![]() ![]() Why your favorite team won't win the World Cup (E+) How do we measure creativity in soccer? (E+) How Barca and Real Madrid became the same team (E+) He moved to England at age 16 to join the academy of Premier League club Southampton, where he was teammates with the likes of Champions League winner Gareth Bale and England internationals Theo Walcott and Adam Lallana. At six foot four, he's all gangly arms and legs, intense eyes, and an intimidatingly dense beard. He's a year older and two inches taller than the Spaniard, but they played the same role at the base of midfield. It would not be wrong to call Sparv the Sergio Busquets of Finland. "I was bought because of stats and data." "It was something new and foreign to me," Tim Sparv said. This excerpt comes from a chapter about the ongoing efforts - and continued failures - to truly quantify the value of midfield play. 18), and you can order a copy here or purchase one from your local bookseller. The following is an edited excerpt from Ryan O'Hanlon's forthcoming book, "Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution." The book comes out tomorrow (Oct. ![]()
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