It is “necessary and urgent” to regulate football calendars: Mosqueda

Given the excess of matches and competitions in various leagues around the world, which has resulted in a large number of injured players, It is necessary and urgent to regulate the calendars and balance both the economic and sporting issues.considered former midfielder Juan Carlos Mosqueda, who also warned that, if not done, soccer could totally lose its essence and stop being attractive to fans.

In a large number of tournaments, clubs must play at least three matches in the same week, and given the physical and mental demands that this implies, some have begun to have multiple absences from their squads due to several of their players They have suffered severe injuries.

On Wednesday of last week, during a press conference, the Spanish midfielder Rodri Hernández, a member of Manchester City, warned about the consequences of the overload of matches, and indicated that the players could carry out a strike in search of reversing this situation.

In my humble opinion, (the current schedule) is excessive. If you ask any footballer, they will tell you that it is a general opinion, it is not just mine. We have to take care of ourselves, we are the main actors in this sport, or this business, whatever you prefer to call it.said the Iberian, who played more than 5,000 minutes last season with City and the Spanish national team, and who precisely in the final of the recent Euro Cup against England had to be replaced due to injury.

Just a few days after said complaint, to which various protagonists of international football joined, the English team, led by Pep Guardiola, reported that the player will be away from the fields for several months. due to a serious injury to the ligament in his right kneewhich practically put an end to what was being the best year in his sporting career, after winning the Premier League for the fourth time and obtaining his first title in the Euro Cup, with the Spanish team.

Barcelona’s goalkeeper, the German Marc-André ter Stegen, also recently suffered an injury, as he fractured the patellar tendon in his right knee in this weekend’s match against Villarreal, meaning he will be out for around eight months. .

While the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid’s new reinforcement for this season, will not be able to play for at least three weeks after this Wednesday he was diagnosed with an injury to the femoral biceps of his left leg, after the match against Alavés, so he will miss next Sunday’s classic against Barcelona.

Mexican soccer has not been exempt from this situation, since clubs like América and Monterrey have also lost several elements in the current Apertura 2024 tournament due to the saturation of matches; However, few have raised their voices about it.

The calendar is a much more economic issue, which has to do with sponsors or television. Clubs that do not enter the league end up benefiting from having earlier vacations. It is something that those who command football should think about, if I gave advice, it would be that everyone was listened to, both players and coaches.declared the blue-cream helmsman André Jardine a few days ago.

In this semester, the American squad has suffered the loss of at least 12 elements. The first was that of Kevin Álvarez, who had to undergo surgery after suffering from chronic pubalgia. Subsequently, Igor Lichnovsky suffered a torn cruciate ligament, which is why he has been absent for several months.

Luis Ángel Malagón, Illián Hernández, Alejandro Zendejas, Javairo Dilrosun, Rodrigo Aguirre, Israel Reyes, Sebastián Cáceres, Diego Valdés, Néstor Araujo, Brian Rodríguez and Erikc Sánchez have also been absent this season with Las Águilas.

After visiting Necaxa last Saturday, the Coapa team traveled to the United States to compete this Wednesday for the Champions Cup title, which they won after beating the Colombus Crew, and this Sunday they will face Pumas in the capital classic. For this match he will not be able to count on several of his starting elements, which could be an advantage for the Auriazul team.

When you are in a highly demanding team, like América, and you have to play, you have to do it to the maximum, and that greatly influences the performance of the footballers, because they give everything on the field, but at some point, after so many trips, training and matches, the body comes to resent itMosqueda stressed.

Likewise, the former member of the Águilas estimated that the overload of matches not only affects the physical aspect, but also the mental aspect.

As a footballer, you know that, if you don’t play at a good level, sometimes you don’t get more opportunities to demonstrate and consolidate yourself. There are tournaments that do not contribute anything, but you must try your best in all of them because if you do not give immediate results you may not last long in some institution and you will no longer achieve your personal goals, at the end of the day it is a very big pressure for the players.he pointed out.

Despite the many voices against the saturation of matches, the outlook does not look encouraging at all, since the 2025 Club World Cup will bring together 32 teams, a figure much higher than the seven participants in previous editions.

Likewise, the current European Champions League went from 32 to 36 competitors, which obviously increases the number of matches, while in the next World Cup, 48 teams will fight for the title; that is, 16 more than in past competitions.