Ambit consulted two most renowned professionals in the world of sports to explain why the World Cup in Qatar -and millions of fans around the world- suffered from dozens of casualties (including Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, Karim Benzemá and Sadio Mané) that diminished both the show and the sporting hope. The competition date was the deciding factor.
“It is the world of injuries. It is out of place in time and space, the players arrive tired. They had a week and the tournament has already started, before they prepared more time and the deadlines were shortened “argues damian siano (MM 91929), traumatologist specialized in sports in dialogue with this medium.
In this sense, the doctor argues: “I understand that dollars move everything, but they forget something important: taking care of the players. We cannot risk that soccer stars arrive with the latest, when at this time they are thinking about Christmas. They are not used to having this psychological and sports stress at this time of year. These are moments of great mental and psychological load”.
At this point in the tournament, the premise is clear: playing a date of such magnitude in the middle of the traditional season, after an unprecedented accumulation of matches to meet the calendars, was detrimental. “The teammates change, the chip is different, they could already be on vacation. Sometimes the psychological stress is greater than the physical one, and it depends on the shirt they defend, it’s even worse.”exposes the professional, who bluntly defends the main players in this sport.
“The players are the true makers of the World Cup, and the horizon regarding taking care of them was lost, money, other details, and not taking care of them took precedence. I think it is a bad organization of FIFA. The footballers are at the limit, drawing strength from where there is none”contrasts Siano.
“All that stress, at this time, has nothing to do with the passing of a normal championship. This psychological stress is fundamental in injuries”describes the traumatologist, while detailing that in conditions of “good humor” the body chemistry is different since the endorphins increase and that protects the general health of any person. “They are shields,” she points out.
Fernando Signorini He is one of the most experienced and respected voices in the world of football. She was part of the physical preparation of the Argentine national team as well as the training of Diego Maradona. “This World Cup is marked by injuries. But it was predictablefires at the query of Ambit.
The expert agrees with Siano that the time when Qatar 2022 took place went against the grain because “On traditional dates, by the time of the World Cup, only those who reached the finals such as the Champions League were involved in great efforts. And the times were reduced almost unacceptably. This year the footballers were available a week earlier”.
“To arrive on time, very important matches were played at a rate of three per week. Didier Deschamps himself, the France coach, said that in this way it is impossible for the players to arrive in the best condition”, questions Signorini, coach of the Argentine National Team in South Africa 2010.
Time also plays its role, because, according to the physical trainer, to arrive in optimum condition two actions are needed: effort and rest. “But there is no time, because you have to rest, but you also need to develop the idea of the game”, difference. That is why the role of the medical corps is magnified, “so that they can recover the players.”
Both specialists agree that the emotional part -or in the case of these big events, the tension part- conditions an elite athlete. “The World Cup affects in a much more powerful way than a home tournament, where you have revenge every week. Here, you practically lose and you hardly aspire to anything anymore ”elaborates Signorini.
The prevailing heat in Qatar in the middle of summer led to modifying the date of the World Cup. Perhaps it was not the climate itself, not the venue, so discussed for more than a decade. Both Siano and Signorini argue that the physical factor, whoever reaches the end in that regard the best, will make the difference in a World Cup in which both the election and the time of year went against the most important thing: football.
Source: Ambito
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