## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**95\% Confidence**} \\  & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Interval Mean**} \\ \hline  & & **Mean** & **Upper** & **Lower** & **Std.** \\  & & & & **Deviation** \\ \hline  & CDF & 4.0225 & 4.1282 & 3.9168 & 0.2322 \\  & FWD & 3.9640 & 4.1753 & 3.7527 & 0.2528 \\ Total Distance (km)—2 nd half & CMF & 4.5551 & 4.8029 & 4.3073 & 0.5868 \\  & WDF & 4.0373 & 4.6491 & 3.4255 & 0.9107 \\  & WMF & 4.0379 & 4.3841 & 3.6918 & 0.6251 \\ \hline  & CDF & 90.9643 & 93.9897 & 87.9389 & 6.6463 \\ Relative Distance Covered & FWD & 91.6088 & 93.8296 & 89.3879 & 2.6564 \\ (m/min)—1 st half & CMF & 108.3600 & 111.2778 & 105.4422 & 6.9098 \\  & WDF & 95.7845 & 98.7736 & 92.7955 & 4.4493 \\  & WMF & 97.0267 & 101.4605 & 92.5928 & 8.0065 \\ \hline  & CDF & 80.5357 & 82.8240 & 78.2474 & 5.0270 \\ Relative Distance Covered & FWD & 80.5300 & 87.1583 & 73.9017 & 7.9283 \\ (m/min)—2 nd half & CMF & 91.2204 & 96.3842 & 86.0567 & 12.2287 \\  & WDF & 81.2900 & 93.9703 & 68.6097 & 18.8749 \\  & WMF & 81.4927 & 89.4137 & 73.5716 & 14.3035 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 6: _Cont._ \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**95\% Confidence**} \\  & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Interval Mean**} \\ \hline  & & **Mean** & **Upper** & **Lower** & **Std.** \\  & & & & & **Deviation** \\ \hline  & CDF & 16.0952 & 17.9493 & 14.2412 & 4.0731 \\ Number of Sprints—1 st half & FWD & 22.8750 & 25.6813 & 20.0687 & 3.3568 \\ Number of Sprints—1 st half & CMF & 30.7500 & 34.0638 & 27.4362 & 7.8477 \\  & WDF & 25.2727 & 28.1085 & 22.4369 & 4.2212 \\  & WMF & 24.6000 & 29.5699 & 19.6301 & 8.9746 \\ \hline  & CDF & 14.4286 & 15.7366 & 13.1206 & 2.8735 \\ Number of Sprints—2 nd half & FWD & 19.8750 & 24.8599 & 14.8901 & 5.9627 \\ Number of Sprints—2 nd half & CMF & 24.7083 & 27.5299 & 21.8867 & 6.6821 \\  & WDF & 22.5455 & 27.5038 & 17.5871 & 7.3806 \\  & WMF & 19.8000 & 25.3465 & 14.2535 & 10.0157 \\ \hline  & CDF & 0.3686 & 0.4048 & 0.3324 & 0.0795 \\ Total Sprint Distance (km) & FWD & 0.5162 & 0.6017 & 0.4308 & 0.1023 \\ —1 st half & CMF & 0.7638 & 0.8629 & 0.6646 & 0.2349 \\  & WMF & 0.5873 & 0.6443 & 0.5303 & 0.0849 \\  & WMF & 0.6127 & 0.7323 & 0.4931 & 0.2160 \\ \hline  & CDF & 0.3633 & 0.4054 & 0.3212 & 0.0925 \\ Total Sprint Distance (km) & FWD & 0.4788 & 0.6164 & 0.3411 & 0.1646 \\ —2 nd half & CMF & 0.6104 & 0.6845 & 0.5363 & 0.1754 \\  & WMF & 0.5636 & 0.7087 & 0.4186 & 0.2159 \\  & WMF & 0.5033 & 0.6480 & 0.3587 & 0.2612 \\ \hline  & CDF & 27.4352 & 28.2456 & 26.6249 & 1.7802 \\ Maximum Speed (km/h) & FWD & 30.6275 & 32.4455 & 28.8095 & 2.1746 \\ —1 st half & CMF & 29.4142 & 30.1622 & 28.6661 & 1.7715 \\  & WDF & 29.5909 & 30.6642 & 28.5177 & 1.5975 \\  & WMF & 29.8573 & 31.3548 & 28.3599 & 2.7041 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 7: Descriptive statistics of speed metrics between the first and second halves by playing position. In Central Defensive Fielders (CDFs), accelerations decreased significantly during the second half compared to the first half (first half: 82.00 \(\pm\) 11.80; second half: 74.00 \(\pm\) 11.10; t = 3.14, \(p\) = 0.005). A similar decline was observed for decelerations, which were also significantly lower in the second half than in the first half (first half: 79.38 \(\pm\) 15.59; second half: 73.57 \(\pm\) 10.26; t = 2.29, \(p\) = 0.033). The distance covered in Zone 1 significantly declined in the second half (Z = \(-\)3.669, \(p\) = 0.001), as did Zone 2 (Z = \(-\)2.886, \(p\) = 0.004). No significant differences were found for Zone 3 (Z = \(-\)0.225, \(p\) = 0.822), or Zone 4 (Z = 1.132, \(p\) = 0.258). The total distance was significantly lower in the second half (Z = \(-\)3.702, \(p\) = 0.001), and a similar trend also followed the relative distance covered per minute (Z = \(-\)4.015, \(p\) = 0.001), indicating a reduced work rate in the second half.