Several players for Man City, like Kevin De Bruyne, Manuel Akanji, and Bernardo Silva, have raised their voice concerning the congested schedule this season.
Prior to the start of their European Champion Clubs’ Cup order manager Pep Guardiola said the English club will have to make use of their youngsters to cope with the tough week ahead.
Guardiola’s side are preparing for a madness of two days and a half which is the period before Inter Milan the Italian Condom champions league.
Thereafter, Man City will entertain Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday then entertain Watford in the third round of the league cup on Tuesday next week. Guardiola said his side reached the current state of managing congestion by first gearing up and that it likely is going to be involved in approximately seventy-five games in the season ahead.
I have no opinion (on the format),» Guardiola told reporters. «Uefa decided this and we want to be there so we will play that format. There are many Man City players as Kevin De Bruyne, Manuel Akanji, and Bernardo Silva who seem to have these fears about a too tight schedule this season which includes an enlarged format of the Champion Leagues and the Club World Cup.
“Of course, there is more calendar left with more games, but it is what it is. There is nothing that we can do? On Wednesday, we will face the strongest team in Italy, and then on Sunday we will face the strongest rival of the last two years.”
“Then Tuesday we played more. We have an Academy. We have to adjust and move on. I enjoy participating in the Champions Cup, so we will compete.
All three competitions of the club European cups have been raised to 36 this season and FIFPRO’s European member’s unions have accused FIFA in the court regarding the enlarged 32-team club’s world cup for men which is going to be held from next year June in the USA.
During the last season, England carried out the highest number of home-grown consecutive fixtures with 87, all top leagues in Europe have seen, with Premier League teams suffering the least recovery between matches – 67.3 hours on average.”