Among the clubs there is panic of possible injuries during the World Cup, while in the players there is a general fear of any inconvenience days to concentrate with their teams
Benzema has already missed five games, Araujo fell and barring a miracle he will miss it and the last big name that could be left out is Lo Celso with Argentina
When, at the time, it became known that the Qatar World Cup 2022 It would be on atypical dates, in full club competition, we all imagined that the order of things was going to change. We are used to the ABC of every two/four years. European Championships, World Cups. Everything at the end of the season, once all the championships have come to an end. The player sacrifices vacations and usually joins the preseason a little late for the taste of the coaches. But he is more than assumed. He was.
With the World Cup taking place between November and December, everything is different. Also for the psychological aspect of footballers, of course. As Kroos recently said, “The World Cup is played every four years, hopefully you have three or four bullets in your career to win it”. That generates desire, anxiety. How do you represent that a player must be 100% central to his club when after a week he must join the training camp prior to the most important and unique competition in the history of football?
THE IMPOSSIBLE MIRACLE OF ARAUJO
The fact is that for months, practically since the start of the course, we have been seeing bizarre cases. Injuries that are dramatized more than the story, recoveries that take longer than theoretically stipulated. That dilemma that arose due to Araujo’s injury comes to mind. The Uruguayan fell in a friendly against Iran, in just one minute of play. It was serious. Going under the knife almost meant saying goodbye to Qatar. Not doing it was a lot of risk, but they had more chances of being there.
Despite becoming a matter of state in the Uruguayan country, common sense prevailed among the staff, doctors and others and Ronald underwent surgery. In the sky blue they still believe in the miracle, but the player and Barça know that precipitation could be fatal.
Memphis, Lo Celso and Benzema and the 2022 Qatar World Cup
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MEMPHIS WILL NOT PLAY WITH BARÇA BEFORE GOING WITH HOLLAND
Following the Barça key, they are the cases of Christensen and Memphis. The Dane is already training with the group and before traveling with Denmark, a priori, he will reappear with the Barça team in the green. Very little shot, yes. Too. And regarding the Dutchman there is something of a ‘run run’ within the club. His injury, a priori, was not so serious and he should already be adding minutes. But the truth is that he continues without exercising with the group and it doesn’t look like we’ll see him in action before ‘enlisting’ in Van Gaal’s ‘Oranje’.
Leaving the Barça orbit, the last to fall (and really) was Lo Celso. One of the key pieces of the ‘Scaloneta’ led by Messi, the Argentine has it very difficult after suffering a muscle injury against Athletic.
