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Australia's Technological World Cup Advantage

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-to-build-an-expert-system-bot dept.

hotsauce writes "The BBC has a piece about how Australia is using software to gain an advantage in the World Cup. The Socceroos are running software that looks for patterns in attacks of the opposing team. It also shows the effectiveness of different response strategies by recording where attacks fail when countered. This is the first time Australia has reached the World Cup in 30 years, but a real test of the technology will come today when Australia must take on five-time and current world champions Brasil. The Socceroos talk about specific strategies for that game, also."

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  1. 2 - 0 well... by spentrent · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...scratch that idea. Back to humping wallabies.

  2. Re:All that technology and soccer is still BORING! by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    For the record, Canadians thinks soccer is boring, and we play real football here too.

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  3. Re:All that technology and soccer is still BORING! by maxter3185 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh, yeah, the kidney of USA is talking, let's everybody hear it. The only important thing of Canda is Wolverine. Oh wait, he ain't a real canadian. Keep playing hockey. I'm not seeing Canada in the World Cup.

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  4. Re:2-0 for that bull crap software by linvir · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ...to do what better managers, members of staff and players can do ...
    Go ahead, continue to ignore my point:
    an underdog of the football world trying a new idea to help tip the balance
    Dumbass.