p				G
	15.2. Mistake of the Referee?					p-g
	15.3. The result is correct, the best won the game		p				G

Legend: P = Portugal and G= Greece

Table 4

Portugal –Greece: 0-1  Final for 1 & 2 Places

Profile Analysis on 15 Game's Factors:

No	MAIN FACTORS OF THE GAME	Portugal	Greece	Total	Clasification
1.	Team composition: first 11 & substitutions	21	22	43	4
2.	Coach's playing, training & recovery concept	17	25	42	5
3.	Mental power to go ahead or coming back + win	18	24	42	5
4.	Physical Fitness for 1, 3, 4,5, 6 games to win	17	24	41	6
5.	Game' Skills: Accuracy, creativity and efficiency	19	25	44	3
6.	Playing Methods: in attack, defense & Set Plays	18	22	40	7
7.	Principles of Playing: attack, defense & Set Plays	17	22	39	8
8.	Game's Development: when 0-0; 0-1 and 1-0	21	21	42	5
9.	Code of Communication and mental Support	19	25	44	3
10.	Opponent's value, sport estate and freshness	18	24	42	5
11.	Game's importance: qualification or elimination	28	26	54	1
12.	Referees: Value, Fairness, Change Results	24	24	48	2
13.	Team Strategies: substitutions, coming back +win	21	23	44	3
14.	Stars Coach & Players Contributions:	09	25	34	9
15.	The result of the game is correct?	18	26	44	3
	TOTAL GENERAL AND CLASSIFICATION	275	357	-	-

Graph 2. FINAL EVALUATION GAME'S GRAPH: PORTUGAL – GREECE

Step 2: THE DIAGNOSIS PROCESS: We divided the 15 major game's factors into three parts:

1. EURO 2004 QUALITIES DIAGNOSIS – the first 5 Factors
No	EURO-2004 QUALITIES - THE MAIN FACTORS OF THE GAMES	Portugal	Greece	Total	Clasification
1.   Game's importance: qualification or elimination		28	26	54	1
2.   Referees: Value, Fairness, Change the Results:		24	24	48	2
3.   Game' Skills: Accuracy, creativity and efficiency:		19	25	44	3
4.   Code of Communication and mental Support		19	25	44	3
5.   Team Strategies: substitutions, coming back +win		21	23	44	3

Table 5

Table 6

2. EURO-2004 LATENT CAPACITIES DIAGNOSIS

6. The result of the game is correct?	18	26	44	3
7. Team composition: first 11 & substitutions	21	22	43	4
8. Coach's playing, training & recovery concept	17	25	42	5
9. Mental power to go ahead or coming back + win	18	24	42	5
10. Game's Development: when 0-0; 0-1 and 1-0	21	21	42	5

Table 7

3. EURO - 2004 WEAKNESSES DIAGNOSIS

11. Opponent's value, sport estate and freshness	18	24	42	5
12. Physical Fitness for 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 games to win	17	24	41	6
13. Methods of playing: in attack, defense & Set Plays	18	22	40	7
14 Principles of Playing: attack, defense & set Plays	17	22	39	8
15. Stars Coach & Players Contributions:	09	25	34	9

For each of the presented 15 games' factors we indicated the most significant aspects of professional football performance strategies (For interested in knowing the details, please ask the SAA, to get entire study: CD: by e-mail, by over-night mail.

STEP 3: PLAN – PROGRAMMING

In the extensive study of Euro-2004. we recommended 'To Whom It May Concern' to compare those factors with their own teams and decide accordingly. This represent the most important segment of our study, responding to the question of 'what the organizations and professional staff can get from this study'?

1. 'In table 8 we are presenting a comprehensive table as New Taxonomy of Professional Football (a new classification, for entire professional coach's circle of activities.)

* Based on three dimensional systems: Playing, Training and Recovery connected with the main 10 components of any Concept of Performance:

1. Systems; 2. Components of the Systems: 3. Principles, 4. Methods, 5. Skills, 6. Effort Game's Zones, 7. Mental Strategies, 8. Sport Estate, 9. Team/starts and 10. Coach' Strategies.

