Florentino Perez reviewed all the current issues in Madrid in an immaculate speech lasting more than an hour that took place this Sunday on the occasion of the Assembly of the Real Madrid. One of them was the issue of the accumulation of parties, Florentino crossing out the UEFA as most responsible for the “decadence”, since he “disdains the health of the footballers.” Furthermore, it considers the body chaired by Alexander Ceferin as the main architect of the nonsense of the European calendar.
«UEFA y FIFA They have added 14 more games, which represents almost two more months of competition. In our League there have been nine cruciate tears. Last season there were the same ones and the previous season there were 13. Only in the last day of the League there have been three crusaders. We have nine so far in the League. The greater load of matches and less rest make it easier for the cruciate to break,” Florentino began on this matter, exposing data that becomes evidence that portrays the large organizations that govern Football.
“No one understands the Champions League of 36 teams and the value of the matches is worth much less than before,” highlighted Florentino, who also made it clear that “the overload of the current calendar is taking its toll on the health of the players and is related to injuries.” In addition to UEFA, Florentino gave as an example Jude Bellingham of that player who at such a young age has a completely crazy number of matches played.
«It is striking that a player like Bellingham turned 21 years old and had played 251 games. At your age, David Beckham He had played 52 games. FIFA has expanded the selection windows and created a Club World Cup which will deprive the players of their well-deserved rest in the summer. Ten years ago, UEFA organized 488 matches and now there are 769, 57% more. With only one purpose: to enter more,” he explained.
Florentino and UEFA
His main synthesis is that “the quality of football has decreased with these calendars.” «UEFA has disregarded the health of the footballers. Ten years ago it organized 488 matches and now 759. Its sole purpose is to gain more and the result is the decline of football,” Florentino added emphatically in his speech. “They have not taken into account the main players in football and the fans have been disrespected,” he said.
To resolve this problem, Florentino spoke of the low influx of matches against teams from the Premier Leagueone of the five best competitions in Europa: «Apart from the calendar, no one worries about offering the best possible show. In 122 years, we have only welcomed an English team to our stadium on 22 occasions. We have only played one tie against Arsenal. “Football is on the wrong path.”
