How do professional football players perform under immense pressure?

(KU Leuven) Professional football players need to keep a cool head during a match, but some are better at this than others. Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be immune to pressure, while Neymar's performance crumbles under it. It's one of the remarkable findings of a study conducted by Belgian university KU Leuven and data intelligence company SciSports. They're presenting their results at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston in March.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news