2. As result of the study, we realized 'A Battery of 7 Professional Profiles': important professional educational tools: 

1. Game's profile analysis with 10 factors; 2. Game's profile with 15 factors; 3. 2004-Winning Coach's Profile; 4. The Professional basic Coaches' Profile; 5. Referee's Profile; 6. Manager and Management profile and; 7. Recovery Strategies' Profile. 

3. Also, we presented in the extensive material about 40 game's strategies, the most significant skills and strategies, Euro-2004 important for the players, coaches and teams, in their learning from the stars (see the extensive study).

• Table 8

1	Performance	Playing System			Training System			Recovery System
2	System	Attack	Defense	Set Plays	Individual	Group	Team	Before Effort	During Effort	After Effort
3	Principles	Switch	Switch	Switch	Qualités	4 at ball	Balance	Recovery	Game	Recover
		Build	Zone	Speed	Weaknesses	1-ball+3	All pass	Game	Recovery	Train
		Shoot	Stop	Accurat	Latent	Squar play	Pressing	Training	Game	Game
4	Methods	Direct	4-4-2	F-Kicks	Individual	2 players	Direct	Sleep	Water	Recovery
		Indirect	4-1-4-1	Corners	In Group	3 Players	Indirect	Training	Oxygen	Regeneration
		Mixt	2-4-4	Penalty	In Team	4-5 players	Mixt	Nutrition	Motivation	All programs
5	Skills	Passing	Pressing	Direct	Individual	Small Games	A-Pass	Accuracy	Passing to save Energy	Recovery by Non-specific
		Dribbling	Intercept	Indirect	Groups	Group Games	D-Zone	Simple	Avoiding brutal contact	Recovery By nutrition
		Shooting	Tackling	Mixt	Team	Team games	SP-Direct	Direct	Self-Control Save-Energy	Recovery by strategy
6.	Effort Game's Zone	Zone 100%	Zone 100%	Zona 100%	Master of Skills	2-3-4-5 for ball	All in Game	Super-Compensa t	Concentration + Relaxation	Medical Doctor
		Zone 50%	Zone 50%	Zona 25%	Cover and support	Cover & Support	½ team in effort	Get more minerals	More Oxygen And recovery	Assistant Trainer
		Zona 25%	Zone 25%	Zone 25%	Relax +Oxygen	Communication	½ team relax	Smart decisions	More communication	Family Matter
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7.	Mental Strategies	Score 0-0	Score 0-0	Score 0-0	Smart Decisions	Cover + Support	Control pass	Relax & Play	Concentration + Play Efficient	Recovery + Prepare
		Score 0-1	Score 0-1	Score 0-1	Motivation To play	2-3-4 at the ball	Controll By Zone	Come back To score	Extra effort To come back	Mental Come Back!?
		Score 1-0	Score 1-0	Score 1-0	Defende + Attack	3 sides groups	Use the S. Plays	Play to keep score	Control the Effort + score	Control the sport estate
	Sport Estate	Fresh	Fresh	Fresh	Fitness	Support	Timing	Mental	Strategy	Physcial
		Oxygen	Oxygen	Oxygen	Mental	Accurate	A-Pass	Physical	Comminication	Mental
		Water	Water	Water	Skill	Timing	D-Zone	Strategy	Relaxation	Strategies
9	Team/Stars	Must sc ore goals	Help the defense	Score in Attack	Individual training	Group support	Team for Stars	This is the Problem!	Must show the Really value!	Star+Doctor + Coach + family
		Must save goals	Back in defense	Get back	One-on-one train	Accepting TB-Star	Team is Now star	Perfect Blance	The Stars play Attack + defense	Professionals Self-control
		Force the Set Plays	Play Set Plays	Help team	Train Strategies	Stars as Model	Combine team	All for the Game!	The Stars-Models in game	Stars to be models
10	Coach Strategies	Substitutes	Substitute	Best Players	Relations	Connect Stars	Team As Star	Principles	Health Estate	Recovery
		Methods, Principls	Methods principles	Method principles	Respect	All for all	All Partners	Methods	Sport Estate	Super Compensation
		Attacking Strategies	Defence Strategies	Methods + principles	Partners	Victory	All Winners	Strategies	Winning Estate	Winning Freshness

