how to get full world cup 2014 play-by-play data: Good football data is hard to come by. Basic stat counts are easily available, but full play data (i.e. a play broken down in its individual components: interceptions and tackles, runs, passes and shots, etc.) is very rare. And that's the most important unit in a team sport like football. So imagine my surprise and great joy when I came across a fantastic dataset of full play-by-play data for all World Cup matches.
Analysis
an exploratory analysis of the world cup final: This notebook shows how you can use play-by-play data to analyse a football match, showing custom measures and visualizations to better understand the sport.