Football Thread 21/22

[The Fury]

drbunnig said:

The Fury said:
So, Loftus-Cheek is injured after playing a friendly in the US, so he's potentially out of the Europa League final. As a non-story as this is, who schedules a friendly at this time of the year?

By the time the final rolls around, it'll have been two and a half weeks since the last match. This is probably a better and more intense way to maintain match fitness and sharpness than normal training, as well as offering the opportunity to test out/tweak tactics, formations etc.

Maybe you are right, in terms of fitness and all that but 3 days after the end of the season? Teams even complain mid season about their busy schedule. :P