Abstract: Objectives: The study aimed to identify the level of performance of the ‘Palestine Senior National Team’ players compared with the Asian Cup champion in the Asian Cup (2023). Methods: In this study, the researcher used a mixed approach on the quantitative and qualitative side, where the quantitative and analytical aspect through the ‘Wyscout’ performance analysis platform (the biggest platform for high-level analysis in the world) and on the qualitative side represented an interview with a group of experts and coaches in football due to its suitability to the nature of the study problem, and a sample consisted of the (26) players of ‘the Senior Palestinian National Team’ participating in the 2023 Asian Cup by (100%) of the total study population. Results: The results of the study showed that the Qatar Senior team, the winner of Asian Cup 2023, outperformed the Palestinian football team in some variables, the most important of which is the number of goals scored at a rate of (2.42) goals per match, and the number of goals conceded at a rate of (1) goals per match, the number of successful passes at the rate of (342.25) successful passes per match, and the number of shots on target within the lists at a rate of (5) shots per match. The percentage of possession at a rate of (53.28%) per match, the number of yellow cards at a rate of (2.28) cards per match, and the percentage of winning offensive challenges (dribbles) at a rate of (41.71%) dribbled per match. Conclusions: The study recommended several recommendations, the most important of which were: relying on the proposed solutions to overcome specific technical performance obstacles and on specific technical performance indicators.
Keywords: Palestinian Senior national team; AFC Asian Cup 2023; Wyscout.