Results, discussions and results' interpretations

1. The Soccer Academy of America's Continuing Education Program is presenting from all major international competitions a new Taxonomy (a new scientific football classification) by:

1.1.  Continuing Education-Study for all Professional Football Staff, by:

Evaluating, Diagnosing and Plan-Programming all game's factors

1.2. Learning from the Champions: by analyzing and comparing with own activity and

1.3. Accepting that we have needs of perfection deciding the changes-and implementing the new Concept of Performance into own FA, Club, Teams, Players and Staff for the next 3 World Cups.

2. Euro-2004, has a Winning Formula for the Champion, expressed as:

2.1. A very simple, basic, common-sense of total Playing, Training & Recovery Systems

2.2. A total subordination of the star-players and all staff in an 'unwritten contract of partnership', in a new professional understanding of football by all interested factors and

2.3. Particularly, the need of a simple 'master-leader-model-man' –'The Coach' - with a 'simple magic common-sense of doing 'The right things, in the right time, with right people'. Most of the time, can be the single and unique opportunity for a Coach, Team and Players, countries, FA and all interested football factors! (That was happened with the first 4 Euro-2004 teams: Greece, Portugal, Czech and Netherlands and partial for other national teams.

3. The 2002 World Cup as well as the EURO-2004 demonstrated that Football Associations (Federations) with an 'Obsolete Performance Concept' are going down. For all of those national football associations there is a need of an 'OWN SOS PROGRAM of adjustment to the international football performance standards':

* At the World Cups 2002: France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Argentina - to name some of the major Latin Family Football Champions, were eliminated from the first and second rounds. It is interesting to mention that some of the countries even didn't qualify for the World Cup 2002: Holland, Romania, Czech Republic etc.

* In preparation for the Euro – 2004, and after the 1^st and 2^nd rounds, the same countries were eliminated. They presented an evident 'Obsolete Concept of Performance'

* Some of other countries after the World Cup 2002 made changes particularly in the 'attitude to play and win' and they played another football: Greece, Czech R., Holland, Portugal, England, Latvia and even Croatia, coming back on the elite football countries.

* On the other hand, there were teams without any changes and without chance to qualified for the 2002 World Cup and for the Euro 2004 .

 4. As response to the study hypothesis, the World Football is without doubt a New International Social, Economic, Cultural & Sportive Professional Phenomenon:

4.1. The General Economical & Social Globalization as, 'European Community' given freedom and chance to play and coach professional football in any European country according to the level of individual value and the clubs' financial capacities.

4.2. Social & Business Football balance with New Globalization of Professional Staff Attitude created all around European 'a professionalism football without frontiers'

4.3. As result, 'The Professional weekly Show' Football becomes a social phenomenon, part of the new social, cultural and economic life development.

5. National football concept and the priorities:

No.	Three dimensions of Modern Football	Romania Of 1994	England	Brazil	Romania After 2000
1	Art:      for Players	2	3	1	2
2	Science:   for Teamwork	1	2	2	3
3	Business:  for Leaders	3	1	3	1

Legend: 1 – first priority; 2-second priority and 3-third priority.

The main question World Cup 2002 and Euro-2004 asked is 'What's the Future of the National teams-for seniors'?

There is not anymore a club-team composed only by own national star-players? This is why for many professional clubs (and now the same as for some of the Football Association) 'it's more convenient to buy stars players and star coaches, than to make them'! What about the National Teams? Simple! The same as for the Clubs. The FA starting naturalizing star players who are not playing in their country and easy to make them citizen! More than this, the process is perfecting and some of the countries are given citizenship to entire families for exceptional juniors and there is not any problem for anyone!? But the question remains. What will be the future of the National teams-seniors' competitions? We still don't know yet! We hope that 2006 World Cup will establish better the right direction. 

