Stress, strains and a short career
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In August, the BBC published an article titled ‘Do Premier League footballers get a proper break’, this included data which explained that in a year Matthijs de Ligt of Ajax has played 65 matches equating to a total of 5,733 minutes. The other data showed several top-class footballers were in the same boat. That’s not much time to rest and recover before their next match and could lead to an increase in the chance of a career-ending injury.
In another article, it discussed a report published by Fifpro, who represent 65,000 professional footballers from 63 national players' associations. The 'At the Limit' report compared the workload of 16 players over the last 12 months with medical science on health and performance capacity.
The report claims elite non-European players such as Mane, Alisson and Son are travelling too much without adequate rest when they leave club football for international duty.
Now, I'm sure you're reading this and not feeling much sympathy for them. It’s probably true to say that most ‘normal’ people think footballers have the best job in the world, but the data above proves that it’s not all plain sailing. Players must travel long distances to games using a variety of transportation methods including planes and cars, where the risk of injury is transferred and greater as players may car share or have drivers. Plus, some competitions require back to back games to be played, so there’s the mental and physical strain on the body, which can lead to a greater risk of injury.
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(Source: BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49192239 & https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49343332)
