Only a month and a half left for the start of the world women’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand, where many of the best players were absent from their teams due to serious injuries. This is the case, as we have said on several occasions, of Miedema (Holland), Beckie (Canada), Larsen (Denmark) or the trio of aces of the English team: Fran Kirby, Williamson and Beth Mead.
The latter certainly denounced the lack of understanding between teams and clubs with the backdrop of the World Cup. The forward believes that, amid the dispute over the rest dates for the players, they are being put in the middle: “We are not mediators, it is not fair”, he complained, clarifying that there is a gap between the date when they release the clubs and the date asking them to focus on their teams.
In April, the Association of European Clubs expressed concern about plans by national teams to call up players ahead of the official launch date set by FIFA (July 10), while acknowledging that the meeting was 10 days before the start of the World Cup is inappropriate. . Clubs and national teams are in talks, but have yet to reach an agreement.
Unnecessary and unnecessary stress
“Scheduling is an important issue and we, as players, should keep that decision away from us, we don’t want to be arbiters, it’s not fair. As a footballer, if your coach wants you to this date, you want to go because you think you might jeopardize your position if you don’t. We don’t want this stress, it’s not good.” “Something has to be done. The girls who reach the quarterfinals, semifinals or finals will only have a week off (for example Wolfsburg and Barça). It can’t be done. You play football for months and you have a week off vacation. . Not enough mentally and physically.”
Mead lamented that, with so many injuries in the absence of accumulated fatigue, the World Cup would lose its quality: “A good part of the best players will not be there, which is a shame for the people who go there as spectators. in a World Cup, the competition It’s the biggest you can go, and you have some stars sitting at home watching it on TV because of the load of matches, overwork, programming. It’s hard like that.”
Source: La Verdad
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