ACL Injuries in Top Football Clubs: A Rising Concern

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00:00Now let's go back to injuries and Manchester City. This ACL flag that's going around some of the top

00:10clubs in Europe, Rodri Ter Stegen, Eder Militao, what do you think?

00:15I mean, too many games, man. The intensity of the games, the fact that the players don't have

00:21vacations anymore. You know, so many tournaments that we want to see as fans and not too much

00:27time for them to rest. And I know that they get paid well, but come on, they also need some rest.

00:32We've seen Real Madrid make 16 injuries in this season. It's crazy. It's insane. And you go to

00:38any league with Chivas or Olajara, we have like 12 injuries, you know, in the season. So it's been,

00:43I think that they have to take into consideration the calendars because it's crazy, man. It's crazy.

00:49Marcelino, I talked to a former NFL player, a good friend of mine, who told me that sometimes

00:53coaches, when things are not going well and when they need results, they're going to say,

00:58OK, you know what? I extended our training session from one hour to two hours because they need to

01:03show ownership that on executives that they're trying to bring some results in. Sometimes not the

01:07best formula for the players because that ends up in an overload, not only from that heavy calendar,

01:12but also from this heavy duty during training. What is your take?

01:19Some stats for you guys to have context is the amount of miles per game has not shifted a lot in

01:26the last 20 years is about the same. But the intensity of that, you know, now we're expecting

01:31these top players to run 36 miles per hour or consistently 10, 20 sprints per game. These joints

01:38can only hold so much, right? They also were looking at calendars that include 80 games.

01:43Some of these players like Rodri, they are, you know, best player in the world by long they are

01:48quintessential to their to their team operation. But also that means that he needs to play three

01:52times a week. Sometimes he has to go in a month playing 12 times. That's about just in broad

01:58strokes. If they run in between eight and 10 miles per game, we're looking at 50 miles a week plus

02:05training of high intensity work. I challenge any marathon runner to to, you know, to to match those

02:12miles at that speed, that intensity with lateral movements of the knee changing the speed. I think

02:17that it's a moment that we have to reckon with. Like you said, it's great to have international

02:21football in the in the summer and having more and more tournaments to watch our favorite

02:26players, but also we have to give them a break.