It was only the beginning of the season, but coach Pep Guardiola Manchester City, I already warned you. “This is a losing battle unless the players stand up and say: ‘We will not play’. Otherwise there is nothing to be done. They take them to Asia, the USA, very strong matches, derbies, big matches… People are falling and will continue to fall because the ‘show’ must go on“, he assured before the European Super Cup. He did this after losing Kevin De Bruyne is one of the pillars of this organization until 2024.
The match pressure that some top players endure is a constant. The problem gets worse on international windows where the call is made ‘FIFA virus’As the minutes increased, it reached epidemic proportions. Sometimes injuries occur in unprecedented contexts. According to Prensa Ibérica from Faro de Vigo, Joseph Aidoo, capital of CeltaHe was injured in the early hours of Saturday. Friendship between Ghana and Mexico.
Aidoo, Balde, Nico Williams, Javi López…
The centre-back went down after a clash with Hirving Lozano. His team reported that the Achilles tendon in the national football player’s left leg was broken, which is one of the most serious injuries a football player can experience. Celta’s medical services did not specify how long Aidoo would be out.but not less than six to eight months. The season became history for him.
The heavenly club loses a crucial man at a delicate moment as they occupy the penultimate place in the First League. One of its direct rivals in struggle but permanence AlavesIt also received bad press in this last international window. Javi López had to leave the Spanish under-21 team’s concentration early after taking a hit. Without knowing the extent of the loss, this incident disrupted the progress of a top-five player on the final day.
There have been absolute few changes in this and the previous window for the same reasons. Last: Alejandro Balde and Nico Williams. Barcelona’s full-back did not travel to Oslo due to a groin injury and was replaced by Pedraza. It is not the first time that the athletic winger has not been included in the national team concentration. In the medical report published by the red and white club, it is stated that there is an “injury in the left intercostal muscle”. Nico Williams could play undercover against FC Barcelona, with the risk that comes with it.
Yamal case and risk of injury due to “business football”
The situation with more comments was: Laminated YamalAlthough he finished the Granada match with an injury, he went to Madrid to be evaluated by the Federation’s health services. They were the ones who determined that he would not attend the games against Scotland and Norway. Outside the scope of LaLiga, albeit with an indirect effect Victor Osimhen, Napoli playerThis would be a doubt for the match against Real Madrid (November 29, 21:00).
The Italian team announced that the striker suffered a moderate injury to the femur of his right thigh. He will be away from the field for at least a month. The players are aware of the situation and do not hesitate to express it. In an interview with SPAIN NEWSPAPERFrom the Prensa Ibérica group, Mikel Merino evaluated the burden of the matches experienced by the players.
“Too many games are being played and games are getting longer. This is what we have to face. We have two options: We adapt to this new format, There are teams with more players and we allow some to get injured; or the number of matches is reduced. This second option is not applicable because it affects money. Football is a business and it is very difficult to make it happen. We must try to get there in the best way possible. “Frankly, if there were fewer games, we could present more shows,” he mused.
Vinicius and Bellingham play twice as much as their predecessors
The FIFPRO union analyzed in a report how workload is affecting professional players in the 2022/2023 season, which is marked by a redesigned calendar to accommodate the Qatar World Cup in the winter. “Players like it Vinicius Junior And Jude Bellingham They have played twice as much competitive professional football in the past as other players their age. This increases the risk of injury and exhaustion“Describe the authors of the study.
Generational differences are reflected in the following data: Pedri played 25% more than Xavi at the same age. In his first season in the elite team in 2020/2021, at the age of 18, he played almost everything: for FC Barcelona, for the first team, for the under-21 team and at the Tokyo Olympics. Thierry Henry’s attendance was 48% less due to Kylian Mbappé’s age.
“Football players have ignored the health of the players for the sake of expanding the tournament. For the 2024/2025 season, due to the new Champions League and World Cup, Could be an 89-game season for elite players. This represents an 11% overhead,” says FIFPRO’s study.
November window and African Cup
“The cannibalization of the schedule places greater physical and mental stress on today’s elite players than on the previous generation,” he said. Jonas Baer-HoffmannFIFPRO Secretary General at the presentation of the investigation. The Spaniards expressed themselves along the same lines David Aganzo, union president for whom “It is extremely important to take precautions to protect players. “Your health and safety must come before other priorities.”
In mid-November, clubs will once again be exposed to the ‘FIFA virus’ in a new international window, with the Spanish team, for example, already facing qualification. In January next year, African Cup will take control of scheduling of eleven LaLiga teams.
Although there is no official call yet Almería, Celta, Rayo, Valencia, Alavés, Betis, Villarreal, Athletic, Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Las Palmas They will lose a player between the 13th and the 24th of the first month of 2024. As for the Almería team, which is last in LaLiga, the recently joined Gaizka Garitano will, predictably, be without a player. Idrissu Slime (Ghana), Houboulang Mendes (Guinea-Bissau) and Dion Lopy (Senegal). But as Guardiola said, “the show must go on.”