Abstract
The aim of the research is to determine the demonstrated differences in successful attacks that ended in shoots at goal, observed from the initial moment of the attack and depending on the part of the field in which they started, at the 16th and 17th World Championship. The sample is representative, so the research included the most successful national teams (first four positions) of the 16th and 17th Football World Championship. Each team played 7 games. This research once again confirmed that the spot from which the attack started was one of the crucial prerequisites for success of the attack. Pressing that was almost equally applied at both analyzed World Championships, during the evolution of the game of football, is getting a more cautious application.