Champions League matches and other European competitions - UEFA now make public their stance on added time.
“Regarding player welfare, it’s some kind of small tragedy or big tragedy because we are adding almost 12, 13, 14 minutes.“I can speak from experience, especially as a midfielder, it’s the last 30 minutes of the game when you get tired. And then somebody comes and adds another 15 minutes of the game… for what reason?
“How commonly have we spoken critically about the calendar and too many games. We are not listening to players and coaches — they are complaining all the time. “And now we add probably six, seven minutes more per game — for some, that’s almost 500 minutes more per season, that is six games.
When watching Champions League matches in the past, I have always thought it was even worse. My memory tells me that the vast majority of CL games, unless something extreme has happened in terms of delay in the game, you almost never see more than three or four minutes added.
However, I now have absolute faith that UEFA are only concerned about player welfare… not cash, maybe.experience both positive and negative moments due to the extra minutes now being added.are in the Champions League, in terms of how those matches are handled, with regard to added time / time wasting.
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