Abstract

Over the years, the relationship between soccer and the media has been changing and intensifying, given the professionalism of its organizations, the growth of the media and the impact they have in society. This study aims to analyze how media influence is perceived by professional soccer players, particularly on their sports performance. For this purpose, open and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 37 soccer players (aged between 18 and 36 years) belonging to nine professional soccer clubs of the first and second Portuguese division with subsequent content analysis using a process of a priori and a posteriori categorization. Our results show that the relationship between the media and soccer players was considered close and occurs spontaneously; the interviewees considered that the media influences their mood, can affect their performance and public opinion in general but not exactly the match results. It can be concluded that the influence of the media is perceived as relevant by professional soccer players, with a possible impact on their performance, which suggests the importance of developing psychological skills as a strategy to cope with that stress.

摘要

多年来，鉴于其组织的专业性、媒体的发展及其对社会的影响，足球与媒体之间的关系一直在变化和加强。本研究旨在分析职业足球运动员如何看待媒体影响，尤其是对他们运动表现的影响。为此，对属于葡萄牙甲级和乙级九个职业足球俱乐部的 37 名足球运动员（年龄在 18 至 36 岁之间）进行了公开和半结构化访谈，随后使用先验和后验过程进行内容分析分类。我们的结果表明，媒体和足球运动员之间的关系被认为是密切的，并且是自发发生的；受访者认为媒体影响他们的情绪，可以影响他们的表现和舆论，但不完全是比赛结果。可以得出结论，媒体的影响被职业足球运动员认为是相关的，可能会对他们的表现产生影响，这表明发展心理技能作为应对压力的策略的重要性。