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FIFA will sell you a beautiful World Cup and hand you a half-healthy roster

published · May 11, 2:55 PM · $0.06 total · published 48d ago
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Nico Williams goes down with a hamstring 32 days before the World Cup and Spain is now managing two generational wingers on the injury report at the same time. Trey's angle: this is the cost of the club-vs-country calendar. Players are running on fumes by the time the tournament starts and nobody in a blazer wants to have that conversation. Lamine Yamal not expected to play again this club season, Williams limping out in the 37th minute. Button: FIFA will sell you a beautiful World Cup and hand you a half-healthy roster.

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Nico Williams limps off in the 37th minute at San Mamés. Replaced by his own brother. Athletic lose 1-0 to Valencia. And now Spain is sitting 32 days out from the World Cup with two of the most electric wingers in the world both on the injury report at the same time.

Lamine Yamal hasn't played since late April. Not expected to play again this club season. Nico now dealing with a hamstring, Iñaki saying his brother had never felt that type of pain before. Luis de la Fuente is announcing a 55-man pre-list Monday and his two most dangerous wide players are question marks. This is not bad luck. This is the calendar doing exactly what the calendar does.

Club season runs deep into June. Players are asked to perform at peak intensity through May for their clubs, then show up fresh for international tournaments that the league office will use to sell you a billion-dollar broadcast package. Nobody in a blazer wants to sit in a room and say the schedule is breaking players. That conversation costs money. So instead we get 'managing minutes' and 'monitored daily' and a World Cup opener where Spain might be running out a winger on sixty percent of a hamstring. Screenshot this.

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Spain has 32 days and two injured generational wingers. The calendar did this. #worldcup #spain #nikowilliams #lamineyanal

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