The 2022/23 football season officially ended two weeks ago, when Real Madrid defeated Liverpool in the Champions League final.
But it's not really.
For a few days later the League of Nations games have already started, and for many of the top team players in Europe nothing is over.
For the long-awaited summer vacation, they will only be able to go out for the upcoming weekend.
The vacation will be especially short this time.
This is how it is when the World Cup takes place this year in winter, November and December.
This requires that all senior leagues start earlier than usual, as early as the beginning of August.
And despite everything, Europe's luxury teams are not giving up on the grueling game trips in the US, Asia and Australia.
As every summer, coaches will complain that players will have to spend long hours on transatlantic flights to hold showcase games of very little professional importance.
But the treasurers will celebrate, as this is a very significant revenue stream for the clubs, and each game puts many millions into the bank account.
The upcoming season is going to be one of the strangest that world football has ever known, as it has never happened that the leagues will be stopped, as planned, for a period of about a month and a half.
So true, two years ago football all over the world (except Belarus) was stopped for more than three months due to the corona plague, but it really was not planned in advance.
For example, the Premier League, which opens on August 6, will be stopped on November 13 - just eight days before England's opening World Cup match.
The English league will resume eight days after the World Cup final, which will take place on 18 December.
The leagues in Germany and France will also open on the weekend of August 5, while in Spain and Italy they will kick off one week later.
Ronaldo.
He too will take part in United's campaign, Photo: Reuters
Mourinho arrives in the capital in Haifa
Because of the World Cup the schedule of the home stage in the Champions League (and also in the Europa League and in the Conference League) will be murderous.
The first round will take place on September 6 and 7 and the sixth round already on November 1 and 2, which means six games in less than two months, one month less than in any regular season.
So yes, the upcoming season is going to be very exhausting for the players who also appear on their national teams, and everyone just hopes there will be no serious injuries and that everyone will reach the World Cup healthy, whole and in the best shape. July), with the exception of Milan and Inter, who are due to do so in the near future.
Manchester City and Chelsea will leave for the USA, Liverpool will fly to the Far East, Manchester United will prefer Australia. And Tottenham, who will fly to South Korea first, will arrive in Israel at the end of July, for an intriguing game against Rome.
Salah.
He will not play in the World Cup but he too would have preferred to give up Liverpool's journey, Photo: Reuters
It will be interesting to see Jose Mourinho at the Sami Ofer Stadium in Haifa, who led Roma to an exciting win in the Conference League, against his previous team, which is coached by the Italian Antonio Conte.
And it will not be the only international game to be held in Israel this summer.
24 hours after the event in Haifa, French champions PSG - perhaps with Zinedine Zidane on the lines - and holding the trophy Nantes, will take to the field in Bloomfield for the French Super Cup.
And that's probably not all.
The final date has not yet been set, but it seems that in early August they will meet at Bloomfield Stadium, Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
And despite everything, there is no doubt that the most interesting game that awaits us this summer will be the Clasico between Real Madrid, the champions of Spain and Europe, and Barcelona.
It will take place on July 23 in Las Vegas.
Barça will play four games in the US. It will start with an intriguing encounter against Inter Miami, David Beckham's team.
European champions Real Madrid will hold three games in the US. After the Clasico in Las Vegas it will play against Club America and against Juventus. 11 days later Real will try to win a first official title in the new season, when they meet Eintracht Frankfurt at the Olympic Stadium in Finland, Helsinki, European Super Cup. So if you are planning a summer vacation in the US, Thailand, Australia or Finland, this list is for you.
Nadav Yaakovi, also on Twitter - nimidana @
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