Why the match calendar is hindering high-performance and threatening player health
By Dr. Darren Burgess
Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study
By Ekstrand J, Hägglund M, Waldén M.
Injury Analysis in Professional Soccer by Means of Media Reports – Only Severe Injury Types Show High Validity
By Krutsch, V., Grechenig, S., Loose, O., Achenbach, L., Zellner, J., Striegel, H., Alt, V., Weber, J., Braun, M., Gerling, S., & Krutsch, W.
Analysis of the Effect of Injuries on Match Performance Variables in Professional Soccer Players: A Retrospective, Experimental Longitudinal Design
By Javier Raya-González, Juan José Pulido, Marco Beato, José Carlos Ponce-Bordón, Roberto López del Campo, Ricardo Resta & Tomás García-Calvo.
The Impact of Match Workload and International Travel on Injuries in Professional Men’s Football
By Steve den Hollander, Gino Kerkhoffs, Vincent Gouttebarge.
The congested International Match Calendar in football: views of 1055 professional male players
By Pillay L, Burgess D, van Rensburg DCJ, Kerkhoffs GM, Gouttebarge V.
The Effects of Fixture Congestion on Injury in Professional Male Soccer: A Systematic Review
By Richard Michael Page , Adam Field , Ben Langley , Liam David Harper , Ross Julian.
Pep Guardiola suggests players strike in order to reduce the
number of matches in football calendar.
By SAM LEE (THE New yORK tIMES – tHE ATHLETIC)
World Cup players experiencing mental and physical fatigue, FIFPRO survey shows.
By fifpro
Real Madrid injury woes due to fixture list
By Alex Kirkland & Rodrigo Faez (ESPN)