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ORAL ABSTRACTS - SATURDAY, 23 MAY 2015S41.4Responses to an intensified period of match play amongst elite youth footballersNeil Gibson(1), S MacNay(2), T Mullen(2), R McCunn(3), C Twist(2)(1) Heriot-Watt University, Centre for Sport and Exercise, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK(2) Chester University, UK(3) Saarland University, GermanyLimited evidence is available regarding the performance of youth soccer players during multiplematches with minimal recovery. Therefore this study investigated the effect of total playing minuteson the response to an international tournament, consisting of six games of 60 min played over fivedays, in youth soccer players. Thirty players (mean age 14.1 ± 0.38 years) were grouped into low(