The world of football is in danger. In its report published this Monday, the FIFPro, the World Player Union, alerts to the hellish rates imposed on players, especially the internationals who play in big clubs.
The document alerts in particular on the misdeeds of the Club World Cup, reshaped by FIFA, which took place last summer. She extended the finalist season, PSG and Chelsea, until mid-July. While the competition resumed in mid-August, far too early.
According to high performance experts interviewed by the FIFPro, players should benefit from a 28 -day break after a season, four weeks of vacation, before a preparation of four new weeks. For PSG, this summer, we were very far from it. The cut only lasted 22 days (it's even worse for Chelsea and Real Madrid, 20 days), and especially the preparation before the first match came down to 7 short days. Four times less than the recommended duration.
The hellish rates of PSG pointed out by the FIFPro.
Hakimi soon injured?
Under these conditions, should we be surprised by the number of wounded within the Parisian workforce at the moment? In the top 10 players who played the most games in all competitions in the past season, there are four elements of PSG. Among them, three were absent against Auxerre on Saturday due to physical problem (Désiré Goué, Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves). Only Achraf Hakimi is holding on, but the FifPro worries about him.
According to data published in this report, it is “excessive” for a player to participate in more than 55 matches in a season. For PSG players mentioned above, the total of toes was around 70 …
