“The League of Nations is not important to me. These are exaggerated friendly matches for me after a long and demanding season. I’m not looking forward to them, “sighed the Belgian jewel Kevin de Bruyne. He won the championship with Manchester City on May 22, and after a few days he reported to the national team meeting.
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On Friday night, he and the Belgians will face the Netherlands in the first of four matches in 11 days. He has 53 matches at his disposal, which he has played since August. “The health of the players is overlooked, it is not taken into account at all. The people who make the decisions do not understand how we feel after the season. But we just have to play, we won’t change anything, “De Bruyne said angrily.
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England will take part in four matches even within ten days. This applies to five De Bruyne counterparts from Etihad. And also Liverpool defender Alexander-Arnold, who ended the club season with Saturday’s Champions League final (loss 0: 1 to Real Madrid).
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“We are finishing the season in which some players have played over seventy matches, which is crazy. And we continue the League of Nations matches with national teams. “It’s absolutely crazy,” said Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp. His team has played 63 games since August. The Reds, which are virtually all, have been up to 12 more games. Klopp.
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Many Czech representatives also have a challenging year behind them. Those who work in clubs from the best European competitions have the vision of a holiday after the meeting. However, after the duel in Spain (June 12), the players from the home clubs will start training almost immediately.
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Unlike the German, English, Spanish, French or Italian teams, the Czech cup representatives have to go through a sieve of the cup preliminary rounds. The second preliminary round with the dates of July 19 or 20 concerns them. So the preparations start plus or minus in mid-June. It is no wonder that he will apologize to coach Jaroslav Šilhavý.
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“Playing national matches on this deadline is nonsense. Players have to rest, they don’t have to go anywhere. This will not bring anything to football. All that remains is to believe that this will not happen again in the coming years, “coach Josef Csaplár commented on the situation.
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| Qualification in June (since 2015) |
| 2015: Latvia – Czech Republic 1: 2 (ME) |
| 2015: Iceland – Czechia 2: 1 (ME) |
| 2017: Norway – Czechia 1: 1 (World Cup) |
| 2019: Czechia – Montenegro 3: 0 (European Championship) |
| 2019: Czechia – Bulgaria 2: 1 (ME) |
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