From the derby match spanish on December 31, the boat able to play 16 matches Almost two months. Always two games a week, except for the second in February, where the Club World Cup gave them the only break. With busy calendar and one short templatehaving lost three players in the winter market, rotations in recent games have not been on a ‘whim’ Xavi, but they came forced tired and accumulated fatigue. The goal, injury prevention. And in Almeria there are some players who have reached the limit, but it is not possible to leave them all on the bench. That’s why the rotations in the starting eleven in recent weeks or some changes in the secondary parts that are questioned from the outside without knowing the real reason for the Barça coach’s decisions.
Barça players play and train with a chest device that measures all their physical efforts. One of the preparers edu ponsis responsible for controlling the so-called external load and thank you for GPS wearing each player can know in detail the physical condition of each footballer and the risk of muscle injury. new game on Almeria had five players marked ‘in red‘ through the physical place of preparation. Some remained on the bench, such as Araujo, Koundé either raphinhabut the others, like Lewandowskiyes they made headlines.
In recent games, the rounds of Xavi they are mostly as prevention to prevent injuries. In some cases, they were able to reduce the muscular fatigue of the players, but even then they did not prevent injuries to Peter either Dembele or now overload Lewandowski.
March, key to rising
This week the Catalans will play two games again, in the Cup match Madrid Thursday and Sunday before the Valencia, but later they will be given a truce calendar. Between the removal of european league and the rest of the national team at the end of March, the Catalans will finally have a much-needed rest and hope to recover all the troops for the final stage of the championship and the final results of the League and the Cup.
He problem of the month of January and February This is not exclusive to Barça. He real Madrid He was punctured in four league games in 2023 and Ancelotti also had to rotate. And in Europe, teams like Arsenalhe city or the Bayern Munich They also accused the overloaded calendar after the world
Source: La Verdad
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