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too many games innit
Not sure about that mate. The number of domestic games played has been the same for 25+ years now. 38 league games, usual number of FA cup and EFL cup games too. A full UCL campaign has also been 13 games for 25+ years too. The world cup has been the same length for 25yrs as well and the Euros has only been one game longer in recent years since 2016.
All these extra games that people think of like the new UCL league format, the club world cup and the 48 team world cup have not been implemented yet. There's something else behind these injuries. It could be the increased intensity of the modern game or something else but blaming the number of games seems illogical because it hasn't changed much.
Longer injury time and the game has become more physical. Now it's normal for players to run 10-12 km, before it was only for specific roles. Even the speed increased.
So while the number of games didn't increase yet, the playtime and intensity has. And if the number of games increases the situation will get even worse
Yeah I agree its probably because of the high physical intensity of the game these days. I'm not sure about the longer injury time tbh because that's something that hasn't even been around for a year but we've had increasing numbers of injuries for a couple years now.