Faced with increasingly busy schedules, players are not spared from injury. And the trend should worsen according to Rolland Courbis, particularly worried about the Marseillais of Jorge Sampaoli.
Despite the criticism they face, the clubs which refused to release their players for the Olympics have a good reason. Internationals are faced with increasingly busy schedules and only benefit from shortened vacations. As a result, their physical preparation is also shortened at the risk of exposing themselves to injury. This is why Rolland Courbis announces even more physical problems next season, especially at Olympique de Marseille.
Sampaoli, “it’s madness”
“I predict, in the next six months, a record of injuries that will be unprecedented, predicted the consultant for Le 10 Sport. In sport in general, not just in football. Quite simply because for almost two years, there has been no balance in the physical preparations. Between cuts, zero restarts, ramp-ups, etc … But we’re going into the wall! In RMC, to tease me, some call me Doctor Courbis. This time, I hope I’m wrong, but I predict a great massacre and full infirmaries. »
« And if some clubs have taken the habit of saying “we have to double the positions”, I say that they might be better to triple them, advised the former Marseille coach. And when I see clubs like OM, which play preparation matches every three days… But when do you train? And when are the players resting? Jorge Sampaoli is surely a very great coach, but the level of his preparation and the intensity that he demands is madness in the current context. I’m very scared for the future, for the players … “Especially since OM’s agenda will be full with the Europa League.
