‘Sometimes I feel tired. We play every three days, we don’t rest’‘I am against the lack of time to recover,’ says Pep Guardiola
Bernardo Silva has warned football may pay a heavy price for the expansion of the Club World Cup to 32 teams from 2025 onwards, saying the quality of matches will dip amid an increasingly unmanageable workload and admitting the fixture list’s demands already leave him feeling tired.
Manchester City will face the Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds in Jeddah on Tuesday night as they begin their bid to be crowned world champions of the club game. They enter a seven-team tournament at the semi-final stage having flown overnight following their draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday; recovery time is limited enough on this occasion but their participation in the 2025 tournament, already guaranteed, will involve a summer in the US and up to seven fixtures.
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