Competing with Lower Level Opponents Decreases Intra-Team Movement Synchronization and Time-Motion Demands during Pre-Season Soccer Matches

• Hugo Folgado ,

  * E-mail: hfolgado@uevora.pt

  Affiliations Department of Sport and Health, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal, Research Center for Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

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• Ricardo Duarte,

  Affiliation Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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• Orlando Fernandes,

  Affiliation Department of Sport and Health, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal

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• Jaime Sampaio

  Affiliation Research Center for Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

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