UNFP Sounds Alarm on Increasing Player Injuries in Soccer: Is Overwork to Blame?

Camavinga, Zaire-Emery, Vinicius, Gavi, Oyarzabal, Ter Stegen, Mandi, Muriqi, Ocampos, Haaland, Onano, Rashford, Bowen, Antonio, Bastoni, Ochoa, Eriksen, Miretti, McKennie, Pino, Todibo: the list is maddening. In recent days, all these players have been injured, most often with their selection. In the process, the UNFP published an alarmist press release.

“For years now, the UNFP and FIFPRO have been sounding the alarm, denouncing the work overload which endangers not only the physical integrity of the actors, but also their mental health,” we can read. Even succeeding, initially, in avoiding the worst by forcing FIFA to rethink its copy by not scheduling its flagship competition in summer under deadly temperatures, the World Cup in Qatar, as we had expected, was acted as a kind of accelerator when the workloads were already beyond belief. In the absence of negotiated periods of rest, compulsory recovery between matches, but also of measurement tools protecting and ensuring the mental and physical health of the footballer, the drastic increase in the number of injuries in the five major Championships must not so nothing to chance. »

2023-11-22 19:22:30
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