Big data into the German team "twelfth person"

One of the "secret weapons" that the German team won at the World Cup just to help them win is precisely the "big data" that quietly affects the game on the pitch. Some people think that "big data" can be called the German team's "12th World Cup".

Prior to the start of the World Cup, the German Football Association partnered with SAP to "privately customize" a football solution called "game insight" to rapidly collect, process and analyze technical data of players and teams based on "Figures and Facts" optimizes team configuration to improve the team's combat capabilities and to find opponents in the World Cup by analyzing technical data on opponents.

This data analysis system first captured a large amount of data such as player's running speed, position, ball-handling time, defensive range and action details through cameras, sensors and other tools and then imported the data into the database, and then quickly analyzed the data in the background. According to SAP, 10 players trained with 3 balls in just 10 minutes can generate more than 7 million data points for analysis, and SAP Data Analytics can process these data in real time.

Using this data tool, the German coach can quickly assess the game's condition, the characteristics and performance of each player, the defensive range of the player, the empty zone of the opponent's team, and more. Through this information, coaches can more effectively play on players' playing time, location, tactics and other optimization configuration, to enhance the team's performance. German national team leader 比尔赫夫夫 told the media: "Now, each team is looking for innovative ways to win the competition, the German Football Federation promised to provide the best team to the team to optimize the performance of the team, SAP in line with this demand."

Based on their own understanding, the German team also use this tool to analyze technical data opponents opponents, and based on the analysis results to determine the appropriate tactics. For example, Bierhoff said: "Before the match against France, we (through data analysis) found that the French team focused on the midfield, but left the free space on both wings, so we decided to target these areas (attacking tactics). "

Overcoming Two South American Powerhouses - Beating Argentina in the Final, Holding the Hercules Cup, and Overcoming Host Brazil in the Semifinals, Germany is well prepared. Two years ago, the German team started working with a sports university in Cologne. A team of about 50 sports majors from the school analyzes a large amount of data about the South American teams and players.

These analyzes involve almost all aspects of the opponent's team. For example, in the analysis of Brazil, Brazil players under the pressure to include the state, good at using the route, and foul response. German coach Flicker told local media in Brazil that the research team conducted extensive and in-depth research on its rivals, including each of these teams' reports, and almost all the relevant details. "These data analyzes help us to understand our opponents and formulate Competition plan, very helpful for our preparation. "

In addition, according to the characteristics of current players who like to communicate through electronic devices, the German team coach, with the help of a technical partner, uses the application to send player technical data, field conditions and solutions to the corresponding players to help the players more comprehensively, Understand and adjust your tactics and performance clearly and in detail. "This is a lot more effective than watching 90-minute recordings in my day," Beierhoff said.

The victory of the German team in the World Cup peak duel may also count as the victory of new technology development. Big Data is not only the 12th player on the pitch that helps the team gain the upper hand, but also an important force affecting modern sports.