Eccentric exercise training is widely known to initiate muscular hypertrophy and consequent eccentric strength gains. Moreover a number of recent studies have demonstrated that eccentric cycling training can cause significant hypertrophy in the active muscle. On the other hand, functionally, this exercise is not context related (regarding football motor behaviour) and is plausible to assume that it could change the peak torque angle.
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If the athlete does not have any injury, he would prefer to train on the bike, especially the stationary bike, and during rehabilitation it is necessary to train the athlete on the bike.
For healthy athlete, position in bike, with flexion in hip and knee, can increase short of posterior leg muscles. So it is better to make ergo therapy in other device.
You may find this article interesting:
Schuermans J, Van Tiggelen D, Witrouw E. Prone Hip Extension Muscle Recruitment is Associated with Hamstring Injury Risk in Amateur Soccer. Int J Sports Med. 2017 Sep;38(9):696-706
As you stated, my concern would also be the lack of carryover due to the differences in the motions and demands of the sports. In fact, it is perceivable that the resulting strength in a limited range of motion could increase the risk of injury when performing the larger-ROM tasks of soccer play, especially if there is adaptive shortening of the muscle-tendon unit.
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