A few days before he was seriously injured, Rodri openly denounced the excessive number of matches that some football players had to play during the year. A feeling shared by Jules Koundé who also mentioned the possibility of starting a strike. Since then, analysts have returned to the subject and some evocative figures have now been put forward. One of them concerns Jude Bellingham.
A physical trainer who has worked in particular in Le Havre, Olivier Rodriguez was on the channel’s set on Tuesday evening
The Team to evoke these famous cadences that some consider infernal. To illustrate his point, he made a comparison between the time spent on the field by Jude Bellingham and that of some former English players. Thus, the Real Madrid midfielder currently has 18,486 minutes played at twenty years old when David Beckham had played 3,929 at the same age.
Eloquent figures
Another point of comparison is Frank Lampard and his 6,987 minutes of play at twenty years old. The result speaks for itself, as the consultant confirmed: “That means that at the same age, Bellingham has played six times more than Beckham and three times more than Frank Lampard. And when you read these figures, which are quite eloquent, you have to factor in the mental wear and tear that goes with all the matches played, the need to perform, the amount of desire that is concentrated on the players, the demands of the coaches, the agents who are behind it. I’m not making them out to be victims, but all that weighs too.”
Another observation to highlight the ever-increasing amount of time spent by some players on the field. Despite a few players speaking out, the vast majority remain silent for the time being.
