After this Bundesliga match day, the needs are big again: FC Bayern assume the defenders due to injuries. Cruciate ligament rupture at Alphonso Davies, free joint bodies at Dayot Upamecano and now a new midfoot break at Hiroki Ito – many are wondering how this can happen that there are more and more failures in football.
But is this perception even right? Do more players hurt today than before? What influence does the supposedly overcrowded calendar have a three-day rhythm? And has football itself become more demanding for muscles and tendons over the years?
These questions are up for debate in this issue of the SZ football talk “And now for sport”. Moderator Jonas Beckenkamp welcomes colleagues David Kulessa in the studio, who recently collected a wealth of data on this topic and has evaluated it for a larger report.
:More is not possible
The first football professionals threaten strikes. But is your work really so much tougher today than at the time of Beckenbauer, Matthew or Ballack? A data analysis.
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