I built a pipeline that turns FIFA's official Post-Match Summary Report (PDF) into a single radial visualization of the entire match. Every shot, possession spell, save, card, sub, and momentum swing across all 120 minutes.

How it works:

1. Parse the FIFA PMSR PDF into a structured JSON schema (events with minute, team, type, and outcome)  
2. Add per-minute momentum from BBC Sport's live coverage  
3. Render programmatically as SVG, export to PNG

Encoding: time runs clockwise from kickoff (0') to end of extra time (120'). The outer bloom is momentum (which team was more likely to score, per minute — Spain threatened in 108 of 135 min vs Argentina's 27). Rings moving inward: shots (dot per shot at its minute, filled = on target), cards/subs, goalkeeper actions (Martínez made 11 saves). The inner dot cloud is possession sequences.

Some things the format surfaces well: Spain's xG dominance (2.52 vs 0.07) reads as visual density, Argentina's shift to a low block (33% of their defensive time) shows up in the shape data, and the Fernández red card at 90+3' visibly precedes the extra-time momentum collapse.

The pipeline is repeatable for any match with a FIFA report, so I'm planning to run it across the knockout rounds.

Happy to go deeper on any of it!

Visualizing a full soccer match as a single radial “fingerprint” - World Cup 2026 Final (Spain 1–0 Argentina) built from FIFA’s official post-match report