Luis Garcia, Shaka Hislop and Steve Nicol join Kay Murray on ESPN FC to react to LALIGA President Javier Tebas’ comments on how leagues should get rid of fixtures that do not benefit the game of football. They also discuss Kylian Mbappe’s injury ahead of the Madrid Derby where Atletico Madrid will take on Real Madrid, without Mbappe.
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As long as the refs eat healthy foods, Madrid will be fine 👍
Yes and it will only get worse when the extra UCL games and CWC games start to kick in
So because mbape injured is talks bout to much games when Barca have 8player injured an sayin nun this Madrid side this tevas side
Now, expect to have the most awkward and unfair referring the next 3 weeks to make sure Madrid stays on top.
Oh look, it's the special guest Javier Tebas, Madrid's a$$ man 😃 wow he looks really good..Perez's billions must be feeding him well 😊
Bobby Charlton is gonna fill some shoes and kick some men's b@lls
Mbappe is out unfortunately but Finally penalty can have some rest
Games bring revenue for the players, the club, the cities, media/marketing, brands and all the businesses around the game. More games = more revenue, fans want to see more games, businesses around the game want to see more games.
Players get paid more and more based on all that extra $ being generated, but players will be more likely to get hurt if they push themselves to the max. I don’t know what the answer is, how many games is too many games ? Elite players who consistently compete till the end of tournaments will play more games that’s just the nature of it.
I hate this new champions league format. And this friendly bs. Why did they have to reinvent the wheel. Just totally ridiculous
players should be protected and preserved. and any football "fan" that argued against that is not a fan, but a fool
Besides the greed of FIFA / UEFA I think what's killing the games more are pre-season games , there was no such thing just 15 years ago , we had friendly games prior to the season but not this nonesense US tour and the amount of games played that many players come injured from already
It's incredibly lazy tbh to just put these injuries of fixture congestion,seems to me that every injury now is going to be put on fixture congestion and that's silly on its face
Extended preseason tours, pointless tournaments like the Carabao Cup, Nations League matches, and now the Club World Cup are turning the sport into nearly a year round event. Even as a fan, I want to see the players given much more rest. There are so many matches now it feels like games are losing their jeopardy more and more. It’s turned into a never ending blur.
Too many international games, start with that. Allow teams to have bigger squads if they qualify for more competitions. Get rid of injury time and pushing time wasting harshly. Schedule European club matches like UCL and UEL so that travel is easier.
When klopp said it everyone scoffed at it
Love it when Craig’s not here. The guy is an ego maniac who has to chime in on every topic.
Shaka went off-topic with the TV-rights stuff. Tebas was only talking about reducing matches for health reasons.. TV-rights or PL was not even on the agenda
I have never seen so many injured players out so early in the season from the big teams. Big reality that LA Liga is different from French league
That same RM team last season played Athletico Madrid 3 times and never won.
Madrid can openly play now without worrying about passing the ball to Mbappe.
Nations League Gold Cup Conference League Extended Club World Cup Finalissima ALL USELESS
mVARppe can’t handle anything outside the farmers league
Madrid can compete with Mbappe alone they just need to trim the fat
Yes . They are playing too much
And YES they are being paid too much
PK for Vardrid 😂
It was kinda funny how Luis forgot that Mbappe isn't playing 🤣🤣
Nations League was the most pointless add-on ever. Don't even get me started on about those International friendlies that happen just a few weeks into a season
Just limit the number of minutes players can play, like 500 minutes in any rolling 30 period for example. It will mainly affect big clubs because they go further in cup competitions and they've got the squads to cope. It takes manager out of the awkward situation of wanting to protect players but wanting to win.
I can see it now Madrid wins the next three games without Donatello and all of a sudden people are wondering whether we needed Mbappé after all
The ambulance noises in the background of the interview was icing on the cake for me 😢.
Players are getting paid more 400k a week some of theme ,and they want demonstration. For playing lot game ,do your job its overtime mandentory ,if I can get a shift that can pay me 100k a week I’ll work everyday
Very few people in this world that I legit hate. Javier Tebas is at the top of that list. Him talking about useless fixtures is simply hilarious. Coming from a guy who wants to move some La Liga games to the USA
better for Madrid imo.
Make football players earn salaries like normal people do, according to their playing years(experience), accolades(personal achievements-trophies) and skills.
Too much money for guys kicking the ball a few times over 90 minutes.
The best players should be earning no more than a CEO of a big company. And only a few should get that not everybody.
When people start to get involved who don't value the sport or the players more than the money this is bound to happen; its about business NOT fútbol anymore
Real Madrid will get a penalty kick for this in their next game. Athletico Madrid, be well aware.
Whoever is agreeing with these rich people complaining about to many games…..look at teachers, nurses, factory workers, and construction workers. They have to go no matter what and everyday…..these people getting so much money, let them cry
I'm sure Vinicius scoring the penalties just fine before Mbappe joined. 2 goals from open play? Real don't need that pen and speed merchant.
came from a farmers league what you all expect? but barca have 8 injuries and no concern..lmao.
Ironically, the sound of cops! 👮♂️ 🚓 👮♀️ 🚓
How about use the academy players stop complaining about super teams getting tired used the academy or bench stop bitching
Simple solution for the excess of games for the 25/30 top teams. Limit the number of games players are allowed to play. Then rotation is a must and coaches have to prioritize which games their players play.
this is why the super league is absolutely necessary. not for the big teams, but for the small teams. having the top 20-30 clubs in a single league would also limit the amount of money coming into these teams. the number of trophies they can win. thereby creating more opportunities for the rest of the clubs to put on a good show. and make no mistake its just an opportunity. the clubs have to make the best of being able to compete against teams with similar resources.