6. Majority of the star players from: France, Italy, Spain, Germany played without energy, freshness and motivation to win, for World Cup 2002 as well as for the Euro-2004. With the same symptoms and characteristics:

The distance between the 2 official games is to short. After playing a season, 3 games/week, without having a period of vacation the national teams are playing World Cups and Confederation Cups (and for more of them, without enough motivation to pass over the tiredness and play for the National Teams). The super-star players are already millionair paid by the clubs, obligated to go back for the next season, recovered after last season's injuries, mentally and physically refreshed, ready for a new more difficult future winning season). At Euro-2004, there were teams starting bad and finished very bad (France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Bulgaria, etc), and another teams starting well and finishing bad (England, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, etc.)

Our study find that the really factor of this situation is the Biological Aspects of the star-players who are playing 3 games/week, all year around, and some of them, non-stop for many years. So, There is not mater of patriotism, love for their own land and colors of the flags (as some of the nationalist mentioned as causes).

7. Football is in a permanent MUTATION – transformation, from World Cup 2002 to the Euro 2004 and in preparation for World Cup 2006 and 2010.

- Players from the National Teams concentrating to get a contract with one of the Professional Clubs: YES, They get the contract and playing only for the club & money!

- Coming back from the Professional Clubs to the National Teams: NO! It's not this wrong thing, in the wrong time and in the worng place?

This is the response to the question why the national super-stars from France, Italy, Spain, (particularly Latin Football Countries were not capable to motivate and play to win. Yes, there is a need of new motivational factors from the coaches and their teamwork. But, in the same time, there is a need of UEFA – for the European Championships and FIFA, for the World of Football, to accept the changes, which already are on the presidents' tables?

• 1. The first requirement of world football is to reduce the number of leagues' matches.
• 2. Distance between the last league games to the first official game to be extended.
• 3. The distance between the games to be more than 3 days, insufficient time to recover the mind and body, the glands and spirit to play world class games, without enough time to recover!
• 4. The Special preparation for the Coaches to handle the national teams composed by the millionaire players, is a new goal for the confederations and national FA, combining Professional Knowledge and the art of leading the super-star, plates and teams, in a very special conditions of tournaments.
• 5. Extending the substitution for 3 to 5-7 saving the energy of the super-star-players
• 6. For continental Cups as well as for the World Cup, there is a need of protecting the game, the players and the referees, by accepting: to replay by TV the most strange and controversial game' situations, playing effective time 60 minutes, avoiding making mistakes during the extra-time, a big hazard of losing(with or without referees' intentions) the control of the games' results.

8. Football between business and professional development

Professional football is a business and will continue to dominate, through three ways:

1. Modifying the rules of the game and organize less games/week-year (which is very difficult to be done from many professional-technical and scientifically points of view – in one side and business points of view- in the other points of view.

2. Modifying the 'Genetic Code' for the generations to come: Growing new generations of players and coaches to accept deliberately to play more than 3 games/week, but the period of super-performances will be shorter in time (years).

3. Modify the technology of preparation and play and particularly, recovering with nutrition-sypliments which are against the ethic professional laws and particularly, against the players' health.

The modern professional football life is asking: 'You adapt to the new conditions or disappear from the world map of performance football'! 

Despite of all those realities, we are convinced that with their motto:

• FIFA – 'For the Good of the Game';
• UREA – 'We care about Football' and
• WORLD OF FOOTBALL – (S.A.A., too) 'Equal & fair benefits for all interested factors' to find the right responses and practical corrections in the right time!

9. The Winners have a Professional Concept of Performance: specifically priorities for kids, juniors and seniors:

No	Performance Concept	Kids	Juniors	Seniors	Observation
1.	Playing System	1	2	2
2.	Training System	2	1	3
3.	Recovery System	3	3	1

* The 2002 World Cup and Euro-2004, as well other continental championships demonstrated that the Game is the most important aspect of winning on the international competitions.

