FIFA World Cup Countdown Clock on Doha’s corniche. AP
World Cup stars are at better threat of damage as a result of unprecedented calls for of the congested calendar, world gamers’ union FIFPro warned on Tuesday.
“FIFA World Cup 2022: The Participant Workload Journey,” highlights the dearth of time obtainable for footballers to relaxation between the tip of home commitments and the beginning of the event in Qatar on November 20.
“After a packed first half to the present league season, the typical preparation and restoration time for a lot of gamers shall be seven and eight days, respectively, about 4 instances lower than traditional,” FIFPro stated in its report.
“That is prone to improve the chance of muscle accidents and psychological stress.”
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This 12 months’s World Cup is the primary to be performed in the course of the season in Europe, the place many of the prime stars are based mostly.
In addition to the absence of a break earlier than the event, main leagues will restart simply days after the World Cup remaining, which takes place in Doha on December 18.
The report factors out that the English Premier League will restart simply eight days after the ultimate, in contrast with a break of 26 days after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and 34 days after the 2014 event.
“Considerably decreased preparation and restoration intervals earlier than and after this World Cup pose an ominous menace to participant well being and hinder efficiency optimisation,” it stated.
In response to the report, which covers the interval from July 12, 2021 to October 24, 2022, Liverpool and Netherlands defender Virgil Van Dijk performed probably the most minutes of these analysed — 7,597 in 78 video games.
Van Dijk may come up in opposition to his former Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane when the Netherlands face Senegal on Monday, if the Bayern Munich ahead is match sufficient.
Mane, who gained the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal this 12 months, has performed in 93 video games within the analysed interval.
FIFPro has repeatedly voiced issues about participant workload because the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nevertheless, the report additionally raises issues that sure nationwide groups may very well be hindered on the World Cup by an absence of soccer.
Hosts Qatar, whose gamers have spent the previous six months in a coaching camp, have solely performed in nationwide crew friendlies in that point.
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