A combination of Holland and Spain would be anything to savor, a glamorous combination between two of the most important names in European football, however, she and this week’s other foreign friendlys are a nuisance to the coaches of Europe’s most physically sensitive clubs. the busy schedule pits players against each other.
The attack in Amsterdam is one of the many matches on Wednesday before a double headbutt of the UEFA Nations League teams while European nationals play three games in a week.
Although this is a shortened season due to the coronavirus pandemic, this is the third foreign pause since September and the demands of elite players are too wonderful for many.
“We will kill the players,” Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel complained recently.
“We don’t have time to recover, we don’t have time to prepare. Without preparation, everything is fragile. It’s not an excuse, it’s the truth. “
PSG happened to have missed eight regular first-team players opposed to Rennes last weekend, adding Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, and lost three more to injury in the match.
At least in France, and in many European leagues, groups can make five substitution matches instead of three.
This is the case with the Premier League, but now calls are being made for England to side with.
At the end of October, Specialist Premier Injuries reported 78 muscle injuries in the first five rounds of matches in England, 42% more than the same level last season.
In Spain, Pedro Luis Ripoll, a doctor and founder of a clinic specializing in sports injuries, told ABC that there had been 78 muscle injuries in the first 50 days of the Spanish season.
– Players ” are ‘machines’ –
“Footballers want to be treated. They still have two legs, two lungs and two hands. They are machines,” seville coach Julen Lopetegui said.
Injuries are an occupational hazard, however, it is the increasing number of muscle disorders that are of greatest concern, and the need for will will increase in the coming weeks.
The Premier League will play nine rounds of matches between 21 November and 2 January. Groups interested in Europe will have 3 matches plus this period, and there will also be the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
“International football (club) groups are in the toughest era of all time, as October is like December itself, November is like a normal December and December is like December. And January probably wouldn’t be much different,” Liverpool said. Chief Jurgen Klopp.
On the other hand, France will play seven rounds of matches in less than five weeks before the end of December, and Germany is getting rid of their winter vacation.
– Friendly sabotage –
French coach Didier Deschamps this week won the virtues of the number of clubs in Ligue 1 from 20 to 18, which would give clubs more respite.
Meanwhile, it is his team for 3 matches in seven days, adding Wednesday’s friendly against Finland.
The resolution to be adopted with the League of Nations has been criticized at a time of restrictions and with considerations that overseas meetings can facilitate the spread of Covid-19.
However, other friendlies were interrupted after the first wave of the virus was postponed this year.
Playing with them now theoretically federations to generate much-needed revenue, however, France opposes Finland will be played in an empty Stade de France and it is tempting to wonder what it is for.
In Amsterdam, Spain will be Jesús Navas, who broke up with Sevilla this weekend, and Ansu Fati of Barcelona, who is expected to miss 4 months for a knee injury.
His Dutch hosts are his formidable pair of Virgil van Dijk and Matthijs de Ligt’s centrals also due to injuries.
But the exhibition continues, even behind closed doors, and even if the players themselves have difficulty keeping up.
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