The leading footballer will be sidelined by the coronavirus, of course. There have been a number of positive effects for Covid-19 since the resumption of football around the world and this virus-affected season is expected to see many more players lose matches.
Take the case of left-back Alex Telles of Manchester United, for example. The newly signed Brazilian was discovered positive at Covid last month, then returned a negative result before joining his national team on the foreign break. There he tested positive on Sunday. Generally, United would not have been too involved with Telles’ absence. They were given Luke Shaw’s facilities in that position. Except England’s side is now out from a thigh injury and can miss the next 4 weeks of action, giving manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer another headache before this weekend’s Premier League crash with West Brom.
Solskjaer had in the past expressed his displeasure at the lack of cross-match area, an opinion also shared through counterparts from Liverpool and Manchester City, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola. This season, the number of muscle injuries has increased after a start in the season.
With little or no pre-season for the top groups, and groups interested in European competitions having to rush to the new campaign, medical experts had predicted a higher threat of injury. , noted that there were 103 muscle injuries in the first 8 days of this Premier League season, representing a 16% increase over the same era last year, with two games to play from the first day of play this season.
According to The Athletic, after five days of play, the Premier League had already recorded 78 muscle injuries, an increase of 42% at the same level last year. Pedro Luis Ripoll, a doctor and founder of a sports injury clinic in Spain, told ABC that there had been 78 muscle injuries in the first 50 days of the Spanish season.
When the city boss Guardiola was asked what his worst moment was to be appointed coach after 8 problems in five league games, he said: “It would have effects, but I also have to analyze the start and where we are. We have struggled. from the many injuries, from the lack of preparation and the lack of recovery time between games, the incredibly difficult games we’ve played so far.
As the season progresses, this feeling will certainly echo in many coaches. Compared to Spanish, Italian and German clubs, Premier League clubs have the additional festival to play: the League Cup. foreign commitments for the maximum of their players. Even in France, the League Cup has been discontinued this season to adapt to congestion. He didn’t help French champion Paris Saint-Germain much. 11 fites players this season.
When asked about the crisis of serious injuries at the club, PSG manager Thomas Tuchel said the fault is the lack of recovery time between games. “We’ve played 8 games in 22 days, so we don’t do education sessions well. All we do, are recovery sessions, and we play at nine o’clock at night, so we’re out of recovery days. Our next match will be on a Friday in Monaco and some of our players will return on Thursday or Wednesday after betting two or three matches for their country. “That’s your explanation,” he says.
The challenge is not expected to get worse until the coming months. This time there is no winter vacation and the maximum of clubs will play one match every 3 days. Unlike other European primary leagues, the Premier League has returned to 3 substitutes in line with the game. instead of five, which makes things much more complicated for players.
Many coaches and the Association of Professional Footballers favor the use of five alternates, but this is unlikely to happen because a rule that replaces requires all 14 Premier League clubs to agree, and smaller clubs believe they would gain disproportionate advantages from large clubs. .
For some of the league’s biggest names, the accumulation of matches in the coming weeks remains a major concern: Manchester City, for example, will play thirteen games in 42 days, from 21 November to 2 January 2021. thirteen similar games in 41 days. These come with nine League matches, 3 Champions League matches and a League Cup quarter-final for any of the groups. With the FA Cup starting early next year, the busy schedule can cause serious disruption for groups that are still alive in all competitions.
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