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Physical performance discriminating winning and losing in UEFA Champions League: a full-season study

Toni Modric
1, 2
,
Sime Versic
1, 2
,
Igor Jukic
2, 3
,
Damir Sekulic
1, 2

  1. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
  2. High Performance Sport Center, Croatian Olympic Committee, Zagreb, Croatia
  3. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Biol Sport. 2025;42(1):3–9
Online publish date: 2024/05/07
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