This weekend was once again a dark one in terms of injured players in the world of football. In addition, the diagnoses of two of them turned out to be the most serious that can occur in this sport. Knee injuries Marc André Ter-Stegen and of Rodri Hernandez They confirm once again a problem that exists and to which the governing bodies do not provide a solution. On the contrary, they progressively load the calendar with more and more games.
At this point in the season, where the championship with the most games played is six, precisely the Spanish League, there are already 29 footballers who have injured their knees in the five major championships. Europe (Spanish League, Premier League –England–, Serie A –Italy–, Bundesliga –Germany– and Ligue 1 –France–)To make matters worse, in this field, any injury is serious, so all these players who fell in just one month of competition have already practically said goodbye to the rest of the season.
The last ones, as they say, were Ter Stegen, goalkeeper of Barcelonaand Rodri, the best midfielder in the world and capital of Manchester City and in the Spanish team. In fact, the Spaniard spoke openly last week about a possible footballers’ strike, being the first to raise his voice against this calendar and to put forward the aforementioned term, to which other stars like Daniel Carvajal either Jules Kounde.
However, while it is only September 23, they leave a huge void in their teams and their tears, a general malaise in the face of a situation that must change as soon as possible. There are already several experts who have spoken out on this unpleasant issue, the last one being the surgeon specializing in anterior cruciate operations, Manuel Leyeswhat he said in The big game of the Chain Cope that the main reason for ligament rupture is “fatigue”.
Experts are also raising their voices
The most worrying thing, and what the doctor pointed out, is that the knee problem also wreaks havoc among young people. The most obvious case is that of Marc Bernala 17-year-old midfielder who had just made his debut with Barca and that he fractured his cruciate ligament and part of his meniscus in the final minutes of his team’s third-day match against Rayo Vallecano. And the overexposure of the joint at that age made him unable to withstand certain impacts at his age in such an intense match.
At OKDIARIO we also had the opportunity to speak recently with Jorge San Martinformer physical trainer of the real Madridwho told us that for him the real problem is that in today’s football the pre-season is ignored, a fundamental part of the year for any footballer. “If the player has improved physically by playing… well, look, it’s over. There would be no more problems. But that’s not the case, he needs training,” he told us when asked about the calendar that FIFA And UEFA have implemented.
San Martín also insisted on the footballer’s rest time. “We are giving up what is most important. The breaks are essential. We have to look for alternatives, but the important thing is that the player is in good physical shape and trains. Let’s not forget that football is the most intense muscular and joint sport in the world. “You compete every week,” he explained.
What is clear is that for one reason or another, the player, who ultimately becomes the protagonist of this circus, blames the crazy dates that have been reached. Almost thirty players in just 30 days of maximum competition is too much and the players are about to say that enough is enough. It is true that salaries and television rights have a lot to do with this story, so the strike could be a solution, because if we increase the number of injuries by removing the requirement that they are knee injuries, the number increases more and more.
Fateful day in the League
And in the championship match played this weekend in Spain alone, 14 players were injured, a figure that defies all logic, including Daniel Carvajal either Cesar Azpilicueta. Regarding knee injuries, Marc Bernal and Hamari Traoreright side of the Royal Societybroke the cruciate ligament, while this Monday we knew that Ter Stegen’s serious problem is located at the level of the patellar tendon.
The 29 players who have injured their knees this season
EA Sports League
- Marc Bernal: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee with damage to the meniscus
- Ter Stegen: complete rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee.
- Hamari Traoré: torn cruciate ligament in right knee
- Joan Martinez: torn cruciate ligament in right knee
- Cesar Palacios: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
Premier League
- Igor Thiago: meniscus injury
- Rodri: torn anterior cruciate ligament (unless confirmed by City)
- Enso González: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture
- Tomiyasu: Knee injury
- Boubacar Traoré: knee injury
Series A
- Varane: discomfort in left knee
- Harroui: torn ligaments
- Scamacca: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
- Kowalski: Anterior cruciate ligament tear
- Florenzi: right knee injury
Bundesliga
- Sacha Boey: torn meniscus
- Ouédraogo: knee injury
- Josip Stanisic: Rupture of the external ligament of the knee
- Ihlas Bebou: knee operation
- Promel: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
- Njinmah: ligament injury
Ligue 1
- Mâcon: meniscus injury
- Reda Khadra: knee injury
- Terem Moffi: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
- Boudaoui: knee injury
- Centoze: Anterior cruciate ligament tear
- Moumbagna: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
- Cabot: knee problems
- Lasso Coulibaly: torn anterior cruciate ligament
