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Different sizes of position games and official matches in youth professional soccer player

Jose A. Asian-Clemente
1, 2
,
Jose Vicente Beltran-Garrido
3
,
Bernardo Requena
1

  1. Football Science Institute, FSI lab, Granada, Spain
  2. Department of Sport sciences, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
  3. Physical Exercise and Performance Research Group, Department of Education Sciences, School of Humanities and Communication Sciences, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Castellon de la Plana, Spain
Biol Sport. 2025;42(2):177–185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.144297
Online publish date: 2024/10/23
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