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2020-02-07T12:25:16.674Z


For the first time in the history of the Premier League, the teams embarked on a winter retreat • The Association's chairman is confident it will also strengthen the world football team


For the first time in the history of the Premier League, the teams embarked on a two-week winter retreat • The Association's chairman is confident it will strengthen English in Europe and the national team, and the players went on long-distance holidays

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For the first time in the history of the Premier League, the English League has reached a two-week winter break. This does not mean the kingdom remains without football - the 26th cycle is spread over the next two weekends - but it does mean that groups get a 13-day rest in the case of Manchester City, Leicester City, Wolves and others, and even 16 days in the case of Chelsea And Manchester United.

This preliminary decision was made in June 2018 after agreement between the League and the English Association, which is why Jurgen Klopp decided to boycott the fourth round of the Cup against Shrewsbury Town, which Liverpool won 0: 1 in the youngest lineup in its history. Have you given freedom? Don't push games into it. Some liked the German's decision, some regarded it as disrespectful, but apparently that was the case with everything new.

So where were the senior players when the kids sent Liverpool to face Chelsea? Apart from James Milner, who came to cheer the team up to age 23 at Anfield, the vast majority had the goal for which the winter recess was decided, and chose to rest. Allison jumped for a homecoming visit to Brazil, Roberto Firmino jumped to a pool in the Maldives, Joe Gomez flew to California and Adam Elena chose Miami.

Sadio Mana, on the other hand, took advantage of the backlog to stay home and recover from an injury. All of these, according to the chairman of the English Association Martin Glenn, led to the decision: "I think we will see more English players in Euro 2020" he explained about a year and a half ago, "and I also hope that we continue to see the progress of the English teams in the Champions League."

There is a great deal of logic to this idea that has rolled through the minds of league captains for years. All European leagues stop for a hiatus during the winter months, while the English league has always been the exception that continues as usual and even increases the load with Christmas games.

Many saw this overcrowded schedule as the main reason for the English teams' difficulty in the Champions League (until last year of course), and the lack of success of the national team in international tournaments. The decision not to retire was mainly due to economic considerations, but according to the decision-makers the good situation allowed a temporary and historic stop "You need a strong association to make such a decision," Glenn added, "an association that is in good financial condition and confident that this decision will not hurt the league's future revenue."

Source: israelhayom

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