While the French team is preparing to start their qualification campaign for the World Cup, Bixente Lizarazu took its most beautiful pen. In an editorial for The teamthe 98 world champion decided to sound the alarm. The subject? The state of freshness, or rather wear, of players.
“In what physical state will the Blues be?” “,
he wonders, pointing to the rates
“Nonsense” And a lack of glaring recovery.
Lizarazu denounces the hellish rates suffered by the Blues
Lizarazu's observation is final. Between seasons at more than sixty games, competitions that are linked and a reduced holiday with sorrow, the organizations are rupture. “” Comes a moment when saturation settles down ”, he warns. For him, fatigue is not only physical, it is also mental. An analysis that echoes the recent outings of Didier Deschamps and Kylian Mbappé, who also alerted to this permanent overwork.
Lizarazu does not speak in a vacuum. He knows what he is talking about. Before the 1998 triumph, a serious injury held him away from the fields for much of the season. An evil for a good, which had allowed him to arrive at the World Cup with exceptional freshness, making him one of the best blues of the competition. His personal experience gives immense legitimacy about him.
Lizarazu warns the Blues: “The body has its limits, the mind too”
The World Cup, this “grail” in danger
For the former Bayern side, it is urgent to
“Sackward »The World Cup, “The Grail”, And to ensure that the best players arrive in optimal conditions. He pleads for a more intelligent management of playing times, citing the example of Kylian Mbappé, who should no doubt have been put to rest during certain gatherings last season. “You have to accept the idea that, even if the player is not injured, he can benefit from a cut to mentally regenerate”he insists.
His message is a call to reason, addressed to clubs, selections and the players themselves. He recalls a simple truth: we cannot shoot indefinitely on the rope. By dint of wanting to play everything, all the time, we risk losing everything. The warning is clear. Hopefully it will be heard before it is too late.
