Table 3. Mean distances covered (± Standard Deviation) by First Division Brazilian soccer players (=55) in the 1, 2 halves compared to similar data reported in the literature.

Article	Players	1st Half (m)	2nd Half (m)	Total (m)	Diff (%)
Bangsbo (1991)		5520	5250	10800	5%
Hennig and Briehle (2000)		-	-	10600	4%
(Rienzi et al., 2000)	17 South American professionals 6 English Premier League	4605 (625)	4415 (634)	8638 (1158) 10104 (703)	4%
(Mohr et al., 2003)	18 top class 24 moderate	5510 (100) 5200 (140)	5350 (90) 5130 (120)	10860 (180) 10330 (260)	3% 1%
(Thatcher and Batterham, 2004)	12 professional 12 under 19s	-	-	10274 (609) 9741 (882)	-
(Krustrup et al., 2005)	14 elite female	-	-	10300 range: 9700-11300	-
(Rampinini et al., 2006)	18 Professional	-	-	10864 (918)	8%
(Di Salvo et al., 2006	300 Elite European	5709 (485)	5684 (663)	11393 (1016)	9%
Present paper	55 First Division Brazilian	5173 (394)	4808 (375)	10012 (1024)	7%

Diff. refers to percentage difference in relation to distances covered in the first and second halves.