Hanna Glass was the most durable in the Champions League last season.
No player ran more.
“I myself am a little bit against comparing ladies and gentlemen, but it’s a little fun at times,” says Glass.
Qualification for the group stage of the Champions League is coming to an end, but at the same time UEFA has also collected numbers from the previous season.
Among other things, the Football Association lists statistics on the players who ran the most during the 2021/2022 Champions League matches.
Hence, Hana Glass from Bayern Munich is the absolute best, both at the women’s and men’s level.
Pretty cool, says Glass about the stats.
Glass about stats
Glass ran an average of 12.89 kilometers per game and tops the list ahead of Sheriff Sebastian Thiel (brother of AIK’s Vincent Thiel) on the men’s side.
“I myself am a bit against comparing ladies and gentlemen, but it’s a little fun sometimes in such situations to be able to do it,” says Glass.
You can say “I run more than all the players in the Champions League anyway”!
Glass laughs as she answers.
– Yes, but you feel a little cool. I wasn’t expecting it, they can usually run off sometimes. It was an achievement though.
‘It was hard’
On the women’s front, the list was dominated by Hannah Glass and her teammates at Bayern Munich who took care of the top six on the list.
– Then it was a shame in itself that we didn’t get more than the Champions League quarter-finals, says Glass.
The right-back thinks the stats show she’s struggling a lot.
– I always work hard and try to do my best. It’s also a position where you can run a lot.
Before next season, Bayern Munich has a new coach is Alexander Strauss. With his play system, there’s a risk that there will be fewer running meters for Hannah Glass, who has been tested as a defensive tackle and triple line player.
We really played football that required a lot of running metres, and that’s one of the reasons why I’m at the top. It was tough, we ran a lot and had intense training with high intensity courses. Glass says my physical trainer thank him for keeping me in great shape.
boring run
What is the most fun running to do?
– I think the interference is very interesting. It’s hard for defenders to come at a higher speed.
Which run is the most boring?
– When we lose the ball high and you see there will be a change and you have to take the maximum distance from one square to another. It’s mentally tougher.