Counterintuitive tactics, decisions and actions can disrupt existing patterns of play to the benefit of the team making them.
The surprise effect explained
One of the joys of football, apparently, is its unpredictability (see Leicester 2015-2016 and various upsets of Icelandic proportions). Except ...
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Der Überraschungs-Effekt – eine Einführung
Eine der schönen Seiten am Fußball ist seine scheinbare Unvorhersehbarkeit (man denke an Leicester 2015/16 und diverse Überraschungserfolge isländischen Ausmaßes) ...
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