It's Pep Guardiola's turn to "criticize" the 2022 World Cup
Coach Pep Guardiola voiced his complaint about the schedule as well as the time of this year's World Cup when this directly affects Man City's plans.
Pep Guardiola complains about the World Cup
Pep Guardiola complains about the World Cup
In less than two weeks, the 2022 World Cup will officially kick off. The big teams, where many national players gather, are more or less worried about this year's biggest tournament. Man City is no exception, when the pillars of this team, like Kevin de Bruyne, will have to compete with a dense density in the next World Cup.
It is not difficult to understand when coach Pep Guardiola is upset about the World Cup schedule. He said: " We have a crazy World Cup, the players don't get rest. They all have to focus on the World Cup. If you get injured in the match against Brentford (November 12), racing Winning the Premier League won't matter, but that player will be absent from the World Cup.
Pep calls the 2022 World Cup a crazy tournament
Pep calls the 2022 World Cup a crazy tournament
I told the players last month that everyone has to focus on the tournament. But things don't seem to go as planned. They have to play on Saturday and focus on the team on Sunday. I'm sure the World Cup is what the players think about right now. If I were a player, I would think so too.
In Germany, the first match after the 2022 World Cup is on January 20, 2023 while we have to play on December 26. I better not think about this anymore. If Man City don't have enough healthy stars after the World Cup, I'll use academy players and even fitness coaches."
Pep is not the only one to complain about the schedule in England's domestic leagues before and after the World Cup. Previously, coach Conte was also unhappy when the tournaments in Germany, Spain or Italy were distributed in a more "stretch" density, through which players did not have to strain themselves to compete in too thick a density. .
Among the pillars of Man City at the moment, only Haaland is not present in Qatar. Haaland's Norway team did not qualify and can be considered "good news" for Pep at the moment.
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