Reports state that the actual game time is decreasing in Spanish football. It is indeed a worrying trend when it is considered that how much this particular issue hampers the intensity of the game and it is also an injustice to the football fans who are missing the game, based on its changing patterns. A few days ago it was known by some sources which highlighted the statistic of how much actual football is being played by the clubs all over Europe on an average.
Reports state that La Liga Santander is the European competition that plays the least amount of football, coming to the average minutes where the ball is in the play. Coming to the statistical data, it was seen that barely 54.4% of football is played in Spain, and the most football is played in Germany which is 56.9%.
Football in Spain
In Spain, Real Madrid has led the business with an average play of 58.13 minutes per game. This stands for 60.45% of the match putting the club’s standings in the 8th position, and they have spent most minutes playing a football match. Second in Spain comes Barcelona spending only 55.02 minutes having 54th European ranking overall.
Significance of this stat for Spanish football
These figures state that the Spanish football clubs would be benefited from having more time per match with the ball in the field, as it increases the chances of the fluidity of a match. Some of the top La Liga Santander teams could learn from the same way of doing this from the lower down the table.
In the present campaign of 2021/22, the match which witnessed the ball in the play for the longest amount of time having no stoppages was between Cadiz and Getafe which lasted for 5.37 minutes.
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