soccer fitness

How To Last The Full 90 Minutes of a Soccer Game Without Getting Tired

Well known throughout coaching circles and backed by studies, most goals are scored or conceded towards the end of each half. This is especially true towards the end of the game from the 75th minute onwards. That is when players are most fatigued, tactics change abruptly, and chaos ensues. In the chart below we see from arguably the top 5 leagues in the world from 2017/2018 season, most goals were scored in the last 15 minutes of play with Spain’s La Liga having the highest number of goals scored in the last 15 minutes (24.4%).