Former Serie A legend, José Mourinho’s perspective on tiredness isn’t just for his teams, it resonates across football:
“Tired? A father who works all day and comes home with 50 dollars is tired. Not us.”
Serie A teams often face grueling schedules, but this reminds us how elite players’ pressures compare to everyday life.
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The issue is that not all players are equally fatigued. Di Lorenzo, McTominay, Lobotka… have all played 90 minute games non stop this month, but a majority of the 22 players on the field is much better rested than them so they have to keep up and perform at the same level of a rested player, making them even more tired, creating a vicious circle and the eventual injuries. However in this case, this has nothing to do with the scheduling, Conte just can’t rotate.
This is as a whole managerial and management issue.
I will never understand these dumb takes. Rich players **have all the right to be tired.**
Common people with low salaries are poor **and** tired. Players are rich and can be tired.
They play game after game after game and those who are not blessed with the perfect genetics start having more and more injuries and many careers that could have gifted us supporters amazing moments with great goals and memories will never happen because the player was worn by dumb scheduling choices.
I heard some former player say a few days ago “I’ve played very few games in perfect form, most of the times you play on the pain”.