Winter WC led to more severe injuries - study
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The mid-season World Cup in Qatar last year led to players from Europe's top five leagues spending an average of eight days longer on the sidelines due to injury in the months after the tournament, a study has revealed.
  • Chileinsg@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Memes aside, is there a comparison between this and nations that have a calendar year based season? Eg. Japan’s season is from Jan- Dec so a regular summer world cup would be mid-season for them

    • MayweatherSr@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      A lot of their core player in world cup played in europe though, so this has to be taken into consideration