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England Manager Fabio Capello Launches New Fantasty Football Index
Italian unveils new formula for rating players…
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May 10, 2010 6:07:00 PM
By Danny Hart
Calling fantasy football fans! England manager Fabio Capello has launched a football index which establishes a new formula to rank international players for a new game - the Capello XI.
The system, called the Capello Index, has been designed by the Italian tactician himself - in between making plans for the World Cup, of course.
The Capello Index has been in development over the last two years and measures a player’s performance by taking into account every aspect of their game.
A player’s score will be based on how much of an impact they have on the match and will depend on a number of factors, such as the area of the pitch they competed in and the importance on the game.
Capello told reporters: “I have sought to use my experience as a manager at both club and international level to identify the attributes and qualities that make players valuable to a team.
“We wanted to align the existing metrics for measuring performance such as passes completed and ground covered with informed analysis of the impact and importance of a player’s contribution.
“Without context, we feel that the current statistics do not tell the whole story. Football provokes passion and debate, we wanted to create a system for measuring performance which fans could really relate to and would want to discuss.
“I’m excited by the prospect of fans from around the globe being able to see how the Capello Index rates their favourite players.”
The Capello Index will measure the performance of players in five leading European leagues and the first tournament to be covered by the system will be the World Cup in South Africa.
The World Cup will also see the launch of a new fantasy football game showcasing the Capello Index.
The Capello XI represents a new era for fantasy football and not only will the players be measured by the most comprehensive scoring system of any fantasy game, but the Capello XI will allow fans to follow the performance of their players in real time.
The format of the game is also unique; participants can select a different set of players each match day, picking their preferred XI without limitation except for the number of players selected from each team.
The system, called the Capello Index, has been designed by the Italian tactician himself - in between making plans for the World Cup, of course.
The Capello Index has been in development over the last two years and measures a player’s performance by taking into account every aspect of their game.
A player’s score will be based on how much of an impact they have on the match and will depend on a number of factors, such as the area of the pitch they competed in and the importance on the game.
Capello told reporters: “I have sought to use my experience as a manager at both club and international level to identify the attributes and qualities that make players valuable to a team.
“We wanted to align the existing metrics for measuring performance such as passes completed and ground covered with informed analysis of the impact and importance of a player’s contribution.
“Without context, we feel that the current statistics do not tell the whole story. Football provokes passion and debate, we wanted to create a system for measuring performance which fans could really relate to and would want to discuss.
“I’m excited by the prospect of fans from around the globe being able to see how the Capello Index rates their favourite players.”
The Capello Index will measure the performance of players in five leading European leagues and the first tournament to be covered by the system will be the World Cup in South Africa.
The World Cup will also see the launch of a new fantasy football game showcasing the Capello Index.
The Capello XI represents a new era for fantasy football and not only will the players be measured by the most comprehensive scoring system of any fantasy game, but the Capello XI will allow fans to follow the performance of their players in real time.
The format of the game is also unique; participants can select a different set of players each match day, picking their preferred XI without limitation except for the number of players selected from each team.
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