Abstract

This paper explains some of the descriptive and organizational parameters underlying the theory of complex networks to understand how football team players interact, taking the pass as a reference. We analyze the offensive phase of the final of Euro 2016 football, which pitted France and Portugal teams. We used different strategies to determine the degree of interaction between the components of the analyzed teams. Specifically, we analyzed the effective number of passes and the number of peers with which each player is related; likewise, the geodesic distance and eccentricity. All within the basic descriptive parameters. As organizational parameters, we consider the degree of centrality, levels of clustering and intermediation game values. Each of these parameters allows us to represent the play structure, examine the individual role of each player individually and understand the collective operation of the team. The results prove that the superiority in the different parameters within the game does not always guarantee a favorable marker. Keywords: Complexity, Football, Passes, Organizational parameters, descriptive parameters.