National coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore and national technical director Wendell Downswell were among the coaches and technical experts from nearly 200 FIFA member associations who gathered in London at the FIFA conference on Sunday to analyze the latest footballing trends and tactics showcased at this summer’s showpiece event in Russia.

During the conference, the head of FIFA’s technical study group (TSG) and coaching legend, Carlos Alberto Parreira, along with FIFA’s chief technical development officer Marco Van Basten shared their insights across four key areas, including a comparative goal analysis from the 2010, 2014 and 2018 editions of the World Cup, set plays, an analysis on some of the World Cup semi-finalists and the role of the playmaker at the FIFA World Cup.

The full technical study group report on the 2018 FIFA World Cup is due to be published on October 16.

Whitmore and Downswell will also be in attendance at FIFA’s The Best awards in London.

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The Best Men’s Player: Modric/Ronaldo/Salah

The Best Women’s Player: Hegerberg/Marozsan/Marta

The Best Men’s Coach: Dalic/Deschamps/Zidane

The Best Women’s Coach: Pedros/Takakura/Wiegman

The Best Goalkeeper: Courtois/Lloris/Schmeichel

FIFA Fair Play Award

FIFA/FIFPRO World XI

FIFA Puskas Award: Bale / Cheryshev / Christodouloupoulos / Ronaldo / De Arrascaeta / McGree / Messi / Pavard / Quaresma / Salah