Bernardo Silva, Manchester City midfielder, talk about the situation where he has to deal with a busy schedule of games, leaving him with almost no time for personal life. He asked the senior players in the industry to come down and create a better balance than they are now.
The 2024-25 Champions League season will begin to adjust its format to use a league phase system to select the last 16 teams to compete in the knockout round early next year.
Originally, the group stage consist of 6 matches per team, but now it has been extend to 8 matches, with matches scheduled from late September to mid-December. This means that the participating teams will have to play every 3 days until the Champions League phase is complete.
One of the people who complained was the Portuguese playmaker, who wanted to create a balance in his life outside the football field.
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“We just learned that there will be a program where if we rest for one day, we will have to continue with the League Cup.”
“I have to play every 3 days for the whole month – it’s ridiculous.”
“Like in the Champions League, if you don’t make it to the last 16, you have to play two more games,” – so it makes sense that the squad needs to be bigger.”
“But I’m not saying that having more options is easier, because it’s never easy.”
“I have very little opportunity to spend time with my family and friends.”
“Compared to the number of games that are pack in, it’s absolutely insane.”
Since joining Man City in the summer of 2017 , UFABET there has not been a season in which he has played fewer than 45 games , with the most coming in 2022-23 when he won the treble.