Health in football has reached its limits

Footballers have had enough. It remains clear that in the results of the study carried out last season with more than 500 professionals, 64% of them believe that they have very little time to rest between one game and another.

More facts. 60% responded that flights and displacement reduce their recovery abilities, and up to 80% of those studied would like to have a period of two weeks between season to enter the pits and recover from the accumulated effort.

For example, Heung-Min Son played up to 78 official matches last season, when players say that the reasonable thing per year is between 50 and 60. Hazard (73), Alisson (72) or Mané (70) also reached near to this figure.

FIFPro add a comparative in their report to explain what the calendar is like and the contrasts that may exist between a player and another major league. Rakitic, who completed 68 official matches, only rested 21 days after the World Cup and one week at Christmas.