## 4 Discussion  
The findings of this study suggest that the acute consumption of dark chocolate can reduce the perception of muscle soreness experienced during training. This finding is consistent with previous research in the field. For instance, [PERSON] et al. [20] demonstrated \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Training**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Match**} \\ \cline{2-13}
**Parameters** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Control**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**DC**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**t**} & \multirow{2}{*}{_P_} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Cohen’s**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Control**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**DC**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**t**} & \multirow{2}{*}{_p_} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**[PERSON]’s**} \\ \cline{2-13} \cline{6-13}  & **M** & **SD** & **M** & **SD** & & & & & **M** & **SD** & **M** & **SD** & **t** & \(p\) & **[PERSON]’s** \\ \hline Muscle & \multirow{2}{*}{1.651} & 0.414 & 1.485 & 0.446 & 2.352 & 0.029 * & 0.513 & 1.313 & 0.479 & 1.245 & 0.409 & 0.845 & 0.411 & 0.211 \\ Fatigue & 1.521 & 0.379 & 1.478 & 0.386 & 0.696 & 0.494 & 0.152 & 1.313 & 0.479 & 1.211 & 0.346 & 1.000 & 0.333 & 0.250 \\ Sleep & 1.522 & 0.496 & 1.511 & 0.416 & 0.258 & 0.799 & 0.056 & 1.333 & 0.435 & 1.275 & 0.391 & 0.740 & 0.471 & 0.185 \\ Mood & \multirow{2}{*}{1.588} & 0.421 & 1.504 & 0.457 & 1.924 & 0.069 & 0.420 & 1.510 & 0.485 & 1.387 & 0.459 & 1.294 & 0.215 & 0.323 \\ Profile & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\ RPE P & 3.906 & 0.483 & 3.838 & 0.686 & 0.449 & 0.658 & 0.098 & 4.135 & 1.688 & 4.686 & 1.563 & \(-\)1.283 & 0.222 & 0.343 \\ RPE & 2.340 & 0.807 & 2.375 & 0.801 & 0.285 & 0.779 & 0.062 & 2.786 & 1.251 & 3.299 & 1.407 & \(-\)1.841 & 0.090 & 0.490 \\ TLP & 326.60 & 59.89 & 304.49 & 66.84 & 1.294 & 0.210 & 0.282 & 332.667 & 187.090 & 300.167 & 205.576 & 0.001 & 0.992 & 0.003 \\ TL M & 196.79 & 81.36 & 184.72 & 65.05 & 0.954 & 0.352 & 0.208 & 215.125 & 130.915 & 202.564 & 142.228 & 0.389 & 0.705 & 0.112 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Wellness, and RPE values associated with training sessions and match play in the two examined conditions. RPE P means rating of perceived physical exertion, and RPE M means rating of perceived mental exertion. TL P means physical training loads, and TL M means mental training loads. DC means dark chocolate. M means mean, and SD means standard deviation. \(p\) means \(p\) value. *_p_ < 0.05. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Training**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Match**} \\ \cline{2-13}
**Parameters** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Control**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**DC**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**t**} & \multirow{2}{*}{_p_} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Cohen’s**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Control**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**DC**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**t**} & \multirow{2}{*}{_p_} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Cohen’s**} \\ \cline{2-13} \cline{6-13}  & **M** & **SD** & & & & & & & & & & **d** & **M** & **SD** & **M** & **SD** & **t** & \(p\) & **Cohen’s** \\ \hline Metabolic power & 7.495 & 0.756 & 7.799 & 0.745 & \(-\)1.574 & 0.131 & 0.343 & 9.613 & 0.843 & 9.917 & 0.818 & 1.208 & 0.253 & 0.349 \\ High power distance & 18.389 & 3.206 & 19.696 & 4.511 & \(-\)1.276 & 0.217 & 0.278 & 27.267 & 4.398 & 28.780 & 5.853 & 0.978 & 0.349 & 0.282 \\ per minute & 82.331 & 8.336 & 85.430 & 8.106 & 1.481 & 0.154 & 0.323 & 105.458 & 9.159 & 108.686 & 7.771 & 1.125 & 0.284 & 0.325 \\ High speed running & 10.948 & 2.501 & 11.772 & 3.443 & \(-\)1.109 & 0.281 & 0.281 & 16.314 & 3.690 & 17.094 & 4.995 & 0.825 & 0.427 & 0.334 \\ Distance at very high & \multirow{2}{*}{1.475} & 0.232 & 1.514 & 0.271 & 0.0853 & 0.404 & 0.136 & 1.569 & 0.310 & 1.636 & 0.390 & 0.374 & 0.716 & 0.397 \\ minute & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\ Distance at very high & \multirow{2}{*}{1.139} & 0.198 & 0.1234 & 0.286 & 2.264 & 0.035 * & 0.494 & 1.470 & 0.264 & 1.630 & 0.439 & \(-\)2.637 & 0.023 * & 0.309 \\minute & & & & & & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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