[kictanet] Germany scours university data for tips to beat Brazil, coach says

Wed Jul 9 14:28:00 EAT 2014

Interesting..! I think the article carries weight. Look at Netherlands and
how their strategy worked for
them at the quarterfinals.

I think going forward, we ushering in a new world order of soccer largely
driven by tactical stratagem
thinking that banks on meticulous planning, research and analytics. This is
of course data-driven.

Harry

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> I am, I am. I know nothing about football or big data, but I will
> graciously accept the compliment on behalf of my people. I guess we do like
> to do things properly and thoroughly, and sometimes that works quite well
> :)
>
>
> On 9 July 2014 10:59, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Ngigi
>>
>> True that!
>>
>> Trust the Germans to come up with a perfect mix of data, brains, skill
>> and brawn!!
>>
>> Andrea Bohnstedt are you there? :)
>>
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
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>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
>> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Ali,
>>
>> How many coaches would have singled-out that they would *love* to meet
>> Brazil, the host nation and when they do they thrash them 7 ?
>>
>> I think they had the antidote to Samba Football, and this antidote had a
>> lot to do with that article... :-)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Much as I love Big Data, Analytics and such..Surely you guys are not
>>> suggesting that is what beat Brazil? :)
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>
>>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>>>
>>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world
>>> will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:31 AM, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> Article notes Germany has beaten all the teams they have played at the
>>> 2014 World Cup except Ghana who they drew with.  Suspect they did not
>>> bother studying the African side as much as they did Brazil.
>>>
>>> Your recommendation to involve/invest in smart/ethical students to
>>> secure Kenya is very sensible to persons who challenge our youth to improve
>>> by demonstrating courage/ethics or competence/expertise.
>>>
>>> Think about how data analytics can be applied to study patterns linking
>>> terrorist entry into Kenya or drugs smuggling through Kenya to certain
>>> public officials at our customs and/or immigration departments.
>>>
>>> We rarely succeed locally in getting anyone (in IT, Sales, Marketing or
>>> Corporate Governance) to invest in Data Analytics.
>>>
>>> We have heard it is too "expensive" to invest in data analytic
>>> tools/skills if it costs the same as 4WDs popular with public officials and
>>> corporate hot shots.
>>>  On Jul 9, 2014 9:58 AM, "Ngigi Waithaka" <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like this ...
>>>>
>>>> “*We’re very, very well-prepared and we’re looking forward to playing
>>>> Brazil*,”
>>>>
>>>> The one team everyone would be wary of meeting is the one team they
>>>> would *love* to meet, and when they do, they thrash them totally...
>>>>
>>>> Victory loves preparation....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:49 AM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> About Data Analytics :)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0FC1I620140707?irpc=932
>>>>>
>>>>> Germany scours university data for tips to beat Brazil, coach says
>>>>>
>>>>> Mon, Jul 07 11:02 AM EDT
>>>>> [image: image]
>>>>>
>>>>> By Erik Kirschbaum
>>>>>
>>>>> SANTO ANDRE Brazil (Reuters) - That no European team has won any of
>>>>> the previous six World Cups in Latin America is not a daunting prospect for
>>>>> Germany as they head into Tuesday's World Cup semi-final against hosts
>>>>> Brazil, according to assistant coach Hansi Flick.
>>>>>
>>>>> Three-times World Cup winners Germany are confident that two years of
>>>>> meticulous university research combined with their own scouting and
>>>>> preparations for the conditions will give them an edge against five-times
>>>>> winners Brazil on their home turf.
>>>>>
>>>>> “We’re very, very well-prepared and we’re looking forward to playing
>>>>> Brazil,” Flick told reporters when asked about how Germany planned to ended
>>>>> the dominance of Latin American teams when playing in their own region.
>>>>>
>>>>> “We’ve been working on this project for the last two years and our
>>>>> entire system has been built up for that.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Germany are undefeated in Brazil but haven't had to face a Latin
>>>>> American team yet: their four wins were against Portugal, the United
>>>>> States, Algeria and France with a draw against Ghana.
>>>>>
>>>>> Major European rivals such as Spain, Italy and England have already
>>>>> been beaten or knocked out by South American teams.
>>>>>
>>>>> Flick said to get ready for South American teams Germany have
>>>>> benefited from a giant data base put together by a team of about 50
>>>>> students at Cologne’s sport university over the last two years.
>>>>>
>>>>> That information, combined with scouting reports, has been used for
>>>>> detailed analyses of Brazil and their players.
>>>>>
>>>>> “The sports students in Cologne have been studying in great detail our
>>>>> opponent and put every play they’ve run, every newspaper article on them,
>>>>> and everything about them out there under the microscope and made all that
>>>>> data available to us,” Flick said at Germany’s base camp on the Atlantic
>>>>> coast in Northeastern Brazil.
>>>>>
>>>>> “We’ve got this enormous data base to draw upon and, together with our
>>>>> scouts, we’re able to take a close look at our opponent and make our plans
>>>>> for the match. It’s a project we’ve been working on intensively for the
>>>>> last two years. We’ve been able to cull some very high quality information
>>>>> from all the data from the students. It’s very much helped us prepare.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Germany have been turning to the student researchers at the Deutsche
>>>>> Sporthochschule Koeln increasingly over the last decade. Former Germany
>>>>> coach Juergen Klinsmann first began tapping the data accumulated by the
>>>>> students, most of whom are soccer enthusiasts and thrilled to be working on
>>>>> a project that could possibly help, even in a small way, to win the World
>>>>> Cup.
>>>>>
>>>>> While the students are sworn to secrecy about their intelligence
>>>>> gathering, their Professor Juergen Buschmann headed the project has been
>>>>> quoted in German newspapers saying the students use an eclectic variety of
>>>>> sources to chronicle such things as how players react in pressure
>>>>> situations, what are their preferred routes, how do they react when fouled,
>>>>> what gets under skin and how do they sprint for the ball?
>>>>>
>>>>> He said the one trend that he was at liberty to reveal was that top
>>>>> teams change their tactics frequently but provided no further details - not
>>>>> surprising but tantalizing nevertheless.
>>>>>
>>>>> The intelligence has come into special focus for the World Cup in
>>>>> Brazil in part because Germany has never won here on the continent with
>>>>> their three World Cup titles won in Switzerland (1954), West Germany (1974)
>>>>> and Italy (1990).
>>>>>
>>>>> (Reporting By Erik Kirschbaum, Editing by Nigel Hunt)
>>>>>
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