* Reversing the common-sense of the Systems are sooner of later changing the future performances.

* Without doubt, the Game' science is the most important aspect the coaches need to concentrate. One of the ways is by' Comparing and Learning from the Champion of Champions', (as we are presetting in this material.)

10. According to our study, there are 10 basic game's factors to be taken into consideration in the process of analysis, diagnostic & plan-programming for the next official game:

No.	MAIN GAME'S FACTORS	Team 1	Team 2	Observations
1.	Team Composition
2.	Physical Fitness
3.	Skills in Attack
4.	Skills in Defense
5.	Skills at the Set Plays
6.	Team in Attack
7.	Team in Defense
8.	Referees
9.	Star Players-Contribution
10.	Coach value & Contribution
	TOTAL POINTS OUT OF 100 (Maximum)
	PLACE of the team and the factors)

Discussions and interpretation of the results

Soccer Academy of America has traveling around the world promoting a new Concept of Performance:

• 1. The activity of any National FA or Club has to be organized and developed through a Master-Plan-Program
• 2. Based on three dimensional systems: playing, training and recovery systems.
• 3. Implementation of a Master-Plan and Concept of Performance will be form minim 3 World Cup – 12 years.
• 4. The new national or club Taxonomy of Football must be implemented by the three teamwork: Technical, Managerial and Scientific/Medical.
• 5. One of the fundamental factors of performance is the pyramid of players and teams: 4-12 years Pre-Puberty, 13-17 Puberty and 18-23 and over Post Puberty-Youth and Adults. (To give an example from another interesting South American Continental Competitions, Brazil and Argentina, presented for Copa America-2004 the compete teams without any of their first 11 first teams.) They won all games and in the final, only the penalty divided them. Who are those players? The former generations of U-15, U-17, U-19 and U-21 and now, U-23! There is not another way! For the national teams we can't yet buy stars. All the really star-players are playing in their own countries' team.
• 6. The secret of obtaining the supremacy in football is that ' There is not secret in football'! 'The single secret is who is doing simple, committed and equal interested in performance-partnership'!

Abstract

The World Cups and Continental Competitions for football (in our study, European 2004 Championship) are making new orientations and reorientations of the national and clubs concepts of performance.

In this study a multi-disciplinary teamwork was developing a scientific activity:

• to evaluate the main directions of performance, identifying the three dimensional factors of performance needed for the future Continental and World Cups: How to Playing, How to Training and How to Recovery - Systems;
• to diagnose the qualities, weaknesses and latent capacities to perform for each player and team, establishing future strategies of activity;
• to implement into practice through plans and programs, for each player and team.

Rezumat

Campionatele mondiale ca si cele continentale de fotbal (in studiul nostru Campionatul European 2004 de Fotbal pentru echipele nationale) cer, la fiecare 2 si 4 ani, o noua orientare si reorientare a conceptiilor privind performanta cluburilor si echipelor nationale. In acest sens, echipe multidisciplinare desfasoara o activitate stiintifica:

• a) pentru gasirea noilor directii ale performantei, identificand trei sisteme principale necesare competitiilor continenatale si mondiale viitoare: 1. Cum se joaca 2. Cum se antreneaza si 3. Cum se face recuperarea?
• b) pentru diagnosticarea calitatilor, deficientelor si a capacitatilor latente-neantrenate: pentru fiecare jucator si echipa, stabilind strategii pentru activitatea viitoare: 4 ani-pentru primul campionat mondial, cu actuali seniori; 8-ani pentru urmatoarele doua campionate mondiale – actualul tineret si 12 ani-pentru urmatoarele 3 campionate mondiale, cu actuali juniori,
• c) pentru implmentarea in practica: prin planuri si programe speciale, pentru fiecare jucator si echipa, in baza datelor, a rezultatelor si a ciclului profesional pentru fiecare activitate cuprinsa in program pentru fiecare sedinta de pregatire, zi, saptamana, luna si an(i).

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