The origin of Ludopedium in a new dispute in the United Kingdom

Guardiola? It was Sheffield who founded Tiki-Taka. A new study that suggests that modern football was born in this English city. The Scots were furious.

English and Scots have been competing for decades to Origin of Ludopedium.

Ludopedium, according to the definition of the dictionary, is a sport in which 22 players, divided into two fields, strive to introduce a ball into the opposing field goal, without hand intervention, during a match divided into two times for 45 minutes each.

The most “practical” call you soccerthat proves of English foot (foot) and ball (ball). The most faithful to the origins of Portuguese even prefer Ludopedium, which adverts from Latin sport (game), feet (late).

For the English and Scottish little difference it makes. Probably do not even know the word Ludopedium. In the United Kingdom, it is more likely to clarify what is the true origin of football. Some argue that it was in Scotland; Others maintain that it was in England.

A new study recently in the International Journal of the History of Sport shows evidence that the key elements of modern football originated in the English city of Sheffield.

O passethe act of kicking the ball to a teammate, is a fundamental and common activity in football as it is known today. However, the development of this technique had never been investigated in detail.

“The new article has undoubtedly demonstrated that the pass in football developed and evolved initially in Sheffield, not in Scotlandas it was believed widely, ”he told, to, John Wilsonfrom the School of Management of the University of Sheffield, which led the investigation.

Guardiola? In Sheffield the Tiki-Taka was already

In the mid -nineteenth century, football was often played in a group, with individual players Dribol to ballbut this strategy has proved ineffective Compared to the game combined with players passed transversely in the field.

Experts say that Pep Guardiola This paradigm changed a little by creating Tiki-Taka when he trained Barcelona (2008-2012). Only… after all, the Spanish coach It was not visionary. In Sheffield the Tiki-Taka was already.

There are reports of pass games in the 1860s in Sheffieldand this tactical development was interrelated with the evolution of the laws of the game.

The front passes and forward play, sometimes with long balls, were encouraged, as were the heads.

Although pass tactics have not always been successful, the new study suggests that The beginning of modern pass football and possession of the ball occurred in Sheffield.

And the Scots?

It may be a coincidence that the study by the University of Sheffield “pulls the ember to his sardine.” However, this investigation also highlights the crucial role of Scots in the development of the pass.

Although the art of Tiki-taka was founded in England, the investigators admit that it was later perfected by Scottish teachers who arrived from Scotland.

The pass is now used by all teams and has become an art form “in clubs like Barcelona, ​​Manchester City and A”-the influence of Pep Guardiola is clearly visible.

But – conclude the authors of the study – the teams that favor the pass are now making advantage of “a direct evolutionary link with the tactics of passion and possession developed in Sheffield – The world’s first football culture“.