Last March, the international calendar for the world of football was approved until 2030 within the framework of the FIFA congress, including some other new competition, such as the Club World Cup.. The matter of the calendar is under the authority of FIFA, but before approval or implementation, from Zurich all the parties involved in the matter are consulted and all of them agreed to the new calendar. Five months later, Pep Guardiola has raised his voice against the number of games played in each season. Xavi Hernandez and Charles Ancelotti They have joined that cry asking for a change and denouncing that nobody has consulted the main football players.
The FIFA Council unanimously approved the new calendar. Months before, FIFPro, the world soccer players union, made public its discomfort in the month of December 2022 at what it considered little care and zero attention from the highest world body to the health of the players. In March, the aforementioned union was at the FIFA congress and no voice was heard against the new drawing of the football year.
Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s soccer director, proposed years ago to group the matches in the calendar in order to avoid travel, which according to various medical studies is what causes many of the injuries suffered by soccer players. Like many other situations that are trying to change, it remained a simple proposal. All these decisions adopted by FIFA are made after listening to the ECA (Club Association), as well as the different Confederations and parties involved. In fact, FIFA has created a working group for future changes to the calendar based on the following premises.
A mandatory annual rest period for players
– Ideally a minimum of 72 hours between two parties.
– One mandatory rest day per week, which would be managed pragmatically.
– All football players must respect these safeguards.
UEFA created in May, a so-called Council of Wise Men who in their first meeting showed concern for the intense charge of the match schedule, leaving little space and time dedicated to the footballer’s preparation. The matter was pending further discussion in subsequent meetings.
The complaint of the elite of the world of football has suspended the main estates. He considers that the salaries of soccer players and coaches have grown in the last 25 years with a brutal percentage, greater than 300 or 400 percent, while the number of matches has not increased beyond 30 percent.
Neither FIFA nor UEFA have the capacity to contract the preseasons of those who go to distant countries to carry them out, Angel Veleiro, the one who goes directly to the main protagonists. Market law. The truth is that competitions grow in demand of what clubs and federations want, each with their own interests. The first with the desire to grow and compete. More games, more money to buy players, with better salaries, and so more and more coaches, who consequently squeeze the best players to achieve the best results. Football Law.
2023-08-19 12:05:04
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